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Pure Fantasy! Advantages: see review Disadvantages: see review ...I spotted a copy of the Folk of the Faraway tree at my local car boot sale I was very excited! I happily paid my 20p and hurried home to start reading the story to my 5-year-old son. The Story. ********* Joe, Beth and Frannie move to the country when their father gets a new job. Exploring their new area they discover an enchanted wood right on their doorstep. The wood is home to wonderful, Magical characters such as elves and talking rabbits. ... ...so called because at the top, through the clouds the children discover lots of different faraway lands. The lands change on a regular basis, so the children never know which land they will find. There is the land of Nursery Rhymes, where many well know Nursery Rhyme characters live, the land of do-as you please and the land of giants. Each land provides the children with an exciting adventure. The children meet and befriend the folk who live in ... anwar 04.03.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Folk of the Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability
Adventure Ahead! Advantages: excitement, adventure, fast-paced Disadvantages: a bit dated The Valley of Adventure is the third book in Enid Blyton’s Adventure series. This series consists of eight books which follow the exploits of four children, Philip, Jack, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, along with Jack’s parrot Kiki and their friend Bill. These books follow a pattern which is common through many of Enid Blyton’s stories, where children foil the plots of wicked men in a courageous and exciting way. The stories are very plot driven and have the ... ...young readers. The characters of the children are all distinct, but there’s little character development that occurs, either in the individual books or through the series as a whole. The bad guys in these books always seem to be “wicked men” who look like bad sorts. Fairly often, they’re foreign, while the children and very British. In this particular story, Bill is going to give the children a ride in his new plane at night and take them to stay ... 87degrees 20.05.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Valley Of Adventure - Enid Blyton	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability
George Kirrin meets her cousins for the first time Advantages: Fun! Disadvantages: None The Famous Five series...such legendary books that I am sure my review will not do justice to them! Enid Blyton must be one of the greatest authors who ever lived and in my opinion; she can easily be classified among great Shakespeare, Bronte, Austen, and the rest. I love the Famous Five series so much that I not only devoured each book as a child, but I still re-read them even now! I have a special attachment with "Five on a Treasure Island" because ... ...somewhat spoiled tomboyish child in Five on a Treasure Island- and this image will stick through all the series. However, Enid Blyton depicts George as being a lovable character, despite all her misgivings. Any one, child or adult, can see the impact and influence of her cousins over here. By the end of this book, she is already sharing her precious island with them! This book also starts in depicting the investigative talent of the Famous Five. ... diamond_sparkles 05.09.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Five on a Treasure Island - Enid Blyton	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability
The Weak Link Advantages: exciting, light-read Disadvantages: shows its age, the weakest of the series ...of my opinion. This is the fifth book in the Adventure series, which follows the exploits of four children, Philip, Jack, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, along with their friend Bill and Jack’s parrot Kiki. In this book, the children go on holiday to Wales with Bill and Mrs Mannering, Philip and Dinah’s mother. They plan to go on a camping trip to the Vale of Butterflies, but their guide gets them lost in the fog and then abandons them. The children are left ... ...another adventure. All the books in the series follow a similar pattern, with innocent children accidentally coming across some mysterious plot by a group of wicked men. Through courage, intelligence, luck and the benefit of being the good guys, the children inevitably succeed in foiling the plot. The stories tend to twist and turn on the way to the end so, although you can be sure where the story is going, you still get the excitement of finding ... 87degrees 05.06.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Mountain of Adventure - Enid Blyton	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability
High Excitement! Advantages: exciting, good plot, fast paced Disadvantages: a bit dated ...those I particularly loved were the Adventure series, starting with The Island of Adventure. As you might guess, this is an adventure story. As with quite a lot of her books, this novel concerns a group of children who accidentally stumble upon a group of criminals and have an exciting adventure. This is a pattern that will be very familiar to anyone who’s read any of the Famous Five or Secret Seven series. It’s a pattern that flows through so many ... ...men several times their age. The bad guys are obviously bad and the good guys always win through a mixture of luck, cleverness and being generally nice. But the success of Enid Blyton’s books proves that it’s a recipe that works. In this book, Philip and his sister Dinah invite Jack and his sister Lucy-Ann (and Jack’s parrot Kiki) to come and stay with them at their aunt and uncle’s house, the wind-swept Craggy Tops. This is an old house on a desolate ... 87degrees 18.05.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Island of Adventure - Enid Blyton	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability