Monthly Archives: December 2012

Winter and Christmas reads, part 2

Posted on December 10, 2012 by pippastef

I hope you all enjoyed my last book on the Blyton books you should be reading this winter. Here are five more titles in my list of winter and Christmas must reads by Blyton. If you missed my first post … Continue reading →

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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 13-15

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Fiona

Welcome to post number 5. You know the drill – there might be spoilers here if you’ve not read (or can’t remember) these books. Again, we are extremely lucky that these books were even written. After succumbing to her readers’ … Continue reading →

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Sunskriti’s Animal Character Exploration: Kiki from the Adventure Series

Posted on December 8, 2012 by worldofblyton

By Sunskriti, age 10. Kiki has always been my favourite Blyton animal. She’s funny, adorable, and loyal. How? What made me say that? You might disagree. But funny, for example should be obvious. With her ready stream of talk, way … Continue reading →

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A Blyton childhood in New Zealand

Posted on December 7, 2012 by worldofblyton

by Corinna I had a simply smashing childhood!  I loved to go for bike rides with my friends, explore the tiny pine forest behind our house, dig for treasure at the beach and have picnics of sandwiches, cakes and ginger … Continue reading →

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Julian’s News, chapter 1

Posted on December 6, 2012 by pippastef

As you may have gathered from my last fan fiction post I like to think of myself as a bit of a writer. I received very positive feedback from those of you who read my last story and I’m truly grateful that you … Continue reading →

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A song from “Santa Claus Gets Busy” by Enid Blyton

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Fiona

There’s just three weeks until Christmas so Santa must be getting all the toys ready to deliver to all the children around the world. Here’s a song from “Santa Claus Gets Busy” a musical play for juniors in one act, … Continue reading →

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Poppy’s Book of the Month: Five Go Adventuring Again

Posted on December 4, 2012 by worldofblyton

By Poppy Hutchinson age 11 Title: Five Go Adventuring Again Series: The Famous Five Main Characters: George, Anne, Julian, Dick and Timmy Published: 1943 First Published By: Hodder & Stoughton Rating (Out of 5): 4/5 You will most probably all have … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings in the First Week of December

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Fiona

It’s Monday again, just where did the weekend go? Anyway, we’ve actually got quite a few things planned for the blog this week and for the coming weeks. We have the next instalments of Poppy’s Book of the Month and Sunskriti’s … Continue reading →

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Winter and Christmas Reads, part 1

Posted on December 2, 2012 by pippastef

Yesterday we hit the twelfth month of the year – December and we all know what December means: Christmas! Now I don’t know about a lot of you, but when I think of Enid Blyton my mind doesn’t automatically go to the winter/Christmas stories … Continue reading →

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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 10-12

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Fiona

This is part four of the series of Famous Five posts. If you’ve not yet read these three books you might find this gives away some things you didn’t want to know, so read on at your own peril. FIVE … Continue reading →

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