Tag Archives: The Caravan Family

Reading the Caravan Family series to Brodie part 2

Posted on June 7, 2026 by Fiona

Last time I covered the first three books. They’re short and simple books so there wasn’t as much to say as there was with the Famous Five or Adventure Series books etc. The Seaside Family Brodie was surprised – and … Continue reading →

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Reading the Caravan Family series to Brodie

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Fiona

As always I’m way behind on these posts, so I thought I’d combine some of the Family books into one post in an attempt to catch up. They are all quite short books, to be fair! We read them in … Continue reading →

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Monday #626

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Fiona

Tomorrow is a school day as the holidays are now over. It’s also going to be the first rainy day we’ve had in about two weeks! That at least means I shouldn’t have to go out and water the peas, … Continue reading →

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My favourite Blyton covers part two

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Fiona

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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Blyton’s strangest homes, part 2

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Fiona

Most of these are less strange than houses filled with secret passages, and castles with apparent ghosts, but they’re not exactly normal-every-day home for most people, either. CARAVANS A lot of Blyton’s characters live in caravans at one point or … Continue reading →

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Monday #281

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Fiona

Blyton’s strangest homes, part 2 and Miss Greyling’s Girls, the failures The Caravan Family starts an exciting life for Belinda, Mike and Ann, when their parents buy to caravans for the family to live in. They do them up nicely … Continue reading →

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Summer reads

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Fiona

After a glorious May, and a bit of a cloudy June, summer seems to have arrived in earnest in Scotland. We spent an afternoon at the beach and Brodie paddled in the sea for the first time, and I started to wonder … Continue reading →

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Even more search terms (#5)

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Fiona

This really is the blog idea that just keeps on giving. Every so often I browse the search terms that have led people to our blog and there’s always something interesting or amusing to see. Here’s the best of the … Continue reading →

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A completely un-confusing guide to names in Blyton’s books, part 2

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Fiona

Last time we clarified which Jack, or indeed Jock, was which, we covered the difference between Morgan, Dai and Llewellyn and Morgan, Dai and Llewellyn, and we made sure we knew our great-grandad from our old grandads. Now for some … Continue reading →

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My Blyton best short stories

Posted on May 13, 2018 by pippastef

If you go onto the Enid Blyton Society’s Cave of Books, you’ll be able to find out about all of Enid Blyton’s books, her series, short stories and novels and novelettes: they have worked tirelessly to gather all the information … Continue reading →

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Monday #260

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Fiona

  Mischief at Midnight by Esme Kerr and Blyton’s bothersome best “Clear orf, you! Clear orf!” Mr Goon says clear orf so often that the Find-Outers nickname him Old Clear-Orf.  Bets remarks in The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage that that’s what he always says … Continue reading →

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The Caravan Family

Posted on August 4, 2017 by pippastef

Finally, I hear you cry, she’s found and read the first book in the series! Now perhaps she can tell us what happened in the beginning (assuming that you haven’t already read them in order like you’re supposed to! What … Continue reading →

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The Buttercup Farm Family

Posted on July 26, 2017 by pippastef

I realise that I have read this series in a most peculiar order and for anyone trying to follow the series, I’ve not helped. So I apologise. Nevertheless I have now read five out of the six of the series … Continue reading →

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The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Fiona

Last time we saw quite a bit of text cut out of one chapter plus some other more minor changes, so let’s see what we get this time. I am comparing the first edition (Lutterworth Press, 1947) to an omnibus … Continue reading →

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The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Fiona

So far this book seems to have had minimal editing, which is  a pleasant surprise. Shall we see if that continues? I am comparing the first edition (Lutterworth Press, 1947) to an omnibus edition containing four of the six books … Continue reading →

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The Seaside Family

Posted on May 31, 2017 by pippastef

We’re  back with Mike, Belinda and Ann again for another Family adventure –  well as far as a young children can have an adventure with their parents around. However, it is a big adventure for the children. They’ve never been … Continue reading →

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The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 2

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Fiona

There weren’t too many changes made in the first chapters, but then again the chapters are pretty short! I am comparing the first edition (Lutterworth Press, 1947) to an omnibus edition containing four of the six books (Egmont, 2014). CHAPTER … Continue reading →

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The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Fiona

I’ve been looking for a new book to compare lately – as it has been a weekly scramble to come up with an idea otherwise – and then this rather fell into my lap. Or fell into my Whatsapp conversation, … Continue reading →

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The Pole Star Family

Posted on May 10, 2017 by pippastef

As you know last week I got an omnibus of the Family series, tightly and newly bound in a Quentin Blake-esque illustrations, shoulder to shoulder with related stories. So I thought that this week I’d continue with the reviews from this … Continue reading →

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The Saucy Jane Family

Posted on May 3, 2017 by pippastef

A Bit of Background As some of you will know I reviewed The Queen Elizabeth Family last year, so the concept of Enid Blyton’s Family Series was not unknown to me. However I admit ignorance in the fact that I did … Continue reading →

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