Enid Blyton

Anyone familiar with her works?

Back when I had to spend long, lonely days in my late grandfather's house without the joys of internet access after my parents' divorce, I stumbled upon my mum's old Famous Five collection and ended up reading them all the time.

I have also read The Circus Series and have actually created the work page for The Secret Island...

How about you?

edited 8th Jun '11 6:13:00 AM by betterthanstrawberry

I still have The Faraway Tree books lying around somewhere, and I know I saw a Secret Seven book while rummaging through the storage area a few weeks ago.

I loved her books way hard when I was a young teen.

I absolutely adored her books from 6-9 years old, and still have most of them (Famous 5, Adventurous 4, Secret 7, Faraway Tree, the Secrets set etc), though I did get rid of some of the youngest aimed ones. When I was young she was probably the most popular children's author.

I have the Faraway Tree series in my house somewhere - I loved those books.

I espicially remember one story where all the children got turned into the costumes they were wearing and one got to be a fairy ^_^

I think my mum also used to read Malory Towers, though I can't find the books anymore...

I loved Enid Blyton books as a kid - Malory Towers, Faraway Tree, some of the Famous Five - but I haven't really gone back to reread them since.

Possibly because, on reflection, there's some Unfortunate Implications in a lot of what she wrote. All those nasty evil foreigners...

Part of the charm of reading them at later ages, I think.

Her books were some of my favourites! Anyone else read the Land of Far Beyond? I seem to be the only Enid Blyton fan who has actually heard of it.

My sister used to collect her books, and then decided she didn't care anymore, so I ended up with them all. I've only read about half the ones I have, and weirdly enough, not a lot of the more famous series; my favourite was always The Naughtiest Girl is a Moniter, although I don't have any of the others in that series. I flick through them when I want some nostalgia.

I belive I have The Secret Door, somewhere in my house...

edited 14th Jun '11 5:46:33 AM by Chaosjunction

I created a page called "Enid" which is a 2009 docu drama based in her life as an author and her relationship with her family. It's a good watch if you want to know more about her.