I noticed some Enid Blyton books in one of the many charity shops we have in Haywards Heath town center,and started to read Her books although I am older now. I used to read Her books in the library lesson in Senior School . I am now enjoying Her books as much as I did then ,she is a superb writer . the first one i read was:*Five go down to the sea*I couldnt have a holiday this year ,so I enjoyed sharing the description of the famous fives holiday. The setting was in Cornwall on Tremannon Farm. The farmers wife is a wonderful cook ,you can almost taste the food with Enids descripton .They started with high tea with salad new potatoes ,a huge ...  Read the complete review

Come take a trip down memory lane with me, as I relive the reading habits of my childhood. You see I was quite an early reader and soon outgrew all those Peter and Jane books (does anyone else remember them?) and in order to satiate my ever growing hunger for the written word my parents began to buy me the different series of books written by Enid Blyton. There were quite a few different sets of books, including The St Claire's, Mallory Towers, and Secret Seven, but my favourites were those that featured The Famous Five. They were full of adventure, and it seemed (to me at least) that they were able to go places and do things that I could never imagine being able to and .  Read the complete review

While every child nowadays, who isn't illiterate or severely post-modern, has read the Harry Potter books, and every vicar, however 'Christian cool' and alien they be, has read the bible, so generations of children have got caught up in the adventures of Enid Blyton's Famous Five. No not a group of cheesy pop stars, but a gang of four fearless and thrill seeking kids, and their dog. They were the ultimate crime fighting outfit. Scotland Yard: 'We have a new case, send out the famous five' Julian: the eldest of the them all and, not surprisingly given the name, a bloke. He would always be the leader, the sensible one, probably ...  Read the complete review

The Famous Five are one of the most lovable and immersible worlds ever created in literature. The Famous Five are Julian, Dick, George, Anne and of course Timmy the dog, all of whom get into a lot of adventures (21 in all), with Enid Blyton?s charming narrative depicting their activities against the backdrop of rural England. The world in itself provides a fantasy as relevant today as it was fifty years ago when these books were written. The stories are always tucked into the children?s moments between dull reality, and always take place during the holidays when the children come home from their schools. The cottage which is George?s home, and all the other ...  Read the complete review

I was, a very happy, Enid Blyton child. I grew up with bookshelves filled with the Famous Five and Secret Seven, and dragged my uncle into more caves than I care to remember to search for smugglers. The Famous Five, for those of you who have somehow missed out on finding out about them, is a group composed of four children - Julian, Dick, Anne and their cousin George, and the dog, Timmy. Together the five of them are allowed what seems an amazing amount of freedom in today's world, biking off on their own all over the place, camping over on the island George owns. They spend most of it fighting crime, because the Famous Five world is one with pirates and ...  Read the complete review