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Author Archives: Fiona
Monday #313
As it is April Fool’s day today, I had thought about opening this post with a false story about a brand-new and never- before discovered Enid Blyton book. But I wasn’t sure that I could carry it off convincingly. March … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Hello Mr Twiddle!, Monday, Mr Twiddle, The Adventurous Four
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New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox
This is the first of Pamela Cox’s sequels to the Malory Towers books. I wrote a bit about the six new books here, and have just got around to reading the first one. My initial impressions Within the first few … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Continuation books, Malory Towers, New Term at Malory Towers, Pamela Cox
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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 1: The Who’s Who of Children’s Literature
Enid Blyton’s life and writing career might seem as if it was a perfect, rosy thing. Half of that is her skill in writing. Even in her autobiography and her letters to children she would never let on that things were less … Continue reading
Monday #312
Enid Blyton in the Who’s Who of Children’s Literature and New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Mam’zelle saw with great pleasure that once again she could lock somebody into somewhere. She began to think that burglar-catching was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fifth Formers of St Clare's, March, Monday, Noddy Has an Adventure, St Clare's
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Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates
Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates is a soft cover children’s book, based on the latest TV series. It was published by Hodder in 2017, and is the second Noddy tie-in book for that series, though it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV, Book reviews
Tagged Noddy, Noddy Toyland Detective, The Case of the Hiding Pirates
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The Malory Towers covers through the years part 2
I’ve already looked at the covers from the first editions through to ones from 1990, and now it’s time for the rest of the 90s through to the present day. Here comes the nineties While we have had some modernisation … Continue reading
Monday #311
Malory Towers covers part 2 and Noddy and the Pirates Mystery Moor was once called Misty Moor, because of the terrible mists that crept across it from the sea. Then, one day, the Bartletts who ran a small train to … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Go to Mystery Moor, March, Monday, Mystery Moor, Tassie, The Castle of Adventure
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Five Go Feasting
Five Go Feasting sounds like an average day in the Famous Fives’ world, but is in fact a new(ish) recipe book. It came out in 2018 published by Seven Dials, which is an imprint of Orion Publishing which, in turn, … Continue reading
Posted in Food and recipes
Tagged Emanuel Santos, Five Go Feasting, Josh Sutton, Ruth Palmer
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Monday #310
Hopefully I will get things right this week after messing up the past two. Five Go Feasting and Short Stories from Enid Blyton’s Happy Story Book “Surely our ducks quack more loudly than any others? And need we keep that … Continue reading
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Tagged March, Monday, Mr Twiddle, Rose Longfield, Six Cousins Again, Well Really Mr Twiddle
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February 2019 round up
Well, there has clearly been a mix-up behind the scenes here (and I can’t blame anyone but myself!). I’ve just discovered this post lurking in the drafts folder, when it was meant to be published on March 1. Whoops! Seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, February, Monthly round up, Netflix, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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The Malory Towers covers through the years
Previously I have written about the Famous Five covers, the Adventure Series covers and the Secret Series covers. Now I’m going to look at the covers from Malory Towers, my favourite of the school series. Inside and out with Stanley … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Armada, Dragon, Lilian Buchanan, Malory Towers, Mary Gernat, Methuen, Stanley Lloyd
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Monday #309
Malory Towers covers through the years and Short stories from Enid Blyton’s Happy Story Book “Oh? You’ve got some brains then? That’s good hearing, that is. But I’m busy now, and can’t stop to talk about your brains, Master Frederick. … Continue reading
Monday #308
Enid Blyton’s short stories and February round up “This is a real secret passage. A really proper one. Golly – isn’t it fun!” Brock says what they’re all thinking in The Secret of Cliff Castle. The Mystery of the Burnt … Continue reading
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Tagged February, Monday, The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, The Secret of Cliff Castle
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Five Go Off in a Caravan part 2
We left off on an almost literal cliffhanger at the end of my last post, with Julian and his caravan about to be pushed off the hill by Tiger Dan and Lou the acrobat. Shall we see what happens next? … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Lou and Tiger Dan, Nobby, Pongo, The Famous Five, Tunnels
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My top Blyton locations
I had, initially, intended this to be a top ten. But knowing how they almost always turn into top elevens, example A (top Famous Five moments) and example B (Top Adventure Series moments), I missed the number out of the … Continue reading
Monday #307
My top Blyton locations and Five Go Off in a Caravan part 2 To his enormous astonishment he saw two Mr Larkins on the ground. Two faces with straggly beards and shaggy eyebrows and thick glasses looked up at him, blinking in … Continue reading
The Secret Series covers through the years
I recently looked at the different covers used for the Famous Five books and The Adventure Series. One series. Five books. Four cover artists. The Secret Series is perhaps unusual due to how many different cover artists the series had. While … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day
Romance is rare in Enid Blyton’s books. I can’t think of many scenes or plots that lend themselves to romance or love. There are lots of married parents, of course, but few weddings. Bill and Aunt Allie get married, of … Continue reading
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