Famous Five Slipcase 1-7 - Enid Blyton

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...