The Amelia Jane Collection - Enid Blyton

Boo! Made You Jump! - Lauren Child

Charlie and Lola the ever loving sister and brother duo who children love to watch and read about. Charlie the older brother and Lola the younger sister team up again in this book which is another of my daughter's favourites. Lola is dead set on making Charlie jump. He says he will never be able to so Lola embarks on a scary story one night when they have friends round for a sleepover. She tells of scary castles and ghostly noises but nothing is going to scare Charlie. Lola is getting desperate, when suddenly the dog jumps on Charlie's lap and makes him jump. Lola laughs and laughs and says now she knows how to make him jump. This is another fairly good ...

Boo! Made You Jump! - Lauren Child

Charlie and Lola the ever loving sister and brother duo who children love to watch and read about. Charlie the older brother and Lola the younger sister team up again in this book which is another of my daughter's favourites. Lola is dead set on making Charlie jump. He says he will never be able to so Lola embarks on a scary story one night when they have friends round for a sleepover. She tells of scary castles and ghostly noises but nothing is going to scare Charlie. Lola is getting desperate, when suddenly the dog jumps on Charlie's lap and makes him jump. Lola laughs and laughs and says now she knows how to make him jump. This is another fairly good ...

Favourite Stories - Enid Blyton

*Background* Noddy was originally created by Enid Blyton, who also gave us classics like The Famous Five, The Secret Seven and all those Tales Before Bedtime. She created a variety of books for children of all ages and I must admit to being a bit of an addict of her books when I was growing up. These days Noddy has become a bit more politically correct and certain characters have had a bit of a makeover and change of name. In the old days it was the golliwogs who caused trouble in Toytown - nowadays it is the Goblins. I understand the need for the change in today s society, although I have to say that I didn t grow up associating this toy with people of a different ...

Favourite Stories - Enid Blyton

*Background* Noddy was originally created by Enid Blyton, who also gave us classics like The Famous Five, The Secret Seven and all those Tales Before Bedtime. She created a variety of books for children of all ages and I must admit to being a bit of an addict of her books when I was growing up. These days Noddy has become a bit more politically correct and certain characters have had a bit of a makeover and change of name. In the old days it was the golliwogs who caused trouble in Toytown - nowadays it is the Goblins. I understand the need for the change in today s society, although I have to say that I didn t grow up associating this toy with people of a different ...

The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - Enid Blyton

As it says in my title, I watched The Adventures of the Wishing Chair a few weeks ago on video and it got me all nostelgic. Enid Blyton was always my favourite author as a child and my 9 year old is a big fan too so I popped up to her room for a copy of The Wishing Chair to read in the bath. The book is pure fantasy in the same vein as The Magic Faraway Tree where a couple of children happen upon an old chair in an Antique shop, they ve gone to the Antique shop with thirty five pence to buy a tea caddy for their mums birthday. The children are brother and sister called Mollie and Peter, once in the shop they are captured by a naughty wizard and his cat and jump onto a ...

The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - Enid Blyton

As it says in my title, I watched The Adventures of the Wishing Chair a few weeks ago on video and it got me all nostelgic. Enid Blyton was always my favourite author as a child and my 9 year old is a big fan too so I popped up to her room for a copy of The Wishing Chair to read in the bath. The book is pure fantasy in the same vein as The Magic Faraway Tree where a couple of children happen upon an old chair in an Antique shop, they ve gone to the Antique shop with thirty five pence to buy a tea caddy for their mums birthday. The children are brother and sister called Mollie and Peter, once in the shop they are captured by a naughty wizard and his cat and jump onto a ...