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This was my favorite of all Streatfeild's books! A beloved British TV star says he envies his viewers hearing the patter of little feet coming down the stairs on Christmas morning, and wakes the next day (Christmas morning, in fact) to find not one, but FOUR babies on his doorstep. He decides to keep them, mostly as a publicity move, and the children spend most of their days in the top floor nursery of his posh house. Of course, being famous, they are much in demand for commercials and tv guest
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Still a favorite, and now my kids love it, too!
Though some of the things were a little old-fashioned, like the descriptions of clothes, this book holds up well. It's the hilarious and charming story of four children who are left as babies on the doorstep of a famous TV personality, after he says on live TV that he wishes to hear the pitter-patter of little feet in his home on Christmas morning. The children are taken in and raised, mostly by his staff, and mostly as a PR opportunity. The "quads ...more
Though some of the things were a little old-fashioned, like the descriptions of clothes, this book holds up well. It's the hilarious and charming story of four children who are left as babies on the doorstep of a famous TV personality, after he says on live TV that he wishes to hear the pitter-patter of little feet in his home on Christmas morning. The children are taken in and raised, mostly by his staff, and mostly as a PR opportunity. The "quads ...more
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When a television personality says on the air that he is envious of viewers surrounded by children, he wakes up on Christmas morning to find that four babies have been left on his doorstep! As an adult, one sadly thinks of real-life abandoned children but this is quasi-fantasy so it is fun to read this "orphan" story, in which siblings must fight to stay together when their adoptive father disappears.
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When a television personality says on the air that he is envious of viewers surrounded by children, he wakes up on Christmas morning to find that four babies have been left on his doorstep! As an adult, one sadly thinks of real-life abandoned children but this is quasi-fantasy so it is fun to read this "orphan" story, in which siblings must fight to stay together when their adoptive father disappears.
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When a television personality casually mentions during a Christmas special that he envies people who have kids he does not actually mean that he wants his fans to leave him numerous babies as gifts.
Although the personalities are quite different and it's set later, the base story reminded me quite a bit of Streatfeild's classic Ballet Shoes. ...more
Although the personalities are quite different and it's set later, the base story reminded me quite a bit of Streatfeild's classic Ballet Shoes. ...more
I have always loved Noel Streatfeild's books and as a child I got my library to ILL them for me or hunted through second hand book stores to find all of them. She tells the perfect "girls stories". I was always able to find one character in each book that was my favorite. They definitely stand up to re-reads.
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Sep 08, 2017
Chelle
marked it as to-read
