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The Famous Five #5-8
More Adventures Of The Famous Five
- Five go off in a caravan
- Five on Kirrin Island again
- Five go off to camp
- Five get into trouble
- Five on Kirrin Island again
- Five go off to camp
- Five get into trouble
656 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
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Enid Blyton
5,213 books6,372 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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September 18, 2018
I’m going to start with the fact that I love the Famous Five and I always return to these books if I need something to switch off and read entirely for pleasure. And this compendium contains some of my favourites including Five go off in a Caravan and to Kirrin Island Again. Growing up I would always identify with George and wish I could have these fantastic adventures and my own island of course. However that being said, I’m not sure I would be happy reading these books to a primary class today based on the ingrained ideas of what constitutes a boy’s role and a girl’s role. The books are filled with these references that as an adult I can accept are of their time, yet I’m not sure a child could.
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November 29, 2014How did I not remember quite how sexist and demeaning they are to poor Ann? And that the highest compliment they can pay to George is that she's just like a boy. Harrumph!
July 13, 2020
AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
These books don't stop surprising me, excelent, oustanding pieces of work <3
These books don't stop surprising me, excelent, oustanding pieces of work <3
December 10, 2024
Enjoyed this one, l hope to find more.
June 21, 2025
I am in love with what Enid Blyton writes. Her writings are just too magical.
The famous five is a compilation of different adventures in which the five are involved.
The story revolves around three siblings; Julian, Dick and Anne and their cousin Georgina along with her dog Timmy. Whenever the five are together, they somehow get into an adventure without their concent to do so. Its just like the five are meant to have adventures or the adventures need the five to begin themselves.
The famous five is a compilation of different adventures in which the five are involved.
The story revolves around three siblings; Julian, Dick and Anne and their cousin Georgina along with her dog Timmy. Whenever the five are together, they somehow get into an adventure without their concent to do so. Its just like the five are meant to have adventures or the adventures need the five to begin themselves.
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