![]() In the book, Professor Mathew Brown or Great Uncle Mathew or Gum, lives with his niece Sylvia and her nurse Nana, and from time to time takes off on expeditions from where he brings back fossils, adding to a huge collection which has to be thinned down from time to time. ![]() The popularity of this one led her US published to rechristen her other books (not a series though with some connection) with Shoes in the title ( Circus Shoes, Party Shoes, Skating Shoes, etc.). April was my month for reading books published or set in the 1930s, so for my Children’s book of the month also, I picked one from this decade– Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, first published in 1936. ![]()
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