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Author Archives: Fiona
In the Stable – A poem by Enid Blyton
It’s Christmas Day tomorrow, and at the heart of it is the story of the nativity. Enid Blyton tells it here in the poem form from the perspective of the stable animals. The ox raised up his head On Christmas … Continue reading
Raining in Sheets – A poem by Enid Blyton
With all the wet weather we’ve been having, this poem from Blyton seemed to fit the bill: My Mummy looked out of the window and said “Dear me, what a terrible day! It’s raining in sheets, so we can’t go … Continue reading
Birthday presents and Boots libraries
As you might have seen on the blog last week (thanks to Stef!) it was my birthday, and this birthday I was lucky enough to get a Blyton book. It wasn’t just any Blyton book either – it was Mr … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday Presents, Boots the chemist, Gifts, History, Libraries, Mr Pink-Whistle's Party
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My childhood books, part 3
Parts one and two covered Amelia Jane, the Famous Five, the Adventure Series and Malory Towers. Next I’m going to blether about the Secret Series, the Galliano’s Circus Series and the Adventurous Four. THE SECRET SERIES I’ve always liked the Secret Series, though … Continue reading
My Favourite Birthday Cake – Enid Blyton Style
I think I might have mentioned it once or twenty times twice, but Five Go to Smuggler’s Top is one of my favourite books. For that reason my lovely mother made me this cake for my ninth birthday – though she missed … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthdays, Cake, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Famous Five
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The Party – A poem by Enid Blyton
Christmas is fast approaching and for many people that’ll mean at least one Christmas party this weekend. Here’s a poem by Blyton about a Christmas party. You take off your coat and you change your shoes, The party’s begun, there’s … Continue reading
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 16-18
Here we are at the penultimate instalment of my Famous Five series of posts. Thanks to anyone who’s stuck with me and actually read them all. As always there may be spoilers, I accept no responsibility for ruining your enjoyment of … Continue reading
The Christmas Book – A Review
This is the first time I have read The Christmas Book despite having bought it from Su over a year ago. I had planned to leave it until Christmas-time to read but I managed to lose it! Well, it wasn’t really lost – … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Holly, Mistletoe, Saint Nicholas, Santa, Santa Claus, The Christmas Book, Traditions, Treyer Evans
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My childhood books, part 2
Welcome to another lengthy ramble and reminiscence! Part One covered Amelia Jane and the Famous Five and this part will be about the Adventure Series and Malory Towers. THE ADVENTURE SERIES I think I started reading the Adventure Series not … Continue reading
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 13-15
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
A song from “Santa Claus Gets Busy” by Enid Blyton
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
Monday Musings in the First Week of December
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
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 10-12
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
My childhood books, part 1
This series of posts is inspired by a thread on the Enid Blyton Society Forums, where members are discussing which Blyton was the first they read or bought. Many of them have fond memories of a particular copy of the … Continue reading
World of Blyton Blog has had 2,000 views!
After our excitement when we reached 1,000 views in 17 days, we’ve made another 1,000 in just 10 days. We really can’t believe it. (We’re not going to blog every thousand views… we’ll stop by the time we reach 10,000 or so, … Continue reading
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Here’s to Enid Blyton on the 44th anniversary of her death
Forty-four years ago today, on 28 November 1968, Enid Blyton passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 71. It is a testament to her that so many years later she is still read and loved by so … Continue reading
Just another manic Monday
Monday has rolled around again, so welcome to a new week here at the World of Blyton Blog. We’re a bit unprepared this week (a recurring theme behind the scenes here) but will be posting another piece from Su for … Continue reading
Comic Strip Presents… Five Go to Rehab – A Review
I’ve just gotten around to watching Five Go to Rehab as I recorded it when it was originally on. I have to say I have mixed feelings about the programme now I’ve seen it. There were definitely some good things about … Continue reading
Series Synopsis: Famous Five Books 7-9
Welcome to the third in the series of Famous Five posts. As usual, there may be spoilers for the books you’ve not read yet (if so, shame on you, get reading!) Interestingly, Blyton had intended to finish the series with … Continue reading
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