Children's Books > Enid Blyton Children's Books

Advantages: Easy reading, enhances imagination
Disadvantages: none!

Join in the adventures of Dick, Bessie and Jo when they move to a new house with an enchanted wood at the bottom of their garden!! As they explore though the trees that whisper "wisha-wisha-wisha", they come across an incredibly tall tree in the middle of the wood which houses all sorts of unlikely fairy folk and has different fruits they higher you climb! Main characters include Moonface, Silky the fairy and the Saucepan Man who clatters wherever ...
...into a different land that stays for a few days or even a week. Will it be The Land of Spells? Or The Land of Parties? Or...*shudder*...The Land of Witches? And will they always get back to the ladder in time before the land moves on? A fantastic read! ... Read review

Advantages: Enid Blyton
Disadvantages: old English language used. i.e. the use of "shillings" etc.

...classmates in their adventures at Mallory Towers each term by reading these marvellous stories created by Enid Blyton. From midnight feasts to playing tricks on the ever-unsuspecting and hot-tempered "Mam'zelle" and moonlit swims, each page holds a giggle and makes the imagination come alive. I would say the books are best aimed for children aged 7 years to 11 years, although if you find yourself buying this, you will most likely find yourself reading ... Read review

Advantages: a great read for young girls
Disadvantages: none

...old fashioned. We saw the Amelia Jayne books and bought her one I didn't think she would actually finish it, she did over a weekend. She has since read a second one and is on to her third. The books are about a naughty doll who plays tricks on the other toys and they get their own back. To a young child these books are very interesting and make great conversation if you like to chat about what they have read. If your little girl likes reading or ... Read review

Advantages: Exciting story ,easy and compelling reading,first of a long series
Disadvantages: A bit dated in its language

The famous 5 are 4 cousins, George 11 (really a tomboy named Georgina) and her 3 cousins , Julian 12, Dick 11 and Anne 10. George has a dog she must keep in secret as he was a quite destructive puppy and is banned from her parents house , he is a brown mongrel dog and is called Timothy. This is the first time George meets her cousins and she does not like them to begin with. She is quite happy the way her life is and doesn't want them interfering ...
...unlikely but never mind it is a story and I never questioned it when aged 11)an Island with a ruined castle and even a wrecked ship which is under the sea. A treasure map is discovered by the children and confiscated by Georges strict father who then sells the story to the papers!! The children must try to discover the treasure (if it exists) before the Island is sold (yes even though it was given to George) to developers who are really treasure ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely timeless stories with a little moral message too in some of them
Disadvantages: Magic chairs are hard to find

...years old, my mother read the Wishing chair to us ,one story each night before bed. Molly and Peter are shopping in an antique shop when they are frightened by a sudden commotion.They sit together in an old chair and wish that they were back home and the chair lifts them up and flies out through the door and home! They do try to send it back but it has decided to stay and so it becomes their own wishing chair! They discover that the chair must ...
...and sometimes that is in the middle of the night. It is the children's secret. One day they visit a Giants castle ,where they discover a poor little pixie who has been enslaved and they rescue him and take him to live with them in their playroom which is a big shed in the garden. After that ,he always watches for the chair to grow its wings so that he can fetch the children from the house and perches on the back when they fly to a new adventure. ... Read review