[In "The Picture Story of Britain"], a famous author does a good job for a prospective traveler of about twelve to fifteen…. [The text covers] a great deal of interesting information. Miss Streatfeild writes as one knowing children of both [Britain and the United States], and adds many imaginative touches….

Louise S. Bechtel, "Books for Boys and Girls: 'The Picture Story of Britain'," in New York Herald Tribune Book Review, January 27, 1952, p. 12.