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The Adventures of Binkle and Flip
Binkle and Flip are two of the cheekiest bunnies around, well-known all over Oak Tree Town for the naughty pranks they play. Every time they narrowly escape danger they swear they'll try to be better bunnies, but their mischief never stops for long.
185 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1938
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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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July 2, 2023
i'm in my 'reading old children's books from my grandparents' house' era.
i was gonna say this book was really wholesome but there's an alarming amount of spanking? that part hasn't aged well. but yeah it's sweet little chapters focusing on two mischievous bunnies... what more is there to say?
i was gonna say this book was really wholesome but there's an alarming amount of spanking? that part hasn't aged well. but yeah it's sweet little chapters focusing on two mischievous bunnies... what more is there to say?
July 9, 2019
You can never go wrong with such beautiful classics
December 5, 2020
Изключително забавни истории в стил Зайчето Питър, но с малко по-злобничък нюанс, съвсем в стила на невероятната Инид Блайтън.
September 3, 2014
A delightful book that is entertaining yet simplistic. This book tells the story of Binkle and Flip who are two rabbits that are always mischievously getting into trouble. With a variety of stories ranging from medicines, jobs and attempts to be 'good rabbits' - the stories really can be taken light heartedly and divulged individually.
The Adventures Of Binkle and Flip is catered toward young readers of about 6+ and could be used easily to engage young children in reading and develop their skills. The simple language used in the book makes the book accessible for younger readers and yet manages to add humour in the whimsical names used throughout the text such as Dr. Curemquick which would help a child's ability to pronounce as well as engage in the book's humour. The illustrations also are light-hearted and well drawn and can also help a child's ability to understand the stories throughout the book.
I personally found the book easy to read and I thought it was great as each chapter stands alone as it's own story. it is great that a lot of information does not need to be taken in for the book to be enjoyed.
The Adventures Of Binkle and Flip is catered toward young readers of about 6+ and could be used easily to engage young children in reading and develop their skills. The simple language used in the book makes the book accessible for younger readers and yet manages to add humour in the whimsical names used throughout the text such as Dr. Curemquick which would help a child's ability to pronounce as well as engage in the book's humour. The illustrations also are light-hearted and well drawn and can also help a child's ability to understand the stories throughout the book.
I personally found the book easy to read and I thought it was great as each chapter stands alone as it's own story. it is great that a lot of information does not need to be taken in for the book to be enjoyed.
June 19, 2017
Binkle and Flip are a pair of very naughty bunny rabbits who live in Oak Tree Town. Binkle is usually the instigator of many of the practical jokes that are played on the residents of Oak Tree Town; and he somehow always manages to get Flip involved in all of his schemes. From masquerading as chimney sweeps, to fooling their neighbor Herbert the Hedgehog into becoming a carnival attraction, Binkle and Flip are determined to make as much mischief as possible.
At least until Wily Weasel the policeman catches them and makes them apologize. Each time that the bunnies are caught, they promise never to be naughty again but it doesn't last for long. I must say that I have never read this book before - or maybe I have and just can't remember when - but I still enjoyed reading this book very much.
I have always enjoyed Enid Blyton as an author, and while this particular book was quite dated, I still found it very sentimental and nostalgic reading. I'm definitely putting this book back on my 'childhood favorites' shelf. I would give this book a B+!
At least until Wily Weasel the policeman catches them and makes them apologize. Each time that the bunnies are caught, they promise never to be naughty again but it doesn't last for long. I must say that I have never read this book before - or maybe I have and just can't remember when - but I still enjoyed reading this book very much.
I have always enjoyed Enid Blyton as an author, and while this particular book was quite dated, I still found it very sentimental and nostalgic reading. I'm definitely putting this book back on my 'childhood favorites' shelf. I would give this book a B+!
August 26, 2016
I remember buying this as a kid in Safeway which just goes to show how long ago that was! (side note- I think Safeway may still be going in the US but it's been long dead in the U.K).
This is a cute book but the naughty bunnies are really only stories that will be enjoyed by kids or nostalgic adults and there are much better Enid Blyton books out there. But if you really must give it a try, it's very short! And the picture story is actually pretty clever!
This is a cute book but the naughty bunnies are really only stories that will be enjoyed by kids or nostalgic adults and there are much better Enid Blyton books out there. But if you really must give it a try, it's very short! And the picture story is actually pretty clever!
January 8, 2018
I read this book as a child and it is interesting reading it now as an adult.
There was a lot of spanking and vengeance in this book. The village folk who were part of the life with Binkle and Flip were actually not very nice people, if you can call animals people, (but since they are all anthropomorphic characters you really can)
It really was an exercise in 'morality preaching' but based on someone's specific idea of morality and how they thought people should behave without actually helping them. Do good, whatever that means.
Treating them badly in return though is OK.
This may be a children's story, and it may be old, about eighty years ago from what I can tell, but we still give these books to children today and maybe we should re-think that.
There was a lot of spanking and vengeance in this book. The village folk who were part of the life with Binkle and Flip were actually not very nice people, if you can call animals people, (but since they are all anthropomorphic characters you really can)
It really was an exercise in 'morality preaching' but based on someone's specific idea of morality and how they thought people should behave without actually helping them. Do good, whatever that means.
Treating them badly in return though is OK.
This may be a children's story, and it may be old, about eighty years ago from what I can tell, but we still give these books to children today and maybe we should re-think that.
January 30, 2022
I bought this book from our local corner shop when I was in primary school. Its the first book I ever bought by myself. I loved it. Bingle and Flip were very naughty.
