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Tag Archives: If you like Blyton
If you like Blyton, our guide to other great authors
Over the years we have reviewed lots of books by other authors, because we think that they’re the kind of thing other people might like if they like Enid Blyton books. I thought I would pull together a list of … Continue reading
Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Ali Sparkes, Colin Dann, Elen Caldecott, Esme Kerr, Helen Moss, If you like Blyton, Joyce Lankester Brisley, Julie Robinson, Katherine Woodfine, Lauren St John, Malcolm Saville, Mary Norton, Mary Pollock, Phyllis Gegan, R. J. McGregor, Robin Stevens, Susie Day, Will Scott
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If you like Blyton: The Harveys See it Through by Phyllis Gegan
You might remember the name Phyllis Gegan from my review of A Mystery for Ninepence recently. I bought this one partly because I like the Collin’s Seagull Library spines and partly because I like collecting books by authors I already … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: A Mystery for Ninepence by Phyllis Gegan
A Mystery for Ninepence, published 1964, is something I picked up in a charity shop because I like the spines on the Collin’s Seagull Library books. I paid a grand price of £3 for this one, and the original price … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Cherrys by Will Scott
I’ll begin this with two points: One – I feel bad about recommending this series because the books are quite hard to find and rather expensive when they are for sale. But not bad enough to not write this post. … Continue reading
Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged If you like Blyton, The Cherrys, Will Scott
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If you like Blyton: The Lone Pine Series by Malcolm Saville
I will start with an honest admission – I didn’t like this series the first time I tried it. I had heard that Malcolm Saville was like Enid Blyton and if I like the Famous Five etc then I would … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Recommendations
Tagged David Morton, If you like Blyton, Malcolm Saville, Shropshire, The Lone Pine Series
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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
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
If you like Blyton: Mischief at Midnight by Esme Kerr, part 3
Last time I left you with lots of questions, and hopefully now there will be some answers. But first, another question… IS EVERYONE INSANE? The protesters all have crazy names and Edie ends up at their encampment. Janet’s supposed to … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Mischief at Midnight by Esme Kerr, part 2
Here is part two of my review, where a lot of things hot up. HALF-TERM Next up is an exceat weekend – done a little bit differently from the Malory Towers or St Clare’s half-terms that we are familiar with. … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Mischief at Midnight by Esme Kerr
Mischief at Midnight is set at Knight’s Haddon, a girls’ boarding school, and the first chapter or two sounds rather like Malory Towers. ON THE SURFACE The language is different – but it has a clear posh boarding school sounds … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Mystery of Wickworth Manor by Elen Caldecott
In our quest to find books that could be considered similar to Enid Blyton’s novels for you to try yourselves, I have discovered another book by Elen Caldecott, an author I reviewed a few months ago (The Mysteries of Marsh … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Adventure Island series by Helen Moss
Stef has already suggested this series for fans of Blyton and has reviewed the first book in the series – The Mystery of the Whistling Caves. But that’s not going to stop me from repeating the suggestion (after all we … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Marsh Road Mysteries: Diamonds and Daggers by Elen Caldecott
As you know we are always on the look out for books and authors to recommend for you to try, especially if they are reminiscent of our favourite author, Enid Blyton. Of course for Fiona and I, working in libraries we … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
I have recently read The Animals of Farthing Wood for the first time. I watched the BBC cartoon as a child and loved it – enough to remember the main plot and some details. I’m also now rewatching the series … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Secret of Dead Man’s Cove reviewed by Chris
This review is inspired by Fiona’s of Dead Man’s Cove by Lauren St John which reminded me of one of my very favourite children’s books, The Secret of Dead Man’s Cove by R.J. McGregor published by Penguin in 1937. I … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Dead Man’s Cove reviewed by Fiona
This is the first in the Laura Marlin series by Lauren St John. Stef read and reviewed it a while back, and when I spotted it in my library I thought I might as well give it a go. OF LAURA … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Dead Man's Cove, If you like Blyton, Laura Marlin, Lauren St John
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If you like Blyton: Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens
Having started to read this book I am wondering if perhaps I should have made the title If you like Agatha Christie… as this book has moved away from the Malory Towers backdrop to a secluded country mansion where a … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes
I suspect that a lot of you have never heard of Hampshire based authoress who turns up for her public appearances in amazing sparkly boots (the clue’s in the surname). Last month I had the fortune of Ali Sparkes coming … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Dead Man’s Cove by Lauren St John
I swear I had been planning to review this book a while ago, and by a while, I mean almost two years ago! I certainly have read it before, but I think I just never got around to it. It … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories by Joyce Lankester Brisley
Anyone who knows me will know two things – a) I love a bargain when it comes to buying books and b) I love reading children’s books. Those two together is how I came to buy the Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories. I … Continue reading
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