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Category Archives: Illustrations and artwork
The Noddy covers through the years part 2
Last time I looked at the first editions and their half-dozen artists, plus some mystery editions using the same artwork. This time we jump on to some more modern styles… I would say that you have been warned but actually … Continue reading
The Noddy covers through the years
Noddy is probably Blyton’s most famous and recognisable characters. The majority of the merchandise, DVDs and games that have been produced from her work are of Noddy. There have been more Noddy adaptations for TV than any other book series. … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Harmsen van der Beek, Mary Brooks, Noddy, Peter Wienk, Robert Lee, Robert Tyndall, Sampson Low
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The Five as you have never seen them before part 3
I’ve done a couple of posts already, each showing a few illustrations by Eileen Soper which although look like they could be depicting the Five are in fact from other books entirely. So here’s another one! (Soper was quite prolific … Continue reading
The Blyton covers that give away the endings
I have done a lot of posts looking at the cover art for the books. How the styles have changed over time, my favourite covers and the ones I think are terrible. Now for some that give away the ending, … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Spoilers, The Adventure Series, The Famous Five, The Treasure Hunters
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My favourite Blyton covers part two
There were far too many lovely covers to put into one post, so here are some more of my favourites. Grace Lodge Grace Lodge is another big name in terms of Blyton’s illustrators, having done at least 45 first editions … Continue reading
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Tagged Armada, Grace Lodge, Malory Towers, St Clare's, The Caravan Family, The Secret Series
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My favourite Blyton covers part one
Having done some posts on the worst and most misleading covers lately I thought it was time to balance that out with a celebration of some of the covers that I love. I’m not going to rank them in order, … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Eileen A Soper, Eileen Soper, Mary Pollock, Stuart Tresilian
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The most misleading Famous Five covers
While doing the worst covers I almost chose several which actually had good or at least reasonable artwork. I was picking them as terrible because they don’t match what actually happens in the book. There are various very generic covers … Continue reading
My Enid Blyton hallway
I have shared a couple of photos of my hall already, when I showed off what I got for Christmas in 2020, but those photos don’t show everything I have up. The postcards This is the bit I’ve shared before, … Continue reading
The Six Cousins covers through the years
It has been a while since I have looked at book covers, but I was looking for something reasonably quick and easy to write this week and the Six Cousins seemed to fit the bill. There are only two books … Continue reading
The Magic Faraway Tree covers through the years
I was looking for something reasonably un-taxing to write this week, and decided that as the Faraway Tree series only has three books (well, four if you include Up the Faraway Tree which is a different format, but even so … Continue reading
The Five Find-Outers covers through the years
Having previously looked at the Famous Five (parts one and two), The Adventure Series (parts one and two) St Clare’s (parts one and two), Malory Towers, (parts one and two) Mr Galliano’s Circus, The Secret Series, The Naughtiest Girl and … Continue reading
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Tagged Armada, Charles Stewart, Dean, Dorothy Brook, Dragon, Egmont, Hodder, Jean Main, Lilian Buchanan, Mary Gernat, Methuen, The Five Find-Outers, Treyer Evans
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The Five as you have never seen them before, part 2
Recently I posted some illustrations by Eileen Soper that look like members of the Famous Five but are actually from short stories. Here are some more, this time from the Hodder Story Books (Happy, Merry and so on). Anne and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Eileen Soper, Hodder Story Books, The Famous Five
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The Five as you have never seen them before
Eileen Soper’s Five are the real Five to me. I grew up seeing her illustrations in lots of my Famous Five books and although I also had some Betty Maxey books too, I always picture Julian, Dick, Anne, George and … Continue reading
Eileen Soper at Christmas
It’s no secret that Eileen Soper is my favourite Blyton illustrator. She is best known for her work on the 21 Famous Five books, both the covers and internal illustrations, but she also illustrated lots of short story collections, a … Continue reading
The Naughtiest Girl in the School covers through the years
Previous covers through the years : The Famous Five, The Adventure Series, The Secret Series, Malory Towers, The Barney Mysteries, Mr Galliano’s Circus, St Clare’s There are only three Naughtiest Girl books if you are counting the original novels; The … Continue reading
The St Clare’s covers through the years, 1990s – now
Continuing on from my previous post which looked at covers from the 1940s originals through to those in the 1980s. Familiar and unfamiliar Deans The first set of Deans, from 1990, are much like several other sets for other series. … Continue reading
The St Clare’s covers through the years, 1940s – 1980s
Having already done The Famous Five, Adventure Series, Barney Mysteries, Malory Towers, the Secret Series and Mr Galliano’s Circus, I’m now going to tackle St Clare’s. There are six books in the St Clare’s Series (if you don’t include the … Continue reading
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Tagged Armada, Dragon, Mary Gernat, Methuen, St Clare's, W. Lindsay Cable
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