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Category Archives: Book reviews
Lifting the flap on two new “Enid Blyton” books
While in the children’s department of the library a few weeks ago a new delivery of books came in and amongst them were two books I’d never seen – or even heard of – before with the name Enid Blyton … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors
Tagged Continuation books, Faraway Tree Series, Moon Face, Silky, The Enchanted Wood
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If you like Blyton: Six in a Caravan by Bridget Mackenzie
I bought this as it appealed on two counts: a Blytonian title, and illustrations by Eileen Soper. The Six and the Caravan The title is more accurate than Five Go Off in a Caravan (in which they, of course, use … Continue reading
Reading the The Treasure Hunters to Brodie
Having read 20 of the 21 Famous Fives and 3 of the 8 Adventure Series books Brodie asked what else there was. I had already suggested The Treasure Hunters some time before and it was rejected, but this time he … Continue reading
Reading The Valley of Adventure to Brodie
After we finished Castle he suggested going back to the Famous Five, but changed his mind. He wanted to know if any of the other books on my shelves were adventurous. I suggested Valley, he wanted something different. He asked … Continue reading
Reading The Castle of Adventure to Brodie
We have read 2o of the 21 Famous Five books so far. When Brodie asked for the next one at bedtime I said This is the very last one, ever Immediately he said he wanted to make it last, so … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 9
These two books we read from April 17 to May 8. That’s only 11 days a book, which is not bad considering I can’t read t him every night due to my working pattern. Five on Finniston Farm We began … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 8
After our brief detour to the Adventure series we returned to back to back Famous Five. (There have only been about 20 days where I have not read an Enid Blyton book this year and most of them are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Billycock Hill, The Famous Five
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Reading the Adventure Series to Brodie
Having worried (many times over) what we would read when we ran out of Famous Five books, Brodie had heard me suggest the Adventure Series a few times. He had always said no, he wouldn’t like them, only the Famous … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 7
We have continued to get through the Famous Five books very quickly. We read Plenty of Fun over the last two weeks of February, and then Secret Trail lasted us just 10 days in mid March. Five Have Plenty of … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 6
We have been making our way pretty quickly through the series, two chapters a night at least five nights a week really adds up! These three books were read between January 10th and February 16th of this year. Five Have … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 5
Out of interest I checked the dates and we read these three Famous Fives between November 29 and January 9. Five Get Into Trouble Naturally Brodie demanded the next Famous Five the night after we finished the last one. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Fall Into Adventure, Five Get Into Trouble, Five on a Hike Together
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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 4
While in real-time we are on to Five on a Secret Trail, in blog-time it’s time for what Brodie said about books 6 & 7. Five on Kirrin Island Again We went straight onto this book the night after finishing … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, Five on Kirrin Island Again, The Famous Five
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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 2
I have written one post already with some of Brodie’s comments on Five on a Treasure Island (and his love of the series in general). We are all the way up to Mystery Moor now, and I find him making … Continue reading
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