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Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton |
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02/10/07 (99 review reads) |
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Imagine living on the outskirts of a forest and knowing it was enchanted. What child could resist the temptation to enter within and see what kind of mysterious and magical things you might encounter in its depths. Not Jo, Bessie and Fanny (no sniggering boys!) that’s for sure. Tempted by the trees sighing' wisha, wisha' over the breeze, they travelled inside and found...
...The faraway tree! A tree covered in magical fruits with a new magical creature living on each branch. Creatures like the Angry Pixie, who lives up to his name. But don't stare into his window, or he'll throw water at you.
Venture to the next branch of the tree and find an altogether more appealing creature, Silky the fairy, who will entice you with trays of freshly baked pop biscuits and toffee shocks.
Other characters you will meet include Mr watzizname, Dame washalot, Saucepanman, and Moonface. Moonface is the children’s favourite of all the magical people in the tree, and always accompanies them on their adventures. He lives at the top of the tree, and within his home is the slippery slip, a helter-skelter type affair that takes you right out of the bottom of the tree again.
But we don't want to leave now, do we. We want to carry on climbing, up to the very top of the tree, and the mysterious cloud that hovers there. So let’s leave the slippery slip for later.
The cloud plays host to a different enchanted kingdom every time the children venture up the tree. Sometimes the lands are wonderful places, such as the land of 'Take what you want' where you can indeed take absolutely anything you please from among the selection of interesting things to be found there.
Or maybe the land of nursery rhymes is more up your street, where you can get to meet all your favourites, like Little Bo Peep, and Mother Goose. But watch out for the old woman that lives in a shoe, she has so many children she might mistake you for one of them.
Not all the lands are so good though. Be careful in the land of dreams, for almost as soon as you get there you are lulled indo a deep and dream filled sleep, and you might wake up to find the land has moved on again and that you’re stuck there.
The books are very simple to read and are absolutely enchanting for young and old alike. I loved this book as a child and I still adore it now, as it brings back the wonder I felt as a child. This is a great book to either give to your child and read to them, or just to keep for yourself as it’s so full of magic. Overall, a book I’d greatly recommend.
This book is available from amazon.co.uk for 4.99, and there is also a childrens animated film of the Faraway Tree series available for 9.99 which is nice for younger children.
Thanks for reading.
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