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Category Archives: Book reviews
Well Done Secret Seven – a review by Ben
It’s a hot summer day and the Seven are fed up of having their meetings in Janet and Peter’s stuffy garden shed. Due to this the children decide to visit Windy Woods and build a tree house. In the tree … Continue reading
The Castle of Adventure
The second book of the adventure series sees Mrs Mannering take the four children on holiday where they of course manage to fall into an adventure. Castle of Adventure was first published in 1946. … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: The Folk of the Faraway Tree
By Poppy Hutchinson Series: The Faraway Tree series Main Character/s: Jo, Bessie, Fanny and Connie. Published: 1946 First Published By: George Newnes Rating (out of 5) : 5/5 The Folk of the Faraway Tree, the third book in the fantastic … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure
The Island of Adventure was first published in 1944 and is the first book of the series. There will probably be some spoilers in this review, so you have been warned. THE LOCATION The story opens … Continue reading
Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
The fourth book in the Malory Towers series sees the girls gearing up to sit their School Certificate (as far as I can work out an equivalent of O Levels and GSCEs). Once more we are treated to a lot … 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
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 19-21
Here we are, at the end of this series of posts (did I just hear a lot of “phews” there?) One last time, there may be spoilers ahead. FIVE GO TO DEMON’S ROCKS, 1961 The Location: The village and lighthouse at … Continue reading
Third Year at Malory Towers
Warning: Spoilers Third Year at Malory Towers isn’t quite the entire full year that the title suggests. In fact it is only the spring term (at closest guess) as the girls come back in the cold and are squabbling over … Continue reading
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Tagged Darrell Rivers, Malory Towers, Sally Hope, Third Year at Malory Towers
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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
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Tagged The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree, Written by Corinna
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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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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
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
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
Second Form at Malory Towers
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
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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