Author Archives: Fiona

My eighth Noddy book: Noddy Goes to Toyland

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Fiona

I’ve been doing a bit of eBaying again (a dangerous pastime!) and I’ve now got a much larger collection of Noddy books. Not all of them yet, there’s four I don’t have, but it gives me plenty of new stories … Continue reading →

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First Monday of October

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Fiona

So its the first Monday in October and the weather here is getting colder and there is an autumn chill in the air. This week we have another chapter of Poppy’s The Marsh of Adventure and Fiona will be reviewing another … Continue reading →

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Five on Finniston Farm: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Fiona

I feel a bit bad about it but this week I listened to Five on Finniston Farm for free – on YouTube. It’s the sort of thing I’ll probably buy at some point (though I wouldn’t pay £4 or £5 … Continue reading →

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Last Monday in September

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Fiona

Well that’s September nearly over now and before we know it it’ll be October. October the first will bring us a new post by Laura as she reviews The Folk of the Faraway Tree, on the third I will be … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 6

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Fiona

This will be the last post in this series as I’ve reached the last four chapters of the book. All the previous parts can be read here – part one, two, three, four and five. The original text I’m using is from the … Continue reading →

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Aunt Fanny’s Special Tomato Soup from Five Have Plenty of Fun by Helen at Novelicious

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Fiona

I was just thinking it was time for another reblog to bring you something new from around the web, and then today I happened to stumble upon another smashing Blytonain recipe on the Novelicious blog. Berta, for the sake of her safety and … Continue reading →

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The Week Ahead

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Fiona

And we’re here with another Monday, we’ve got interesting week for you here on World of Blyton. We have a recipe that we’re re-blogging for you! Fiona will be doing another chapter of The Secret Island and I shall try … Continue reading →

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Five on a Hike Together: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Fiona

Stef was kind enough to send me this so I could review it this week, as I was out of ideas really. It’s the free CD that came with the Daily Telegraph, and as far as I can tell it … Continue reading →

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Monday

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Fiona

If you saw our Facebook on Thursday, or our Twitter you’ll know I was working very hard behind the scenes here that day. I drafted, edited and scheduled our Wednesday contributor posts for the next month, updated our post indexes … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 5

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Fiona

I got a far as chapter thirteen last time so it’s on to chapter fourteen of The Secret Island this week. The original text I’m using is from the sixth impression from October 1949 and the updated text is from an Award … Continue reading →

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Monday, Monday, Monday

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Fiona

Monday again, in fact it’s already the second week in September, this year seems to be slipping by at such a rate. I don’t think we have any blog news this week, so I shall just get on with telling … Continue reading →

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Five Go to Billycock Hill: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Fiona

Unfortunately, Five Go to Billycock Hill is one of my least favourite Famous Five books. (It’s right down at the bottom with Five Are Together Again and Five Have a Mystery to Solve.) But life isn’t fair and so that’s … Continue reading →

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First Monday in September

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Fiona

It’s officially autumn now, and we have to say good-bye to summer for another year. September has brought us to more than 75,000 views on the blog and I’m sure it will also bring us our thousandth comment (seeing as … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Fiona

This week we start on chapter ten of The Secret Island, and continue until chapter thirteen. The original text I’m using is from the sixth impression from October 1949 and the updated text is from an Award paperback from 2009. There weren’t … Continue reading →

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Last Monday in August

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Fiona

So this year is racing by, and we are reaching the end of August and the beginning of September. Summer seems to be leaving us behind very quickly. This week we have a new contributor, Ellie who is examining the … Continue reading →

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Five Go off to Camp: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Fiona

I’m anticipating this will be very nostalgic for me as this is the story I had on tape as a child. My sister and I had a burgundy tape/radio player which sat near the bottom of the bookcase behind the … Continue reading →

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Monday

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Fiona

This week we will be putting up the latest chapter of Cathy’s Barney Mysteries fan fiction, and I will be looking at, or rather listening to, the audio dramatisation of Five Go Off to Camp as I’ve just bought it … Continue reading →

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Fairy Seeds – A poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Fiona

One day I bought from an elf A packet of Teddy-Bear seeds, They were just like little brown beads, And I planted them all myself. The sun shone down from the sky And made the little seeds grow; They all … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Fiona

So we are on to chapters six to nine of The Secret Island. The earlier chapters can be seen here and here. The original text I’m using is from the sixth impression from October 1949 and the updated text is from … Continue reading →

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Monday Monday

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Fiona

So this week, I’m off on holiday again, Scotland once more but Edinburgh this time to take part in some of the Edinburgh Festivals delights with a friend of mine from school, so its another busy week. However before I … Continue reading →

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