Mystery of the Secret Room - Enid Blyton

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

I grew up with a healthy addiction to Enid Blyton s children s books, devouring every single one of her series including Mallory Towers, The Twins at St Clare s, The Secret Seven and the magical tales of the Faraway Tree. So when I noticed The Magic Faraway Tree was only a few pounds on Amazon, I decided to use my vouchers to get a blast from the past and, despite my 28 years, I wasn t disappointed! The Faraway Tree series of books tells the tale of two young sisters and their older brother who move, against their wishes, from the hustle and bustle of the city to a sleepy house in the country. They feel that life there will be very dull, until that is, they discover ...

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

I grew up with a healthy addiction to Enid Blyton s children s books, devouring every single one of her series including Mallory Towers, The Twins at St Clare s, The Secret Seven and the magical tales of the Faraway Tree. So when I noticed The Magic Faraway Tree was only a few pounds on Amazon, I decided to use my vouchers to get a blast from the past and, despite my 28 years, I wasn t disappointed! The Faraway Tree series of books tells the tale of two young sisters and their older brother who move, against their wishes, from the hustle and bustle of the city to a sleepy house in the country. They feel that life there will be very dull, until that is, they discover ...

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

Although Enid Blyton has become less fashionable of late and some of her characters are rather un-PC, she was undeniably the doyenne of children s fiction for several decades and some of her books are as relevant to twenty-first century children as they were to their parents and grandparents, and possibly even great-grandparents. The Magic Faraway Tree is just such a book. This is the second in Blyton s wonderful trilogy about this magical tree. Back story: Jo, Bessie and Fanny move with their parents to a house on the edge of a wood. Whilst exploring the woods where the trees whisper "wisha, wisha, wisha" the children find right in the middle, a huge ...

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

Although Enid Blyton has become less fashionable of late and some of her characters are rather un-PC, she was undeniably the doyenne of children s fiction for several decades and some of her books are as relevant to twenty-first century children as they were to their parents and grandparents, and possibly even great-grandparents. The Magic Faraway Tree is just such a book. This is the second in Blyton s wonderful trilogy about this magical tree. Back story: Jo, Bessie and Fanny move with their parents to a house on the edge of a wood. Whilst exploring the woods where the trees whisper "wisha, wisha, wisha" the children find right in the middle, a huge ...

Second Form at St. Clare's - Enid Blyton

This fourth book in the series is the first not to take place in the first form. Pat, Isabel & the rest of their friends have been moved up to the second form and have a new teacher, Miss Jenks. As always, Blyton introduces a number of new girls into the mix. This term there are four:- two completely new girls & two "old" girls. The two "old" girls are Elsie Fanshawe & Anna Johnson. They've been kept down in the second form & Miss Jenks decides to make them joint head girls despite the fact that Elsie is spiteful & Anna is lazy. She & Miss Theobald, the headmistress, hope that the responsibility of being head girls will be good for ...

Second Form at St. Clare's - Enid Blyton

This fourth book in the series is the first not to take place in the first form. Pat, Isabel & the rest of their friends have been moved up to the second form and have a new teacher, Miss Jenks. As always, Blyton introduces a number of new girls into the mix. This term there are four:- two completely new girls & two "old" girls. The two "old" girls are Elsie Fanshawe & Anna Johnson. They've been kept down in the second form & Miss Jenks decides to make them joint head girls despite the fact that Elsie is spiteful & Anna is lazy. She & Miss Theobald, the headmistress, hope that the responsibility of being head girls will be good for ...