[The Circus Is Coming (British title of "Circus Shoes") contains] rapid, lively pictures of the life of the circus. The men, the circus children and the animals all come to life under Miss Streatfeild's witty pen. The grown-up characters are a grand group of people, moving and speaking with completely convincing personalities, and even the animals appear as separate individuals as distinct as we are ourselves in their tastes, and prejudices and whims.

I cannot but admire wholeheartedly the shrewd and generous powers of observation, the wit and understanding which Miss Streatfeild has brought to this story.

"Coming of Age: 'The Circus Is Coming'," in The Junior Bookshelf, Vol. 21, No. 5, November, 1957, p. 245.