Monthly Archives: March 2014

Last Monday in March

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Fiona

March is almost over, which means we lost an hour of sleep at the weekend and that spring is finally here (supposedly). For me it also means I’ve got two weeks holiday! This week, if the post is agreeable, I … Continue reading →

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Five Go to Smuggler’s Top: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Fiona

Last year when Stef and I went to Seven Stories I bought a CD of Five Go to Smuggler’s Top and Five Get Into a Fix. Well, I haven’t yet listened to either of them yet (I have a bad … Continue reading →

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The Twins at St Clare’s

Posted on March 28, 2014 by pippastef

Now as you all know I am  a big Malory Towers  fan,  and I love the series quite dearly, but I have never read a St Clare’s book until now. I brought the 1967 Dragon paperback from the Barnardo’s Charity … Continue reading →

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Feasting on Romantic Comedy – Simply Wizard Jammy Buns from Malory Towers by Helen at Novelicious

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Fiona

I know we promised the next chapter of Poppy’s fic for you today, but I had a Mr Twiddle moment last night and forgot to organise that. I’m blaming an impromptu day off yesterday which left me a bit lost … Continue reading →

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And We’re Back to Monday

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Fiona

Gosh its been a week already (since my birthday! – thank you all for your kind wishes!) and  the weather here in the UK seems to be getting colder not warmer, what a shame. It wouldn’t have dared to do … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 16

Posted on March 23, 2014 by pippastef

Chapter 16 An hour later Julian and David walked out of their science lecture in near complete silence. It had not been a good lecture, Old Dotty was angry and muddled and Anthony had not turned up, leaving the boys … Continue reading →

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My first Noddy book: Hurrah for Little Noddy

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Fiona

As I’ve possibly mentioned before, to my knowledge I’ve never read a Noddy book before. I’ve always been aware of Noddy, and I could probably sing a good chunk of the TV theme song (despite not being sure whether I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Rosewood Mystery by Cathy, chapter 5

Posted on March 19, 2014 by worldofblyton

AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE The boatman’s cottage stood right beside the river bank, so part of the boatman’s garden was actually the bank of the river. A small backwater branched off the river just by his cottage, and continued for a … Continue reading →

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Birthday Monday

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fiona

I’ll start with the most important news – it’s Stef’s birthday today! I’m sure you’ll all join me in wishing her a very happy birthday. I did try and get Julian parcelled up to send to her, but he wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 15

Posted on March 16, 2014 by pippastef

Chapter 15 As the boys headed down to their lecture, hoping that their plan would work, the girls settled down on their beds once more for a quick chat. “I suppose we don’t need to do anything major,” Darrell said, … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 8

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Fiona

So at long last I have finished reading and comparing the two copies of the book! The last two chapters were actually quite light on alterations so it means I have time and words for a summary of sorts. First, … Continue reading →

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Getting children to read classic books – or not!

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Fiona

Originally posted on Wendy's World:
If you wanted to find me as a child, all you had to do was look in the nearest corner and I’d be more than likely sat in it with my nose buried in…

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March Monday

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Fiona

We’re back to Monday again! I must say our most popular post last week was Fiona’s captions! They certainly brightened my day! Hopefully she’ll come up with some more soon, but for this week she shall be treating us to … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 14

Posted on March 9, 2014 by pippastef

Chapter 14 Inside the office, Julian had been offered the spare seat and was sitting down in front of the professor as he rambled on. In fact the man hadn’t said anything in the least bit interesting or related to … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five TV Series: Even More (Funny) Captions

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Fiona

The captions I put on a fortnight ago seemed to go down well so I thought I would put some more on this week (as I couldn’t think of anything else to do!) Firstly, carrying on from last week’s leaning … Continue reading →

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The Marsh of Adventure By Poppy, chapter 14

Posted on March 5, 2014 by worldofblyton

Chapter fourteen: Back at Lowfell Inn The children awoke early that next morning, all lying outside their tents in their clothes! The children themselves were indeed very surprised but then remembered and grinned. “We must have fallen asleep just after … Continue reading →

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First Monday in March

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Fiona

I can hardly believe it’s March already! We’re nearly at 50,000 views on the blog so hopefully by next week’s post we’ll be celebrating that. To earn those views we’ll be putting up another chapter of Poppy’s Adventure Series fanfic … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 13

Posted on March 2, 2014 by pippastef

Chapter 13 Sally awoke the next morning, having had a restless night. Her harshness towards Julian had plagued her thoughts the previous evening and had troubled her in her sleep causing her to wake every few hours. She didn’t like … Continue reading →

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