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Five-Minute Stories: 30 stories
A bumper collection of five-minute short stories by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!
Whizz through five-minute tales in this brilliant collection by Enid Blyton. From animal and school adventures to outdoor wanders and magical mischief and mayhem, there's a story for everyone!
These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
Read all of Enid Blyton's bumper short story collections. New in 2023:
Five-Minute Stories
Stories of Tails and Whiskers
Spellbinding Stories
Stories for Christmas
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Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.
Whizz through five-minute tales in this brilliant collection by Enid Blyton. From animal and school adventures to outdoor wanders and magical mischief and mayhem, there's a story for everyone!
These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
Read all of Enid Blyton's bumper short story collections. New in 2023:
Five-Minute Stories
Stories of Tails and Whiskers
Spellbinding Stories
Stories for Christmas
***
Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.
- GenresShort Stories
191 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 3, 1992
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About the author
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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September 12, 2024
“The uncle Chris book”
Many of these story have aged poorly with outdated references, whilst others are far too banal to be of interest.
A shame in a sense, because I had some great times with Blyton as a child reading Famous 5s and Secret 7’s!
Many of these story have aged poorly with outdated references, whilst others are far too banal to be of interest.
A shame in a sense, because I had some great times with Blyton as a child reading Famous 5s and Secret 7’s!
May 26, 2023
Reading Enid Blyton was one of the best things about my childhood and so I was delighted when my children too loved her stories. They are timelessly enchanting.
This book contains over thirty short stories for young children and is a wonderful resource for either reading to children or encouraging them to read themselves. The title page of each story is illustrated with an entertaining picture, and the typeface is warm and engaging. The stories include classic Enid Blyton themes, characters and topics: mysteries, pixies, fairies, wishing magic, toy shops. Truly wonderful!
This book contains over thirty short stories for young children and is a wonderful resource for either reading to children or encouraging them to read themselves. The title page of each story is illustrated with an entertaining picture, and the typeface is warm and engaging. The stories include classic Enid Blyton themes, characters and topics: mysteries, pixies, fairies, wishing magic, toy shops. Truly wonderful!
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