Miss Streatfeild brings to "The Children on the Top Floor" the good characterization and inside knowhow about children's careers that made her "Shoes" series so popular. But while she has updated the career side … the atmosphere remains prewar. Even if 10-14's swallow the quite-fantastic beginning, it is doubtful that they will have much sympathy with children who leave all the decisions to Nanny and the governess.

"Children's Books in Review: 'The Children on the Top Floor'," in The Christian Science Monitor (reprinted by permission from The Christian Science Monitor; © 1965 The Christian Science Publishing Society; all rights reserved), May 4, 1965, p. 7.