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Tag Archives: The Famous Five
Adventure at the Christmas Market
As promised here is our Christmas story starring the Famous Five and the Mannering/Trents. 1 Lucy-Ann washed the last of the breakfast dishes and sat them in the drying-rack for Jack to dry them. She glanced up at the ceiling … Continue reading
Spot the Famous Five’s favourite Christmas songs
You’ll think I have too much time on my hands, but really I don’t! Here is a short story featuring the Famous Five at Christmas – into which I have added several Christmas song titles. How many can you spot, … Continue reading
Five Have a Wonderful Time part 2
It’s been a while since part 1 of my review. I had intended to have part two done a week or two ago on a Sunday and then entirely forgot about it – I hadn’t even read the rest of … Continue reading
Five Have a Wonderful Time
Well, this is embarrassing. My last review in the Famous Five series was Five Go Down to the Sea. That’s book #12. Five Have a Wonderful Time is book #11. I would like to pass this off as me being … Continue reading
Lego Blyton: Five on a Hike Together
Not too long ago I shared my Lego builds of Five On a Treasure Island. That was the first one I did, and then I got thinking of what else I could build (however badly) out of Lego bricks… and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Dirty Dick, Five on a Hike Together, Gloomy Water, Lego, Lego Blyton, Maggie, Saucy Jane, The Famous Five, Two Trees
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Lego Blyton: Five On a Treasure Island
Lego Blyton. Two words that aren’t normally put together! There are Lego sets to go with dozens of movies and TV shows (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Avengers, Friends, a ton of Disney movies, DC, Indiana Jones, Lord of the … Continue reading
Posted in Toys and Games
Tagged Five on a Treasure Island, Kirrin Island, Lego, Lego Blyton, The Famous Five
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Five Go Down to the Sea part 2
I’ve reviewed the main story here, so now it’s time for everyone’s favourite part two, where I viciously dissect the book and point out all the plot holes and mistakes. The illustrations First up, a few points about Eileen Soper’s … Continue reading
Five on a Hike Together
This is one of my favourite Fives, it’s my second favourite after Five Go to Smuggler’s Top, in fact. (I realise I haven’t done a Five review since November, I think I got swept away with other blog ideas!) I … Continue reading
The Five as you have never seen them before, part 2
Recently I posted some illustrations by Eileen Soper that look like members of the Famous Five but are actually from short stories. Here are some more, this time from the Hodder Story Books (Happy, Merry and so on). Anne and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Eileen Soper, Hodder Story Books, The Famous Five
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The Five as you have never seen them before
Eileen Soper’s Five are the real Five to me. I grew up seeing her illustrations in lots of my Famous Five books and although I also had some Betty Maxey books too, I always picture Julian, Dick, Anne, George and … Continue reading
Blyton by others: A guide to prequels, sequels and continuations
While writing a guide to our recommended authors if you like Blyton, I had jotted down some other names. These names were of people who had written books featuring Blyton’s own characters, and in the end I decided that these … Continue reading
Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Anne Digby, Bruno Vincent, Claude Voilier, Malory Towers, Noddy, Pamela Butchart, Pamela Cox, Sophie Smallwood, St Clare's, Sue Welford, The Adventures with George and Timmy, The Adventurous Four, The Famous Five, The Faraway Tree, The Naughtiest Girl, The Secret Seven, The Wishing Chair
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Five Fall Into Adventure part 2
Following on from part one of my review now it’s time to see what happens now that the three plus Jo are hunting for George. Delaying tactics Jo being taken off by Jake means that the other three get lost … Continue reading
Five Fall Into Adventure
This is the ninth book in the series, so I’m almost half-way with my reviews. Just as a random point – I always confuse this title with Five Go Adventuring Again. It doesn’t hep that they are two of the … Continue reading
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
The Famous Five the Musical: Smuggler’s Gold
I had watched this musical once before, at Stef’s house, but I’d forgotten just about everything about it including the plot, songs and characters. We watched it at my house this time as I got it on DVD for my … Continue reading
Five Go off to Camp part 2
Last time I wrote a lot about Mr Luffy and the Andrews/Robbins family, and very little about the actual storyline or adventure. Let me remedy that now! The big adventure Now I’ve just read the book in the past week … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, George Kirrin, Spook Trains, The Famous Five
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Five Go Off to Camp
This is the seventh book in the series, a series which was only meant to run for six books! Children loved the Famous Five so much, however, that Blyton wrote another six. And another six. And then a final three. … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, Jock, Mr Luffy, Spook Trains, The Famous Five
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