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Author Archives: worldofblyton
Adventure Preparation Land – Fan Fiction by Pete
The Famous Five ignore a ‘no through route except v.i.v.’ temporary road sign in a part of uncharted and unmapped Dorset… They are on a cycling tour to buy each one of themselves the last ever bottle of ginger pop in a … Continue reading
Secret Seven Adventure – a review by Ben
The second book starts four weeks into the holidays there’s not been even a sniff of a mystery and the children are bored. To liven things up the Seven decide to dress up as Red Indians. It is agreed that … Continue reading
The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, part 1
by Aaron Bassett The Children of Cherry Tree Farm was first published in 1940 by Country Life and was illustrated by Harry Rountree.The story opens up with three bored children, Rory, Sheila and Benjy, gazing out onto a busy London … Continue reading
The Secret Seven – a review by Ben
The thrill of the Christmas holidays had vanished and Peter and his sister Janet decide to restart The Secret Seven. This essentially being a group of seven members who each wore a badge with S.S. and had to remember a … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: First Term at Malory Towers
By Poppy Hutchinson Title: First Term at Malory Towers Series: Malory Towers Main Character: Darrell Rivers Published: 1946 First Published By: Methuen Rating (out of 5) : 5 First Term at Malory Towers is a very entertaining book, filled with the … Continue reading
The Magic of the Faraway Tree
by Corinna When I joined the Enid Blyton Society in 2011 and started posting (albeit most infrequently!) on the forums I chose “Faraway_Tree” as my forum name for two reasons. The first reason was that I wanted “Shadow” as some … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree, Written by Corinna
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Sunskriti’s Animal Character Exploration: Kiki from the Adventure Series
By Sunskriti, age 10. Kiki has always been my favourite Blyton animal. She’s funny, adorable, and loyal. How? What made me say that? You might disagree. But funny, for example should be obvious. With her ready stream of talk, way … Continue reading
A Blyton childhood in New Zealand
by Corinna I had a simply smashing childhood! I loved to go for bike rides with my friends, explore the tiny pine forest behind our house, dig for treasure at the beach and have picnics of sandwiches, cakes and ginger … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: Five Go Adventuring Again
By Poppy Hutchinson age 11 Title: Five Go Adventuring Again Series: The Famous Five Main Characters: George, Anne, Julian, Dick and Timmy Published: 1943 First Published By: Hodder & Stoughton Rating (Out of 5): 4/5 You will most probably all have … Continue reading
Three irreplaceable books by Su
Over on the Enid Blyton Society forums, Poppy asked a question about what your top ten books would be to save. I did list ten, but of them all, only three books would be irreplaceable. You may be thinking that … Continue reading
Green Hedges – The inspiration for my watercolour
by Julie Heginbotham To any Enid Blyton fan, Green Hedges, Enid’s home in Beaconsfield from 1938 to 1968 was the most famous address known to them. On all of my 60s hardback dust jackets of the Famous Five by Hodder & Stoughton, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Art, Green Hedges, Painting, Watercolour, Written by Julie
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Su’s Five Find-Outers and Dog Collection
This article was sent to me by Su, a regular on the Enid Blyton Society forums. I recently posted this article about how I completed my Find-Outers collection and at the end asked “Have any of you gone to great lengths … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Purchases
Tagged Methuen, The Five Find-Outers, Written by Su
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Sunskriti’s Animal Character Exploration: Buster from the Five Find-Outers Series
By Sunskriti, age 10. You might wonder why I haven’t chosen Timmy for my first blog post. The reason is simple, while Timmy seems an extremely intelligent dog; Buster is an excited little Scottie who often stumbles upon the right … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: The Secret Island
By Poppy Hutchinson age 11 Title: The Secret Island Series: The Secret Series Main Characters: Jack, Peggy, Mike & Nora Published: 1938 First Published by: Basil Blackwell Ltd Rating (out of 5) : 5 out of 5 The Secret Island (the … Continue reading
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Tagged Poppy's Book of the Month, The Secret Island, The Secret Series, Written by Poppy
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