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Winter and Christmas reads, part 2

Posted on December 10, 2012 by pippastef

I hope you all enjoyed my last book on the Blyton books you should be reading this winter. Here are five more titles in my list of winter and Christmas must reads by Blyton. If you missed my first post … Continue reading →

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Julian’s News, chapter 1

Posted on December 6, 2012 by pippastef

As you may have gathered from my last fan fiction post I like to think of myself as a bit of a writer. I received very positive feedback from those of you who read my last story and I’m truly grateful that you … Continue reading →

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Winter and Christmas Reads, part 1

Posted on December 2, 2012 by pippastef

Yesterday we hit the twelfth month of the year – December and we all know what December means: Christmas! Now I don’t know about a lot of you, but when I think of Enid Blyton my mind doesn’t automatically go to the winter/Christmas stories … Continue reading →

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Second Form at Malory Towers

Posted on November 30, 2012 by pippastef

Warning: Spoilers Second Form at Malory Towers is (surprise, surprise) the second book in the Malory Towers series. First published in 1947, a year after First Term at Malory Towers.  Once again we join Darrell Rivers on her way to Malory … Continue reading →

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Should we ever compare Julian and Fatty?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by pippastef

By PippaStef Inspired by several topics of conversation on the Enid Blyton Society Forums, “Fatty vs Julian”, I want to examine this comparison and why I believe it’s wrong to make it. As a staunch fan of Julian Kirrin and … Continue reading →

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Collecting Blyton

Posted on November 24, 2012 by pippastef

by PippaStef I was inspired by Fiona and Su’s stories of how they came across a longed for book to complete their Enid Blyton collections, and ended up wondering  how you achieve a complete collection of books that don’t cost … Continue reading →

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Julian’s News, prequel

Posted on November 22, 2012 by pippastef

For a long time now I have been interested in Enid Blyton fan-fiction, namely ones involving the Famous Five and Malory Towers. Sites sometimes have some distinctly non-Blyton fan fiction on them, but that’s not something I have a huge … Continue reading →

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November Flowers

Posted on November 20, 2012 by pippastef

In the Nature Lover’s Book, Enid Blyton wrote about the joys of nature and included things such as what flowers you can expect to see in which month, distinguishing bird species and telling trees apart.In this blog post we can … Continue reading →

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Enid’s Inspiration: Bourne End in the autumn

Posted on November 17, 2012 by pippastef

Yesterday I went adventuring. Well I say adventuring but I have been to Bourne End before, on several other occasions actually, but always in bright summer and spring sunshine. The visit today was my first time seeing Bourne End in … Continue reading →

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First Term at Malory Towers

Posted on November 13, 2012 by pippastef

First Term at Malory Towers is the first of six Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton. Malory Towers is the third school series written by Blyton, and was started the year after she finished the St Clare’s series. Malory Towers was inspired … Continue reading →

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My three favourite characters

Posted on November 8, 2012 by pippastef

In this post I’m going to talk about my three favourite characters from Enid Blyton and the reasons why they are my favourites. Sally Hope Series: Malory Towers. Reason: In First Term at Malory Towers, Sally Hope starts off as a rather … Continue reading →

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Firework Night – A poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on November 5, 2012 by pippastef

(By your dog and mine) BANG! What’s that? Bang-Bang! Oh, Hark, The guns are shooting in the dark! Little guns and big ones too, Bang–bang-bang! What shall I do? Mistress, Master, hear me yelp, I’m out-of-doors, I want your help. … Continue reading →

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