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  • Category:Enid Blyton
    [[Category:Authors|Blyton, Enid]]
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  • Where's Noddy
    #redirect [[Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book by Enid Blyton]]
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  • Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book
    #REDIRECT [[Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book by Enid Blyton]]
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  • New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox (author) and Enid Blyton (creator)
    |author= Pamela Cox (author) and Enid Blyton (creator) ...hen I saw Pamela Cox had written some new Malory Towers books for the Enid Blyton range, I wanted to read one and see if that old magic was there.
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  • The Island of Surprises (New Adventures of the Wishing Chair) by Enid Blyton
    |author=Enid Blyton |summary=Cashing in on the magic of Blyton's stories this is a modern-day re-working. It's an easy read for a younger
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  • The Magic Faraway Tree (Gift Edition) (Magic Faraway Tree 2) by Enid Blyton
    |author=Enid Blyton ...n its [[The Enchanted Wood (Gift Edition) (The Magic Faraway Tree) by Enid Blyton|prequel]] – but one that just felt as ill thought-through. Why is one ch
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  • Famous Five Colour Reads: A Lazy Afternoon by Enid Blyton
    |author=Enid Blyton ...a bit different from the original pencil drawings that accompanied some of Blyton’s work. These modern ones are all sharp lines and cartoonish details, and
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  • Spellbound by Anna Dale
    |summary= A fun, magical adventure that has a flavour of Enid Blyton about it with its talking animals, tricky spells and an exciting escape fro ...other distinguished writers as I read this - [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]] and [[:Category:C S Lewis|C.S. Lewis]]. The story has that same magical
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  • The Enchanted Wood (Gift Edition) (The Magic Faraway Tree) by Enid Blyton
    |author=Enid Blyton ...the [[The Magic Faraway Tree (Gift Edition) (Magic Faraway Tree 2) by Enid Blyton|first sequel]], which is thought even more highly of…
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  • The Seaside Family by Enid Blyton
    |author=Enid Blyton Enid Blyton wrote a lot of wonderful books, and even if you remember her works this sma
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  • 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A Parody by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
    ...first, next taking us towards adult takes on [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton's]] Famous Five. Now husband and wife authors [[Category:Emlyn Rees and Jo
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  • Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir
    |summary=Riveting blend of Enid Blyton stories of old with what she would come up with today. While the mix isn't ...d already seen the fact that Sam lives with two fathers as a bit of ''look Enid, look what you could have had if you'd been a bit more progressive''.)
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  • The Flip-flop Club: Charmed Summer by Ellen Richardson
    ...ic concept is something I could imagine Enid Blyton writing about. (I know Blyton can come in for criticism so should probably stress that’s a compliment!)
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  • Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book by Enid Blyton
    |author=Enid Blyton Noddy has been with British children for many years now (he is an Enid Blyton creation) and is as much a part and parcel of pop-culture tradition as Mick
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  • The One That Got Away (Misfitz Mysteries) by Josh Lacey
    ...left me with some thoughts, bizarrely, about [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]]. Why is it people these days cannot churn out as many popular titles? I
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  • Night Zookeeper: The Giraffes of Whispering Wood by Joshua Davidson
    Further reading: [[Famous Five Colour Reads: A Lazy Afternoon by Enid Blyton]] because if you want action and adventure why not go back to the mistress
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  • First Term at Silver Spires (School Friends) by Ann Bryant
    ...Term at Silver Spires'' I was taken back to my childhood when I read Enid Blyton's books about Malory Towers, the fictional school in the Cornish countrysid
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  • The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine
    ...cock's wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time scenario and Enid Blyton's locked room trick. Intertextuality is also evident in Billy's mention of ...of nostalgia and revisit [[Five on a Treasure Island - Famous Five by Enid Blyton]].
