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Cherry Tree Farm Story Collection
Cherry Tree Farm
544 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1885
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Enid Blyton
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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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April 19, 2018
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I adore children’s fiction. Especially books or series that are either classics or written to harken back to simpler times. There’s just something so rejuvenating about returning to childhood and seeing the world through the eyes of the innocent. Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, The Boxcar Children, and A Little Princess all hold special places in my heart as childhood classics that I’ve read again and again even into my adulthood, and I foresee no future in which I don’t reread them when I need to escape adulthood. Even the American Girl books hold special memories for me, as I remember being fascinated by the differences in time period when I was a little girl. I haven’t read them since I was around twelve, but I still have fond memories of them and credit them in part for my interest in history.
Until recently, I thought I had heard of every classic children’s author out there. I was mistaken. Somehow, I had completely missed Enid Blyton. I don’t know if it was because she was British or something, but I never ran across her on my many trips to the children’s wing of my local library as a child. When my friend TS started talking about her favorite books from childhood, many of them were by Blyton, so I decided to look her up. I’m so glad I did!
While Blyton is most famous for some of her other series, such as The Magic Faraway Tree, The Wishing Chair, and The Famous Five, I was really drawn to her Farm series and decided to try it first. And it was lovely! As someone who grew up in the country, surrounded by animals and fruit trees and gardens, I was always fascinated by farms because they seemed like my life on a much larger scale.
I can tell you, I would have loved this trilogy as a child because it was both a fun story and very educational. I learned more about life on a farm from this book than I remember ever learning before. From the planting and harvesting of crops to the shoeing of horses to the hatching of ducklings and the rearing of lambs, life on the farm with Rory, Sheila, Benjy, and Penny was always entertaining and educational. As were their visits with Tammylan, the local wild man and friend to all living creatures.
I also loved that the children appreciated farm life more because it wasn’t the life they had always had; the reason they went to the country in the first place was because they were pale and sickly from city living in London. I’ve always appreciated living in the country, but I can’t imagine how much greater my appreciation would be if that hadn’t always been my life. Is country life convenient? No. I have no doubt that life would be easier if I lived less than 45 minutes from the nearest grocery store. But the inconvenience is so worth it, in my opinion. And it sounds like Enid Blyton would agree with me.
If you have a child that is interested in farm living or wildlife, I can’t recommend this little series enough. My only complaints are that county life is a bit too idealized in the book, and the dialogue sometimes felt unrealistic, but both of those are incredibly minor and even expected for children’s literature. And you know, I think most people that living (happily) in the country tend to idealize it, so that writing decision is very forgivable. These three books delivered a lovely story, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
For more of my reviews, as well as my own fiction and thoughts on life, check out my blog, Celestial Musings.
I adore children’s fiction. Especially books or series that are either classics or written to harken back to simpler times. There’s just something so rejuvenating about returning to childhood and seeing the world through the eyes of the innocent. Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, The Boxcar Children, and A Little Princess all hold special places in my heart as childhood classics that I’ve read again and again even into my adulthood, and I foresee no future in which I don’t reread them when I need to escape adulthood. Even the American Girl books hold special memories for me, as I remember being fascinated by the differences in time period when I was a little girl. I haven’t read them since I was around twelve, but I still have fond memories of them and credit them in part for my interest in history.
Until recently, I thought I had heard of every classic children’s author out there. I was mistaken. Somehow, I had completely missed Enid Blyton. I don’t know if it was because she was British or something, but I never ran across her on my many trips to the children’s wing of my local library as a child. When my friend TS started talking about her favorite books from childhood, many of them were by Blyton, so I decided to look her up. I’m so glad I did!
While Blyton is most famous for some of her other series, such as The Magic Faraway Tree, The Wishing Chair, and The Famous Five, I was really drawn to her Farm series and decided to try it first. And it was lovely! As someone who grew up in the country, surrounded by animals and fruit trees and gardens, I was always fascinated by farms because they seemed like my life on a much larger scale.
