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Tag Archives: Five Get Into Trouble
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
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Five Fall Into Adventure, Five Get Into Trouble, Five on a Hike Together
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Five Get Into Trouble
It has been ages since my last Famous Five review. Three months, in fact! I had almost forgotten I had been doing them. But here I am with book number eight. So far only books one and two have been … Continue reading
Eleven things I’ve learned about camping from Enid Blyton
I’m on holiday this week, so I’ve managed to prewrite a few things to keep the blog going while I’m away. I’m not actually camping, though. In fact, here’s a secret: I’ve never gone camping. Ever. I like electricity and … Continue reading
Posted in Plot Devices
Tagged Camping, Five Get Into Trouble, Five Go Off to Camp, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Secret Trail, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, The Castle of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Secret Island
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Putting the Famous Five in Order, part 3
So I have worked out where I would put ten of the books, my top eight and bottom two (you can read earlier posts here and here and so now I have reached my ‘middling favourites’. THE MIDDLE OF THE … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Get Into Trouble, part 2
So here we are looking at the second part of Five Get Into Trouble, and I feel safe in saying that this two-parter has to be one of the best. Now, grab some ginger beer, a sandwich and read on … Continue reading
The Blyton Book of Keepsakes
While I was on holiday last week and even though I wasn’t in what I strictly think of as Blyton country, I did manage to find something ever so beautiful! This neat little thing used to be a hard back … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Purchases
Tagged Crafts, Five Get Into Trouble, Holiday, Keepsake Book, Stitching, Washi Tape
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The Famous Five Adventures Card Game played by Fiona
I persuaded Ewan to play this with me last night, and we fell into the same trap as Stef and I did. We drew a card on every turn (the instructions are not quite clear!) and made it pointless to … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five Get Into Trouble
This book is one of the more complex books when you get down to the characters and in a ways, although thrilling, the plot is sort of secondary. The characters and their interactions are what makes up for most of … Continue reading
The Famous Five Card Game played by Fiona
I didn’t get around to listening to an audio drama for the blog this week (I think that was what I was meant to have done, at least!) so as Stef has arrived in Dundee tonight we decided to play … Continue reading
Five Get Into Trouble: An exciting dramatised adventure
Five Get Into Trouble is the second CD in the set, Five Fall Into Adventure being the first. I had a half-moment of hesitation before putting Trouble on, as I like to read/listen in order but I’ve been promising Trouble … Continue reading
A Missing Scene: Dick’s Adventure from Five Get Into Trouble
Dick felt angry and a bit afraid as the two men took no notice of his protests, but just dragged him away from the clearing where he had been mending the puncture in his tyre. He thought of poor Anne … Continue reading
Posted in Fan fiction
Tagged Dick Kirrin, Five Get Into Trouble, The Famous Five, Written by Daisy
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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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