June 19, 2017
Not all Kid's Books are Morality Tales
20 December 2013
This is a collection of short children's stories that were originally written in and around 1925 but have later been published as a collection. The stories are about a couple of con-bunnies (I can't really say con-men because first of all that would be sexist, and secondly they are no men, they are bunnies). In fact, pretty much all of the stories (with the exception of a couple) are about how they get up to mischief, and also about schemes in which they go out and try to make money for themselves.
This is clear right from the first story where Binkle (who seems to be the brains of the operations) manages to get himself hired as a nanny for a couple of foxes (which no doubt will end up quite badly because we all know that foxes like to eat bunnies) but they do end up escaping (and with the money as well). Then there is another really clever trick where they get an empty piece of canvas, put a frame around it, and claim that it is a magic painting that only smart people can see, and because nobody wants to admit that they are stupid, they all claim to be able to see the picture, but only comment on the sky (and the hedgehog) because that is the only thing that everybody agrees is on the painting (and they don't want to suggest that there is something that is not on the painting because that will expose their stupidity).
There is also the other scam where Binkle is asked to look after his uncle's medicine shop, so to try to increase the profits, Flip disguises himself as a doctor and prescribes things from the shop, and when the remedies have the opposite effect (like turning people green) the doctor mysteriously disappears, and Binkle pleads innocence (and gets away with it) because he was only filling out perscriptions that the doctor was issuing (who has now conveniently disappeared).
The last story in the book though has the tables turned on Binkle and Flip where the Weasel (who is also the local police officer) tricks them and makes a complete fool of them, which results in them putting aside their evil ways and becoming good bunnies again.
I have suggested this before in some of Blyton's other books which run along the same themes, and that is that I really do not like the books where the protagonists are naughty and deal with all of their escapades when they are naughty. This book is no different, though I must admit that I liked the fact that they were little more than a couple of con-bunnies. Mind you, some of Bylton's books simply have a rather stupid character (such as Mr Pinkwhistle) getting into trouble because, well, he is just plain stupid, however it is clear that Binkle and Flip are actually quite intelligent.
One of the things that I liked about this is that I discovered a new animal named a polecat. Now, I had never heard of a polecat before, and I gather from this book that polecats are generally not liked. So, what I did was that I went onto wikipedia (as one generally does when one does not know something) and discovered that this is what a polecat looks like:
Anyway, if you don't know what a polecat is (and sometimes a picture doesn't actually tell you what it is, only what it looks like) then you can find out more here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polecat), but what I can say is that they are from the same family as ferrets and weasels (and possibly meercats, but I am not sure about that). Anyway, I also learned that they are sort of like skunks, which is probably why people don't like them.
20 December 2013
This is a collection of short children's stories that were originally written in and around 1925 but have later been published as a collection. The stories are about a couple of con-bunnies (I can't really say con-men because first of all that would be sexist, and secondly they are no men, they are bunnies). In fact, pretty much all of the stories (with the exception of a couple) are about how they get up to mischief, and also about schemes in which they go out and try to make money for themselves.
This is clear right from the first story where Binkle (who seems to be the brains of the operations) manages to get himself hired as a nanny for a couple of foxes (which no doubt will end up quite badly because we all know that foxes like to eat bunnies) but they do end up escaping (and with the money as well). Then there is another really clever trick where they get an empty piece of canvas, put a frame around it, and claim that it is a magic painting that only smart people can see, and because nobody wants to admit that they are stupid, they all claim to be able to see the picture, but only comment on the sky (and the hedgehog) because that is the only thing that everybody agrees is on the painting (and they don't want to suggest that there is something that is not on the painting because that will expose their stupidity).
There is also the other scam where Binkle is asked to look after his uncle's medicine shop, so to try to increase the profits, Flip disguises himself as a doctor and prescribes things from the shop, and when the remedies have the opposite effect (like turning people green) the doctor mysteriously disappears, and Binkle pleads innocence (and gets away with it) because he was only filling out perscriptions that the doctor was issuing (who has now conveniently disappeared).
The last story in the book though has the tables turned on Binkle and Flip where the Weasel (who is also the local police officer) tricks them and makes a complete fool of them, which results in them putting aside their evil ways and becoming good bunnies again.
I have suggested this before in some of Blyton's other books which run along the same themes, and that is that I really do not like the books where the protagonists are naughty and deal with all of their escapades when they are naughty. This book is no different, though I must admit that I liked the fact that they were little more than a couple of con-bunnies. Mind you, some of Bylton's books simply have a rather stupid character (such as Mr Pinkwhistle) getting into trouble because, well, he is just plain stupid, however it is clear that Binkle and Flip are actually quite intelligent.
One of the things that I liked about this is that I discovered a new animal named a polecat. Now, I had never heard of a polecat before, and I gather from this book that polecats are generally not liked. So, what I did was that I went onto wikipedia (as one generally does when one does not know something) and discovered that this is what a polecat looks like:
Anyway, if you don't know what a polecat is (and sometimes a picture doesn't actually tell you what it is, only what it looks like) then you can find out more here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polecat), but what I can say is that they are from the same family as ferrets and weasels (and possibly meercats, but I am not sure about that). Anyway, I also learned that they are sort of like skunks, which is probably why people don't like them.
March 21, 2021
Probably the first full book I ever read as a child. Wonderful story of two naughty bunnies - and the antics they get up to in the little English village where they live.
Lots of other great animal characters who they interact with too.
Lots of other great animal characters who they interact with too.
June 9, 2012
Adventurous
Naughty characters
Good characters
Bad bunny poems
Good bunny poems.
Naughty characters
Good characters
Bad bunny poems
Good bunny poems.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 12, 2013
Latviski šī burvīgā grāmatiņa par nerātnajiem zaķiem saucās "Pauks un Šmauks".
March 31, 2016
it was very nice and very inspiring i recommend this book to everyone!
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