I can tell you, I would have loved this trilogy as a child because it was both a fun story and very educational. I learned more about life on a farm from this book than I remember ever learning before. From the planting and harvesting of crops to the shoeing of horses to the hatching of ducklings and the rearing of lambs, life on the farm with Rory, Sheila, Benjy, and Penny was always entertaining and educational. As were their visits with Tammylan, the local wild man and friend to all living creatures.
I also loved that the children appreciated farm life more because it wasn’t the life they had always had; the reason they went to the country in the first place was because they were pale and sickly from city living in London. I’ve always appreciated living in the country, but I can’t imagine how much greater my appreciation would be if that hadn’t always been my life. Is country life convenient? No. I have no doubt that life would be easier if I lived less than 45 minutes from the nearest grocery store. But the inconvenience is so worth it, in my opinion. And it sounds like Enid Blyton would agree with me.
If you have a child that is interested in farm living or wildlife, I can’t recommend this little series enough. My only complaints are that county life is a bit too idealized in the book, and the dialogue sometimes felt unrealistic, but both of those are incredibly minor and even expected for children’s literature. And you know, I think most people that living (happily) in the country tend to idealize it, so that writing decision is very forgivable. These three books delivered a lovely story, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
For more of my reviews, as well as my own fiction and thoughts on life, check out my blog, Celestial Musings.
April 22, 2024
This is a collection of three children's books about the Children of Cherry Tree farm, where they stay with their Aunt and Uncle. They move on to Willow Farm with their parents who buy the farm after seeing how well the kids did for a year at Cherry Tree Farm.
This brings the endeavor of re-reading all the Enid Blyton books i read as a child, for nostalgia reasons, and i have to say, although i loved the magic of the Faraway Tree as a kid, as an adult the farm stories were much better to read. This series gets my highest rating.
This brings the endeavor of re-reading all the Enid Blyton books i read as a child, for nostalgia reasons, and i have to say, although i loved the magic of the Faraway Tree as a kid, as an adult the farm stories were much better to read. This series gets my highest rating.
May 19, 2021
This was a very lovely read. Perfect for summer in my opinion.
It took a while for me to get in to the story because I kept comparing it to books by Astrid Lingren. However, once I got passed the halfway mark, I actually started to enjoy it as a world on it's own, and it made me very content.
This is a children's book, but I don't let that stop me, Certain childrens books have become a part of my yearly re-read. this will not be that for me, but it might be that for someone.
It took a while for me to get in to the story because I kept comparing it to books by Astrid Lingren. However, once I got passed the halfway mark, I actually started to enjoy it as a world on it's own, and it made me very content.
This is a children's book, but I don't let that stop me, Certain childrens books have become a part of my yearly re-read. this will not be that for me, but it might be that for someone.
November 7, 2025
Listened to this book series with my 5.5 year old, and we both loved it! I enjoyed Enid Blyton as a young girl and it’s wonderful to be able to share her imaginative world she creates with my daughter and laugh along with the sometimes weird and wonderful characters. This has to be one of my favourite Blyton series 🥰
August 3, 2020
Lovely reminiscing to rainy childhood days curled up indoors immersed in the tales of cherry tree farm. Was always a favourite of mine as a child and was lovely to read again
August 30, 2021
Happy childhood memories
I loved reading the Farm books again, Cherry Tree Farm was one of my favourite books as a child and many years later I still love it.
I loved reading the Farm books again, Cherry Tree Farm was one of my favourite books as a child and many years later I still love it.
December 18, 2025
These stories are mostly an education about British animals and farm animals, with some minor story thrown in. Despite this, my kids enjoyed listening to the tales.
February 15, 2019
Nice to read
This book is an inspirational book for children
The way the author has written this book will make you want to read on and on.
This book is an inspirational book for children
The way the author has written this book will make you want to read on and on.
June 14, 2024
I can remember reading these books as a child, and was delighted to find it on Audible. Just as enjoyable :-)
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