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  • Monster by C J Skuse
    ...d to the set up at Bathory School, is reminiscent in many respects of Enid Blyton's famous school including the draconian school rules and the rivalries betw
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  • The Summer of Broken Stories by James Wilson
    ...ity! It begins almost as an adult-orientated [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]] story, as Mark breaks up from school and looks forward to a summer with d
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  • Let's Play Peeka! (Waybuloo)
    ...harratt]] are superb. [[Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book by Enid Blyton]] continues the hide and seek fun. [[I Can Do Anything That's Everything Al
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  • The Man From Pomegranate Street (Roman Mysteries) by Caroline Lawrence
    ...y getting addicted to a book series set in Roman times is better than Enid Blyton's ''Malory Towers'', which held me in thrall aged eleven or so? ...down to the story-telling. While I don't want to be making a case for Enid Blyton when there is much better literature around for kids, she was capable of te
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  • The Boleyn King (Anne Boleyn Trilogy 1) by Laura Andersen
    ...eth form almost a teenage Tudor version of an [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]] investigatory collective, we realise that Laura does indeed have a style
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Leigh Hodgkinson
    ...nd [[The Island of Surprises (New Adventures of the Wishing Chair) by Enid Blyton|The Wishing Chair]]) and was fascinated by the crazy world of [[:Category:D
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  • The Night of the Solstice by L J Smith
    ...of that has a similar character dynamic is the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton). I loved how their relationship with each developed throughout and I found
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  • Shipwrecked (The Adventures of Titch and Mitch) by Garth Edwards
    The stories are reminiscent of Enid Blyton, with pixies and fairies and chatty animals, only they don't seem to have t
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  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling
    ...rather reflect 1950s school stories such as those by Angela Brazil or Enid Blyton: it's quite acceptable for pupils to have occasional midnight feasts, or pl
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  • Five on a Treasure Island - Famous Five by Enid Blyton
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  • The Queen of Dreams by Peter Hamilton
    ...e at times, perhaps even a little old-fashioned. I was put in mind of Enid Blyton more than I was of contemporary middle grade fantasies by Eoin Colfer or Al
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  • Adventure Island: the Mystery of the Drowning Man by Helen Moss
    ...modernity the adventures still retain a flavour of [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Blyton]], Ransome and others: an idyllic world where crime and danger abound but w
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rob Keeley
    ...lassic children’s stories, including those by [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]] and [[:Category:Richmal Crompton|Richmal Crompton]] – whose William boo
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  • The Magic Begins (Charm Hall) by Tabitha Black
    ..., 99% of the other characters are female too). It also had a touch of Enid Blyton to it, as Charm Hall in some ways resembles a Mallory Towers for the 21st c
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  • The Technologists by Matthew Pearl
    ...s time period, although, to the reader, the dialogue can sound a bit 'Enid Blyton' at times!
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  • Otto's Trip to the Moon by Katherine Lodge
    We also enjoyed [[Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book by Enid Blyton]] rather more than we expected to. Older children will love the paper engi
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  • More of Me by Kathryn Evans
    ...to avoid confusion. I especially liked Eight with her obsession with Enid Blyton and the feisty and resentful Fifteen. However, for me, it's best-friend Mad
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  • Clangers: The Brilliant Surprise by Daniel Postgate
    ...riginal comeback kids [[Where's Noddy?: Pull-the-tab Surprise Book by Enid Blyton]]. We also enjoyed [[Friends in the Snow by Daniel Postgate and Sam Childs
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  • The Ultimate Peter Rabbit: A Visual Guide to the World of Beatrix Potter by Camilla Hallinan
    ...ime I could have been reading him, but books at home didn't go beyond Enid Blyton. Peter was drawing his old age pension by the time that I discovered him w
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  • Eye Spy by Tessa Buckley
    ...mily drama of secrets and lies. The mystery thread has a touch of the Enid Blyton about it, with a brother and sister pluckily investigating what they percei
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Ken Howard
    ...ou with twists and turns and dialogue that can surprise or amuse you. Enid Blyton wrote that for her it was like a movie projected on a screen where she was ...y are – in my case it was Captain WE Johns and the ''Biggles'' books, Enid Blyton, ''Lord of the Rings'', ''Gormenghast'', ''The Little Prince''. But it coul
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  • Helen Moss on Lashings of Ginger Ale
    But the undisputed Queen of Picnics is [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]]. In my childhood memories of The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Adven
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  • Murder Most Unladylike (Wells & Wong Mystery 1) by Robin Stevens
    ...t's great fun with a twisting turning plot. It's like a cross between Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie. Anyone who enjoys school stories will love ''Murder Mo
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  • Black Lake by Johanna Lane
    ...s is Philip, the more adventurous of the two siblings who develops an Enid Blyton childhood for himself away from the challenges his family are coming to ter
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  • Scarlet and Ivy The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly
    ...books such as [[New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox (author) and Enid Blyton (creator)|The Malory Towers series]].
