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Tag Archives: The Famous Five
My Favourite Birthday Cake – Enid Blyton Style
I think I might have mentioned it once or twenty times twice, but Five Go to Smuggler’s Top is one of my favourite books. For that reason my lovely mother made me this cake for my ninth birthday – though she missed … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Birthdays, Cake, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Famous Five
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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 16-18
Here we are at the penultimate instalment of my Famous Five series of posts. Thanks to anyone who’s stuck with me and actually read them all. As always there may be spoilers, I accept no responsibility for ruining your enjoyment of … Continue reading
Winter and Christmas reads, part 2
I hope you all enjoyed my last book on the Blyton books you should be reading this winter. Here are five more titles in my list of winter and Christmas must reads by Blyton. If you missed my first post … Continue reading
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 13-15
Welcome to post number 5. You know the drill – there might be spoilers here if you’ve not read (or can’t remember) these books. Again, we are extremely lucky that these books were even written. After succumbing to her readers’ … Continue reading
Julian’s News, chapter 1
As you may have gathered from my last fan fiction post I like to think of myself as a bit of a writer. I received very positive feedback from those of you who read my last story and I’m truly grateful that you … Continue reading
Posted in Fan fiction
Tagged Dick Kirrin, Julian Kirrin, Julian's News, Sally Hope, The Famous Five
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Poppy’s Book of the Month: Five Go Adventuring Again
By Poppy Hutchinson age 11 Title: Five Go Adventuring Again Series: The Famous Five Main Characters: George, Anne, Julian, Dick and Timmy Published: 1943 First Published By: Hodder & Stoughton Rating (Out of 5): 4/5 You will most probably all have … Continue reading
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 10-12
This is part four of the series of Famous Five posts. If you’ve not yet read these three books you might find this gives away some things you didn’t want to know, so read on at your own peril. FIVE … Continue reading
My childhood books, part 1
This series of posts is inspired by a thread on the Enid Blyton Society Forums, where members are discussing which Blyton was the first they read or bought. Many of them have fond memories of a particular copy of the … Continue reading
Should we ever compare Julian and Fatty?
By PippaStef Inspired by several topics of conversation on the Enid Blyton Society Forums, “Fatty vs Julian”, I want to examine this comparison and why I believe it’s wrong to make it. As a staunch fan of Julian Kirrin and … Continue reading
Posted in Characters
Tagged Fatty, Frederick Algernon Trotteville, Julian Kirrin, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers
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Comic Strip Presents… Five Go to Rehab – A Review
I’ve just gotten around to watching Five Go to Rehab as I recorded it when it was originally on. I have to say I have mixed feelings about the programme now I’ve seen it. There were definitely some good things about … Continue reading
Collecting Blyton
by PippaStef I was inspired by Fiona and Su’s stories of how they came across a longed for book to complete their Enid Blyton collections, and ended up wondering how you achieve a complete collection of books that don’t cost … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Purchases
Tagged Dust Jackets, Editions, Hodder and Stoughton, Malory Towers, Methuen, The Famous Five
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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
Julian’s News, prequel
For a long time now I have been interested in Enid Blyton fan-fiction, namely ones involving the Famous Five and Malory Towers. Sites sometimes have some distinctly non-Blyton fan fiction on them, but that’s not something I have a huge … Continue reading
Posted in Fan fiction
Tagged Darrell Rivers, Julian Kirrin, Julian's News, Malory Towers, Sally Hope, St Andrews, The Famous Five
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Fiona’s Three Favourite Characters
Reading Pippastef’s blog post on her three favourite characters inspired me write my own. When it came to it though, I had real trouble coming up with three characters. Other people seem to be able to instantly produce a few … Continue reading
Posted in Characters
Tagged Belinda Morris, Favourites, George Kirrin, Irene, Julian Kirrin, Kiki, Malory Towers, The Adventure Series, The Famous Five
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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 4-6
A guide to the Five’s next three adventures, and again, if you haven’t read the books this might contain some spoilers. FIVE GO TO SMUGGLER’S TOP, 1945 The Locations: Smuggler’s Top is a huge, old, rambling house on top of … Continue reading
My three favourite characters
In this post I’m going to talk about my three favourite characters from Enid Blyton and the reasons why they are my favourites. Sally Hope Series: Malory Towers. Reason: In First Term at Malory Towers, Sally Hope starts off as a rather … Continue reading
Posted in Characters
Tagged Aily, Bill Robinson, Favourites, Jennifer Mary Armstrong, Julian Kirrin, Malory Towers, Sally Hope, The Famous Five
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Series Synopsis: Famous Five Books 1-3
A short guide to the first three Famous Five adventures. There are some spoilers if you haven’t read the books yet. FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND, 1942 The Location: Kirrin Bay. The Kirrin Bay area has belonged to Aunt Fanny’s … Continue reading
Who are the Famous Five? a short guide
Here’s a short guide to who makes up the Famous Five and the grown-ups who are responsible for them during the adventure-filled school holidays. JULIAN Older brother to Dick and Anne, cousin to George. Julian is generally in charge of … Continue reading
Posted in Characters
Tagged Dick Kirrin, George Kirrin, Julian Kirrin, The Famous Five, Timmy
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