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Category Archives: Book reviews
Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 2: The Child and the Book
A few weeks ago I looked at what the Who’s Who of Children’s Literature had to say about Enid Blyton, and it was overwhelmingly positive. This time I want to see what The Child and the Book has to say. … Continue reading
The Secret Seven – Mystery of the Skull
Clearly I’m a glutton for punishment as I picked up a copy of the new Secret Seven book while at my nearest library for Bookbug with Brodie. That branch is closing for a while to be refurbished so I grabbed … Continue reading
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Tagged Continuation books, Mystery of the Skull, Pamela Butchart, The Secret Seven
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New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox
This is the first of Pamela Cox’s sequels to the Malory Towers books. I wrote a bit about the six new books here, and have just got around to reading the first one. My initial impressions Within the first few … Continue reading
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Tagged Continuation books, Malory Towers, New Term at Malory Towers, Pamela Cox
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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 1: The Who’s Who of Children’s Literature
Enid Blyton’s life and writing career might seem as if it was a perfect, rosy thing. Half of that is her skill in writing. Even in her autobiography and her letters to children she would never let on that things were less … Continue reading
Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates
Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates is a soft cover children’s book, based on the latest TV series. It was published by Hodder in 2017, and is the second Noddy tie-in book for that series, though it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV, Book reviews
Tagged Noddy, Noddy Toyland Detective, The Case of the Hiding Pirates
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Five Go Off in a Caravan part 2
We left off on an almost literal cliffhanger at the end of my last post, with Julian and his caravan about to be pushed off the hill by Tiger Dan and Lou the acrobat. Shall we see what happens next? … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Lou and Tiger Dan, Nobby, Pongo, The Famous Five, Tunnels
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Five Go Off in a Caravan
Five Go Off in a Caravan is the fifth Famous Five book. The Five are a well-established group now and they had their first non-Kirrin adventure in the last book, Five Go to Smuggler’s Top. This time they go off in … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Lou and Tiger Dan, Nobby, Pongo, The Famous Five
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Five Go to Smuggler’s Top
Here we are at book #4 in the series and, as I’ve probably said a hundred times or more, this is my absolute favourite Famous Five book. It won first place in my list of favourite Blyton books, and unsurprisingly … Continue reading
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Tagged Eileen Soper, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Sooty Lenoir, The Famous Five
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Malory Towers, continued
If you ask me, a Blyton purist, how many books there are in the Malory Towers series I would instantly tell you there are six. If you asked a modern reader they might well say twelve. Twelve?? That’s double! This … Continue reading
Five Run Away Together, part 2
Part one of my review can be found here. The Mystery of the Black Trunk While on the wreck they find a curious thing – a little black trunk, well locked. They guess it has something to do with smugglers, … Continue reading
Jolly Good Food by Allegra McEvedy
Allegra McEvedy is a Blyton fan. I hate reading that when about to read or watch a work based on Blyton’s books. I hate it because it always gives me hope that this one will be good, and inevitably it … Continue reading
Five Run Away Together
I’m not doing all that well at reading through the Famous Fives am I! Once upon a time I could devour the 21 books in a matter of weeks, now I’m lucky to get through one a month. But here … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Stick, Five Run Away Together, Kirrin Island, The Famous Five
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If you like Blyton: Cream Buns and Crime by Robin Stevens
Cream Buns and Crime is part of the Murder Most Unladylike series about two girls – Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong – who run their own detective agency at boarding school. We’ve already reviewed the first in the series, Murder Most … Continue reading
Five Go Adventuring Again
After finally reviewing Five on a Treasure Island it has taken me a while to get around to reading the next book, but I’ve done it now. FOLLOWING IN BIG FOOTSTEPS Five on a Treasure Island is such a strong … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Borrowers by Mary Norton
There are five books about the Borrowers (and one short story) all written by Mary Norton between 1952 and 1982, but this post will focus mostly on the first in the series. The Borrowers (1952) The Borrowers Afield (1954) The … Continue reading
Five On a Treasure Island
Five on a Treasure Island is an important book. It’s the first book of what is probably Enid Blyton’s most famous series, The Famous Five. It’s so important we have more than a dozen posts dedicated to it already, and it’s … Continue reading
The Magic Faraway Tree, part 4
Last time we ended on a minor cliff-hanger. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe had stopped living in her shoe and had taken up residence in Moon-Face’s home instead. Obviously that just wouldn’t do so we can now … Continue reading
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