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Adventure #5 & 6
The Mountain of Adventure and The Ship of Adventure: Two Great Adventures
Danger! Excitement! Adventure! In The Mountain of Adventure, Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack, and Kiki the parrot become tangled up in the mystery of a rumbling mountain, and a mad genius who plans to rule the world. A quiet cruise among the Greek islands turns into an exciting quest as the children search for the lost treasure of Andra, in The Ship of Adventure.
384 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2002
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Enid Blyton
5,214 books6,348 followersSee also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
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June 14, 2023
Comfort read! Re-reading childhood classics over a weekend is always a warm and relaxing experience. I've had this book with me for over ten years now, seems like only yesterday that I stole it from my brother's bookshelf.
January 25, 2016
Two more entries in Enid Blyton's Adventure series, which has been a favorite of mine since childhood.
While I enjoy Mountain, it may be my least favorite in the series. Part of the plot is highly unbelievable. The four children, along with their mother, and friend Bill, are on holiday in Wales. When Mrs. Mannering hurts her hand, the four children are allowed to go camping with only David, the Welsh donkey owner, for guide and escort. But when something scares David, he runs away, followed by the donkeys, leaving the children smackdab in the middle of another adventure.
On the other hand, Ship is one of my favorites. Who can resist a tale of lost treasure on a Greek isle? A gift from Lucy-Ann to Philip i just the beginning of another exciting adventure.
While I enjoy Mountain, it may be my least favorite in the series. Part of the plot is highly unbelievable. The four children, along with their mother, and friend Bill, are on holiday in Wales. When Mrs. Mannering hurts her hand, the four children are allowed to go camping with only David, the Welsh donkey owner, for guide and escort. But when something scares David, he runs away, followed by the donkeys, leaving the children smackdab in the middle of another adventure.
On the other hand, Ship is one of my favorites. Who can resist a tale of lost treasure on a Greek isle? A gift from Lucy-Ann to Philip i just the beginning of another exciting adventure.
November 25, 2008
These were always my favourite Enid Blyton books, except for Malory Towers, which I could never find in the library. Classic adventure, but set in more interesting places than The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. No half-assed fantasy to get in the way of things like The Magic Faraway Tree (always hated those books).
But still contained the Enid Blyton staples that are so important at a certain age: black and white themes and characters, adults who never interfere, children who never have to go to school, endless capacity for bravery and the guarantee of a happy ending. Gold.
But still contained the Enid Blyton staples that are so important at a certain age: black and white themes and characters, adults who never interfere, children who never have to go to school, endless capacity for bravery and the guarantee of a happy ending. Gold.
July 9, 2020
I do love Enid Blyton. She was a staple of my childhood. But rereading her as an adult is difficult. She's tremendously racist, foreigners are criminals and idiots, nitwits and the butt end of the jokes. The class difference is very much of its time and very shocking. And don't even get me started on gender stereotypes and pigeon holing.
June 2, 2008
good book for kids
September 4, 2013
Didn't find it as engrossing as the Secret Seven etc but then I'd have to reread those to see if I still enjoy them. Or Noddy!
June 27, 2015
Read this book when I was a kid. It completely mesmerised me.
September 1, 2012
Amazing Just Great!
April 15, 2017
2 more amazing adventures that I loved!!!! #Perfect
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