Author Archives: Fiona

Letters to Enid 2: From volume 1 issue 11

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Fiona

Two weeks ago I posted the first ever letters page from Enid Blyton’s Magazine, and here’s the second one. Letters page from Volume 1, issue 11. August 5th – 18th 1953 OUR LETTER PAGE  1. A letter from Jean Shaw, … Continue reading →

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Monday #315

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Fiona

More Letters to Enid and Enid Blyton in The Child and the Book SORRY NOT TO SEE YOU THESE HOLS. HAVE GOT A MYSTERY TO SOLVE IN TIPPYLOOLOO, AND AM LEAVING BY AEROPLANE TO-DAY. ALL THE BEST! FATTY Fatty sends … Continue reading →

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The Secret Seven – Mystery of the Skull

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Fiona

Clearly I’m a glutton for punishment as I picked up a copy of the new Secret Seven book while at my nearest library for Bookbug with Brodie. That branch is closing for a while to be refurbished so I grabbed … Continue reading →

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The Barney Mystery covers through the years

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Fiona

In the not-too-distant past I have looked at the various different covers that have been used for the Famous Five, Malory Towers, Secret Series and the Adventure Series. Now it is the turn of The Barney Mysteries, or as they … Continue reading →

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Monday #314

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Fiona

Barney Mystery covers through the years and The Mystery of the Skull The Mystery of the Invisible Thief is the 8th Find-Outers mystery. As the title suggests there is a thief in Peterswood. An invisible thief. One who is never … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid 1: From volume 1 issue 10

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Fiona

Recently someone commented on the blog asking how they might find a letter they had written to Enid Blyton many years before. It had been published in Enid Blyton’s magazine in the mid-fifties. I checked all of the copies I … Continue reading →

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March 2019 round up

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Fiona

What I have read I’ve done a bit better this month, having finally picked up a couple of books that have been sitting on my shelves for ages (one I’ve had on loan since before Brodie was born!) I’m now … Continue reading →

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Monday #313

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Fiona

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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New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 1: The Who’s Who of Children’s Literature

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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Monday #312

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Fiona

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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Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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The Malory Towers covers through the years part 2

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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Monday #311

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Fiona

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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Short stories from Enid Blyton’s Happy Story Book

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Fiona

Recently I wrote a post about Enid Blyton’s short stories with the intention of then reviewing some of the stories. Well, being short stories I thought they would be quick to do and therefore kept putting it off, the end … Continue reading →

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Five Go Feasting

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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Monday #310

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Fiona

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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February 2019 round up

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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The Malory Towers covers through the years

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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Monday #309

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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