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The Little Toy Engine and Other Stories
One of a selection of ever-popular short stories for the younger reader, with clear text and illustrated throughout. For age 5 thru 8.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1989
About the author
Enid Blyton
5,386 books6,513 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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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
March 13, 2013
yeah well. Not exactly her most riveting stuff. The short stories toward the end of the book were just plain boring. Even my 5 year old looked blankly at me when I asked him what he thought the story was about. I think this collection might have been found at the bottom of a draw of early writing attempts and converted into a book.
The only thing that it stops it from getting one star, is the first few stories are ok and the story lengths are ideal for a bed time read.
The only thing that it stops it from getting one star, is the first few stories are ok and the story lengths are ideal for a bed time read.
November 16, 2018
Another bunch of Blyton stories with her tendency to focus on vengeance for the wrong doer and her special brand of morality. Good (whatever that is defined as) always wins out in these stories, so be on the good side, if you know which side that is, the subtlety of life is far away from these stories.
October 13, 2017
I'm pretty sure I read these stories so many times that the pages started falling out. I had my favourites of course but this was such a treasured tome! Whenever I was given an Enid Blyton book to read it was pretty much guaranteed to win me over.
February 10, 2026
Brilliant book, lovely to be in Enid Blyton world!!
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September 22, 2013Adorableeee, reminds me of my golden childhood timess :)
June 27, 2014
ini ceritanya bagus-bagus dan disertai ilustrasi, seperti buku enid blyton yang seri lebah. Sayang buku ini tidak diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia. Padahal anak-anak pasti suka sekali buku ini :)
June 5, 2015
My first ever Enid Blyton book!
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