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read this a long long time ago, I think when I was in the first or second grade in primary school! I used to love borrowing these from the library.
Such nostalgia! I think anyone who loves the Harry Potter series would have loved this series as a kid! A whopper of a book! Three Enid Blyton Faraway Tree stories in one edition.
This series was my favourite as a child, It's magical, imaginative, exciting and scary, I reread it this year, to myyear old son, and he was as enchanted as me, Enid Blyton may well be responsible for me trying to end each chapter of my novels with a cliffhanger she does it so well and I've lost count of the number of times my son begged me for, 'just one more chapter, mummy!' These were amongst my favourite stories when I was little.
The children, Moon Face and Silky go on adventures to different worlds that are at the top of the far away tree, The worlds change frequently and their adventures are delightful, The characters of the tree are brilliant and I can't wait to read these to my son, I think I enjoyed reading them until I wasor so, This book was my childhood,
I also did in fact dress up as moon face for book day in grade! dont judge I bought thuis book to read to my two grandchildren agedand.
At frist there wereld nog mutch pictures in it, So I let them draw White reading, The stores aretopages long, So that is a possibility, We enjoyed thuis book. "Like so many of us, I read this book when I was a kid, Back in the day when we used to go out and play sports on the street after school, yes I am old.
So I say to anyone, read this to your young kids, it is brilliant, Full of fantasy and adventure but really simplified, There are no indepth plots, it is just one adventure after another, no slow character buildups, just in your face these are the characters, now let's go.
For theof you who don't know, Jo, Bessie, and Fanny yes this is the non PC edition move from the city to the country with their parents.
They live in a cottage near some woods and when they explore the woods they find a whole bunch of exciting creatures and all of the animals can talk.
In the middle of the woods is the world's tallest tree, know
n as the Faraway Tree, The woods are called the Enchanted Woods, The Faraway Tree is home to several different characters, Silky the Elf, Moon Face, the Angry Pixie, Dame Washalot, Saucepan Man, Watzisname and a few others, The Faraway Tree is so tall it reaches into the clouds and up in these clouds a new land swings by like a rotating turntable of lands every couple of days.
These lands can either be fantastic like the land of TakeWhatYouWant or horrible like the land of Slaps,
And there you have it, These stories all revolve around the central characters mentioned and their adventures both in the Faraway Tree and in the lands above, Like I said, simple adventure based stories for kids to grip onto rather than have to wade through the scene and character formation,
Enid Blyton wrote these books in the lates and earlys so understand that times were a lot different back then, For starters, there was not so much of the PC crap that we endure t
oday there are actually Golliwogs in these stories!!
And keep in mind this is all about the adventure and that these books are essentially for kids.
In fact, these books make an excellent start to get your kids reading and enjoying the written word, So, as an adult, don't be critical of the glaring irregularities of life for example when the kids go to the Faraway Tree in the middle of the night and return early morning and their Mother doesn't really seem to mind.
Be prepared also that within the group, it is Jo who predominantly takes control and makes the decisions, When at home Bessie and Fanny have to do 'female' chores with their Mother like sewing and Jo has to do 'male' chores with their Father like working the garden.
I point this out ahead of reading IT IS NOT SEXIST, it was just a reflection of the times when Blyton wrote these fantastic books,
Read it for what it is worth and that is the fun, adventure and fantasy, Read it to your kids t
hey'll get all of that in spades,
" Great childhood book As I kid I would devour any book written by Enid Blyton, I remember my most favourite series is this Faraway series, The concept of a tree taking you off to faraway magical lands is clever, captivating and original, The lands are scary and funny, This was my first introduction to books full of magic, A must read for kids or people who like magic! I never much liked Enid Blyton when I was a kid, but this one got read out to us aloud sometime in second grade so I had no choice.
I don't remember very much of it I fear I may not really have been paying attention, but there is one incident that stuck in my memory.
The kids have found this magical icecream vendor who can give you absolutely any flavour you want, All but one of them do the sensible thing and just request their favourite kind, But the smartass in the group decides to test the limits of the system, and asks for a sardine icecream, And, sure enough, he gets it, and very unpleasant it is too, I can still clearly see the picture of the discomfitedlooking child holding the cone, with a fish's tail poking out of the scoop of icecream, No doubt the episode resonated with me because I'm also a smartass,
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This was simply just delightful.
Nothing less or nothing more as light as a feather, and as sweet as a treasured childhood memory, these stories almost melted on my tongue with a sugary flavour.