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  • Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
    This is a real action and adventure story, with a taste of Enid Blyton to it. The start is a lovely set-up to the story, introducing first the ch
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  • Jessica Juniper (Kingdom of the Frosty Mountains) by Emerald Everhart
    ...events gives her a bad reputation has been done so many times before. Enid Blyton used it for her ''Naughtiest Girl'' series, and ''Jessica Juniper'' was so
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  • Clover Twig and the Incredible Flying Cottage by Kaye Umansky
    ...meets ''The Wishing Chair''. The writing is certainly reminiscent of Enid Blyton, with some great descriptions and healthy characters. The writing is not di
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  • Keane's Company by Iain Gale
    ...things. A group of new friends setting out on an adventure; like an Enid Blyton book with more gore and less dog.
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  • Cold Days by Jim Butcher
    ...instance there are fairies (or rather 'faeries') but drop any idea of Enid Blyton. These fae aren't at all fey. Although unable to lie, the fae of the Wint
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  • Tales From Hans Christian Andersen by Naomi Lewis and Emma Chichester Clark
    ...ciate this one, but it had me baffled. Thanks to my youthful prolific Enid Blyton reading, toys coming to life makes sense but the extended description of th
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  • Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley
    ...e to read, reminiscent of the lands at the top of the Faraway Tree in Enid Blyton's children's series. The chance to create a fantasy world, completely unrel
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  • Midnight Pirates by Ally Kennen
    ...h is one of the many strengths of this book. It is not some idealised Enid Blyton romp, but a thrilling adventure with real, heart-stopping moments. The vill
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  • Semi-Detached by Griff Rhys Jones
    Griff's story begins in an idyllic Enid Blyton world of unsupervised adventures and mild mischief, tree-climbing and train
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Oldman Brook
    ...ith a fantastical element to them, and authors like Tolkien, Dahl and Enid Blyton's 'Faraway Tree' books were firm favourites. I was also keen on learning a
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  • Rumblestar (The Unmapped Chronicles) by Abi Elphinstone
    ...Blizzard Bars and Fog Teasers and sip Thunderberry Shakes. Shades of Enid Blyton and JK Rowling here perhaps but still unique in their astonishing effects.
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  • April 2016 Newsletter
    ...rs would not have worked today [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/enid-blytons-cliff-hangers-would-not-have-worked-today-because-o/ because of mob
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  • The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell
    ...ity is just twenty and Aubrey is fifteen, there is a little bit of an Enid Blyton feel to the book, which isn't ideal for an adult reader. The author appears
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Marilyn Bennett
    MB: Rosa Guy, Enid Blyton and Judy Blume. I was part girl, part nerd as a child. These three author
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  • Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
    ...iews. The atmosphere brings to mind the Twins at St Clare’s series by Enid Blyton, in which people are good sports, where vanity and affectation are relentle
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  • The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence
    ...n this. Adult fans of genre fiction buy identical books all the time. Enid Blyton made a career out of writing identical books for children. How many Hardy B
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  • I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls) by Ally Carter
    ...h the way that [[New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox (author) and Enid Blyton (creator)|Mallory Towers]] was to me when I was growing up, and [[Harry Pot
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  • Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died by Dylan Jones
    ...poor money-grabbing films which some said could have been scripted by Enid Blyton, and a series of tacky live shows at Vegas where he seemed more intent on p
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  • The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan
    Buchan is no Orwell. In some ways, he's closer to Enid Blyton: "Famous Five for Adults" wouldn't be far short of the mark. The escapad
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Dom Conlon
    ...portant. We had the most amazing Ladybird book collection and lots of Enid Blyton stories. These continue to be favourites of mine - I'd say I have a soft sp
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  • The Day My Bum Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths
    ...similar accusations leveled against other children's authors such as Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl. They are just silly. And worse than silly, they might stop
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Liz Kessler
    ...kids from the 'Adventure' series. (I did read some stuff that wasn't Enid Blyton - I think!)'''
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jane Prowse
    ...he most important early group of friends to me was the Famous Five by Enid Blyton! Those books taught me to read. I couldn't get through them fast enough, jo
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To B C R Fegan
    ...hildren, I recommend ''The Enchanted Wood'' (in its original form) by Enid Blyton. Her books are imaginative classics. She knew how to write an exciting tale
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  • Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott
    ...to keep snakes but don't really want to feed them live prey. In true Enid Blyton fashion however a solution is found.
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To David Canning
    ...l more than any other child. I remember the nice, safe, middle-class Enid Blyton 'Mystery of' books and enjoying the Jennings books. Of all the childhood b
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Margaret Henderson Smith
    ...t has to be not just one but the whole of 'The Famous Five' series by Enid Blyton. I remember as children we used to search the library shelves for them and
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