Enid Blyton - The Famous Five Rule Forever

Advantages: A Good Read
Disadvantages: A Little Bit Outdated

...I discovered Enid Blyton?s magical world of books at a very early age. I remember being only 6 or 7 years old begging my mother to take me to the local library to exchange my famous five book for the next one. By the age of 10 I had undoubtedly read all 21 books in the series and was probably reading some for the second time. Enid Blyton was born in London in1887 and died in 1968. She is one...

micksheff 04.08.2004 23:13 (04.08.2004 23:14) · Read review
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Review of The Famous Five - Enid Blyton

Famous forever

Advantages: Exciting, entertaining
Disadvantages: Addictive, only 21 volumes

...In an era of computer consoles and expensive gadgets providing entertainment to young children, allow me to site a more educational source of amusement ? Enid Blyton?s marvellous collection of stories based around four adventurous children and an intelligent, loyal dog. The Famous Five?s success was rewarded with a television series screened on ITV some years after the first of 21 volumes were...

hasmann 30.09.2003 22:33 · Read review
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The Famous Five and Ingridi

Advantages: many
Disadvantages: only a few

...Hi! It´s my first opinion at Ciao United Kingdom, so I´m really nervous. Well, I´ve decided to write about the set of books of "The Famous Five" by Enid Blyton because I owe a lot to these books. In fact, I discovered that reading could be a wonderful experience thanks to Enid Blyton´s books. Firstly I read the collection of Seven Secrets but it didn´t like a lot, because of that then I...

Ingridi 16.11.2003 01:45 (29.11.2003 00:55) · Read review
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