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Tag Archives: Eileen Soper
The Secret Seven covers through the years
I’ve done several of these posts so far, but left the Secret Seven as, honestly, I don’t rate them as highly as I do most of Blyton’s other series. Janet and Peter For completeness sake, and as there wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Maps in books
Having shared the map Eileen Soper drew of her own garden in a recent post I made the same comment again – about how much I love a map in a book. That got me thinking that I should then … Continue reading
Monday #632
May has been a month of two parts – the first part where it was warm and sunny all the time, and then when it was cloudy and rainy almost all the time. Perhaps June will strike a better balance! … Continue reading
Eileen Soper’s artwork
I’ve been promising this for a few weeks and yet I almost never managed it tonight either as my scanner decided it was firmly offline and couldn’t be persuaded otherwise. Luckily I bought a cable for it recently and so … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork, Other Authors
Tagged Duff Hart-Davis, Eileen A Soper, Eileen Soper, WIldings, Wildlife
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Wildings: The Secret Garden of Eileen Soper by Duff Hart-Davis
I bought this late last year and it sat in my to read pile. My metaphorical to read pile, as it was “shelved” on the floor under a table along with a host of other books a bit too large … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors
Tagged Duff Hart-Davis, Eileen Soper, Nature, WIldings
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Monday #625
I did say last week that I had got hold of a copy of the New Famous Five book, but I haven’t actually read it yet, so that review is still to come. I am trying to work my way … Continue reading
Monday #524
Last week I did sit down, more than once, to write about Blyton’s best holiday locations. But somehow I just couldn’t get it written. I got myself a bit tied up trying to work out how much the locations could … Continue reading
The Five as you’ve never seen them before, part 4
With Eileen Soper being such a prolific illustrator for Blyton it’s not hard to find her work amongst the books on my shelves. So here are another few times she drew characters that look just like the Five, even though … Continue reading
Five Are Together Again part 4
Finally, I have reached the post with the promised nitpicks, of which there are many. Random points This one’s set at Easter, as was Mystery to Solve so it’s a full year later. It makes sense for them to have … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Eileen Soper, Five Are Together Again, The Famous Five, Tinker Hayling
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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
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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Monday #440
It is September and yet the sun is still shining (for now, at least!). Kirrin Holidays brochure from Travel Blyton and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 20.5* (I don’t have The Mountain of Adventure to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Edgar Stick, Eileen A Soper, Eileen Soper, Five Run Away Together, Monday, September
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