More tightly knit than most of Miss Streatfeild's stories, ["Party Shoes"] has also the sense of theatre glamour and family activity which has made her "Shoes" series so popular…. And she presents here a whole new gallery of those amusing characters, young and old, which always lend such color and conviction to her books.

Ellen Lewis Buell, "For Younger Readers: 'Party Shoes'," in The New York Times Book Review (© 1947 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), June 1, 1947, p. 23.