Tag Archives: Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl vs the Sensitivity Readers

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Fiona

Enid Blyton’s books have been being updated for decades now, and while there is often complaints amongst the fans it is generally a muttering on forums and in Facebook groups. After all, it has been happening for years and it’s … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes nine and ten

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Fiona

Malory Towers went on the iPlayer very early in the lock down, so early April and here I am just getting to episodes nine and ten (of thirteen). I know a lot of people binged it but I watch two … Continue reading →

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Locked down library displays weeks 6 and 7

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Fiona

I’m still doubling up the weeks so that I can get through them a bit quicker. Here are links to weeks one, two, three and then four and five in case you missed them. Day #36 Marvel An array of … Continue reading →

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Five Get Into Trouble

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Fiona

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 →

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On my bookshelf part 5

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Fiona

I have written about most of my Blyton books already, but there are more children’s books in my collection. I have another shelf of mostly vintage books and one of mostly newer ones, which also has my collection of Blyton … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 3: The Ultimate First Book Guide

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Fiona

The Ultimate First Book Guide claims to contain over 500 great books for 0-7s. This might be dangerous for me as I will probably see lots of things I will want to read, I really enjoy going back and reading popular children’s … Continue reading →

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The Magic Faraway Tree, part 3

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Fiona

The last chapter I read ended after they returned from the weirdly wonderful Land of Dreams. I wonder where they will be off to next! THE LAND OF TOYS In another random moment of the tree having a schedule the … Continue reading →

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Making Blyton’s Food: Heroic Chocolate Cake by Jane Brocket

Posted on August 28, 2015 by pippastef

Well I managed to make a cake, but its not strictly Blyton. I reverted to Jane Brocket’s book after my foray into Delia last time, but unfortunately the baking Blyton saviour did not have a Blyton Chocolate cake, and we … Continue reading →

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