The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton

...what springs to mind? Maybe the adventures experienced by the Famous Five? How about the escapades of the Secret Seven? Or the loveable Noddy and friends? These are all well known stories that out parents read to us and in some cases we are reading to our children. But what about the adventures of Jo, Bessie and Fanny? Or the funny ways of the Saucepot Man? Or Moon-Face, the man with a great beaming, round face along with a great beaming smile? Hmm, ...
...desired! Let me start from the beginning. ______About Enid______ I have to confess, even though I knew the name well, I didn't really have any idea about the individual behind that name. I'd always imagined a lady in her mid-forties with a wicked sense of humour and a captivating personality for both adults and children alike. I was right. Enid was born in a tiny flat in East Dulwich in 1897. The eldest of three children, she was described as ...

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...Blyton, in my opinion, is the most amazing children’s author of all time. As I look fondly back, I’m sure most will remember the feelings of excitement and exhilaration that swept over us as we sunk deeper and deeper into the fantasy lands Blyton created. Turning the pages as the tension rose, and wondering what would become of the colourful characters she created, our imaginations were captured by her amazing stories of adventure-loving children ...
...Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London. The daughter of Thomas Carey Blyton, and Theresa Mary Blyton, she was the eldest of three children. Enid and her father were very close, and shared a bond which originated when Enid nearly died in the first few months of her life from Whooping cough. Books that inspired her were - Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), Little Women (Louisa May Alcott), and The Coral Island (R.N.Ballantyne). Her mother didn't approve ...

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...to really enjoy all of the Enid Blyton books, namely The Famous Five series. But, there was one of her books that was the most creative of them all - well, actually it was a series of books about three children and their adventures up the Faraway Tree. The first book in this series is called The Enchanted Wood, and sets the scene for the books to come. After thinking about The Enchanted Wood, and all of it's follow-ups, for a few days, I pulled ...
...I was little. The big motivation for me to actually read the book was actually a really bad cold which has plagued me for the past few days - at the time there was absolutely nothing on TV, and I couldn't be bothered to go onto the net. So I opened the now yellow-coloured pages of the book and started to relive my childhood. The book revolves around three children - Jo, and his two sisters, Bessie and Fanny. For all their lives they had lived in ...

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...some of her characters including The Famous Five, The Secret Seven and more famously Noddy and Big Ears and the other folk of Toyland. This book is a particular favourite of mine - i remember as a 7 year old sitting around the teacher intently listening as everday she read 2-3 pages of this book to us before hometime. I passed my love of it onto my younger sisters and am now reading bits of it to little one who loves it just as much as i did and ...
...you read you get the feeling that it is set in a different era - children who drink hot milk with biscuits at bedtime, grow vegetables and weed the garden, help mother with the chores around the house - a pre -war feel to it - really easy going and uncomplicated. The children and their parents have moved from the big smokey town to the countryside as there father has taken a job there - they move into a cottage on the outskirts of a forest called ...

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the enchanted wood opens many doorways to the imagination.with it strange and wonderful characters such as moonface,saucepan man and silky the elf.it is about three children jo,bessie and fanny ,who move to the country only to discover a magical woodland at the bottom of there garden.filled with whispering trees,brownies,elfs,fairies,talking animals and of cause the magic faraway tree.the children soon make friends with all the wood folk and embark ...
...inhabited by creatures such as the angry pixie(dont look through his window,youll get a wet face)and mr watzisname(nobody knows his real name)and dame washalot(whos always throwing her dirty water down the tree).the tree itself is always growing different fruits,ripe for the eating.at the top of the tree is a ladder which leads up through the clouds to a magical land which moves of to be replaced by a new land,which could be nice or not.along with ...

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...THAT EVEN COMPARES, APART FROM THE FOLLOW UPS. I STILL HAVE THE BOOK FROM MY CHILDHOOD AND READ IT TO MY CHILD AND FRIENDS CHILDREN, WHO ENJOY IT JUST AS MUCH AS I DID. A MAGICAL ADVENTURE THAT TAKES YOU INTO THE ENCHANTED WOOD. A PLACE WHERE YOU NEVER WANT TO LEAVE. GOBLINS, FAIRIES, MAGICAL WORLDS AND ADVENTURES. FUN AND EXCITEMENT ALL CAPTURED IN ONE BOOK. IT IS AN OLD STORY, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN ARE OLD FASHIONED, (DICK AND FANNY). ...

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I remember the moment clearly. It was a warm March day in 1986 at St Gerards school and Mrs Fitzpatrick got us all to sit infront of her desk. She had a new book to read to us. There was about 30 of us all 6&7 year olds making a racket as usual. I think the teacher had read the first three lines and there was a stunning silence. She had done it, shut the rabbel up! Amazing, how could a book have such an impact. This is the kind of book I am talking ...
...on and on and on. The book is about 3 kids who have to move from the bust town to the quiet country. They find a wood with a gigantic tree in the middle. (The faraway tree) J CHARACTERS JO. The big brother who always looked after his two little sisters and Connie. Always helpes out in the garden. BESSIE & FANNY. The younger sisters who always did as Jo said and helped mother about the house. MOONFACE. Owner of the top house and the slippery slip ...

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...they use to live in the town, but now they live in the country and they have a nice little cottoge in the conner.The parents need a lot of help, then the three children find a tree that you could find some friends up there.The characthers are: saucepan,moonface,silky,they have to watch out for Damewashalot who throws her water down the tree the angry pixie who gets mad for no reason and Mr. Whatsizname who snores a lot. The three children call it ...
...moody for no reason like the Angry pixie and shout at you even if they want a fair disscussion with you. In the book the gang try to get or do what ever they have to before the land moves on because if it does youll be left behind an will never be seen or heard of again At night sometimes the three children try to visit the Faraway tree and see the most peciular things.The lights will appear and some new fruits will grow and there will be loads ...

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Enid Blyton is one of the most successful children's writers ever. Her prolific output of 700 books has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold in excess of 400 million copies worldwide.First pulication of this book was May 1939. My mum was given this book as a youngster and then passed it onto myself when i was 10, I read it cover to cover and on finishing I started it all again. This is a gorgeous fairy tale for you to read alone ...
...willing to sit and read the whole book to them.because once you have started they wont let you finish and you wont want to stop either.But in my own opinion it has gotten better over the years that I have grown up as I now understand more of the terminology used. I feel that children under the age of about 10 will probably have more difficulty in understanding every word but none the less I dont feel it will go 'over thier heads'.As the characters ...

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