the magic faraway tree collection original

‘Come here, Doodle.’ĭoodle came and was slapped very hard indeed. ‘And there's Doodle over there with a torn tunic!’ said Dame Slap. ‘Haven't I told you to brush your hair properly for meal-times?’ said Dame Slap, and she slapped the pixie hard. Here's how Dame Slap originally dealt with her pupils: The episode where the children land in Dame Slap's school – which terrified and thrilled me as a wee 'un – is now unrecognisable. This particular edition has been bowdlerised to pieces. I adored the Faraway Tree stories when I was a kid – and still do, but caveat emptor, make sure you check the version you're buying. Given the recent furore over rewriting Roald Dahl, I wonder if we'll ever get justice for the Faraway Tree? Clare's.Īccording to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.

Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St.

Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.īlyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books.īorn in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading.

The magic faraway tree collection original