God bless you Enid Blyton! (The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton)

Member Name: strawberrybonbon

Product:	The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton
Date:	12/05/09 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: A magical story from beggining to end.

Disadvantages: None.

Enid Blyton was a British writer whose career spanned 40 years in which time she published over 700 children's books, some of her characters included The Famous Five, The Secret Seven and more famously Noddy and Big Ears but for me the best book she ever wrote was the Enchanted wood.

I read this book to my daughter who is now grown up and has a daughter of her own and I am now reading the book to her.

They both loved it and I certainly enjoyed reading it to them, both for my enjoyment of the book and to see the wonder and surprise on their faces as the book revealed characters like "the angry pixie", "moonface", "saucepan man", and many, many more.

These characters live in the Faraway tree which went on to be the title of another of Enid`s books which make up the trilogy that this one is part of.

The three main characters are Jo, the big brother, Bessie the middle sister and Fanny the youngest sister, they set off to explore the nearby woods never expecting to find that they are enchanted and have a tree full of such characters.

There is some fear in them but also much curiosity and they cannot help but go on and continue their adventure regardless of the fear of getting themselves into trouble or danger.

The book is an absolute joy to read and I promise you I must have read every page a hundred times yet never tire of it, it is a truly great story written in such a way that only Enid Blyton could, if you have kids then bring a bit of magic into their lives and read them this wonderful book.

Summary: A must read if you have kids and a should read even if you do not!