My only regret is just that I didn't read these as a child, It is such a shame, because I would have loved them,
'The Magic Faraway Tree' is childhood imagination at its best, I can easily imagine a younger version of me, squealing with delight at the mere thought of a land of toys or a tea party land, These books are everything a child could ever wish for or dream of,
I also liked the fact that the books reminded me of several of my favorite childhoodstories they had the crazyness and absurdness of Alice in Wonderland, the cross character from The Voyage of the Dawn Threader and the lessons and wisdom of numerous classic fairytales.
I adored those references.
It is very hard for me to rate children's books as these, as I am no longer a child, It always feels bittersweet and reminds me of what I have lost and outgrown over the years, But there is not a shadow of doubt in my mind that these books are perfect for children, They would have been perfect for me too, not so long ago, . . I've bought this book for myyear old niece for Christmas, The cover is gorgeous, the font is a good size and the book also contains black illustrations throughout, I'm sure Daisy will let me know how many to give this once she has read it, A great series of books! Very adventurous allowing children to expand their imagination and build on their creativity, These books touch on individual character differences and different, diverse worlds, The characters in the book are faced with exciting adventures that teach them how to grow as individuals, A must for all you Dreamers ! It's like dreaming while you're awake, Maybe at an adult stage, it won't be that enjoyable but read it to your kids or your little sister/brother or just any youngster and you'll be able to understand why they will fall in love with it.
It's a great book and it leaves you with nothing but happy thoughts
which every child deserves, It's innocent and lovely. It's a dream. When I was a child I wanted to live in the Faraway tree, or if not, then Badger's home, or a Hobbithole! Loved these series as a child.
My Dad used to read them to me as a bedtime story along with Brer Rabbit, As I got a bit older I used to love reading her other seriesThe Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, The Twins of St Clair's, The Secret Seven, The Children of Cherry Tree Farm and my favourite back then, The Famous Five.
Enid Blyton inspired me to read as a young child and to this day I suspect is the reason I love to read,
I found a copy of the Magic Faraway Tree in a hotel library and read it in a few hours, which transported me back to my childhood and the enticing world of Moonface and co.
Given the recent furore over sitelinkrewriting Roald Dahl, I wonder if we'll ever get justice for the Faraway Tree
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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.
This particular edition has been bowdlerised to pieces, The episode where the children land in Dame Slap's school which terrified and thrilled me as a wee 'un is now unrecognisable, Here's how Dame Slap originally dealt with her pupils:
She frowned, Twinkle, come here! she said, A small pixie walked up to her,
Haven't I told you to brush your hair properly for mealtimes said Dame Slap, and she slapped the pixie hard, Twinkle burst into tears.
And there's Doodle over there with a torn tunic! said Dame Slap, Come here, Doodle.
Doodle came and was slapped very hard indeed, Bessie and Fanny felt nervous, and hoped that their hair and hands and dresses were clean and tidy,
But in this and some other modern editions, the corporal punishment and any sense of threat has just been silently removed,
She frowned, Twinkle, come here! she said, A small pixie walked up to her,
Haven't I told you to brush your hair properly for mealtimes said Dame Snap, Twinkle burst into tears.
And there's Doodle over there with a torn tunic! said Dame Snap, Come here, Doodle.
Doodle came. Bessie and Fanny felt nervous, and hoped that their hair and hands and dresses were clean and tidy,
Huh Now we're left with the weird situation where the children keep bursting into tears because Dame Snap snaps at them, I'm wondering what other editions this publisher has put out perhaps a version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where all the children live happily ever after, or a new run of Harry Potter in which Harry's parents were tragically flicked off by Voldemort when he was just a baby.
I've had to dig out the original creased, coverless versions of these books that I had as a child so my own kids can get the proper story.
Five for those two for the neutered rewrite,
AugI know Enid is no longer de rigueur, but without this author my childhood would have been a sad and lonely place, from her stories for young children the wishing chair and come to the circus, to the fabulous famous five, St.
clares, and Mallory towers series, this woman encouraged my love of reading which I continue today
Even after all these years, I still adore this book.
It's filled with the kind of adventures you long for as a child, even adult me would love to climb the Faraway Tree!
This was written inbut I think it's still a fun read for kids of today.
This edition was printed in the early nineties and does still contain elements which I think have been removed now, Obviously Golliwogs have been removed, however I read a few years ago that Dame Slap was considered problematic so not sure if she is still about, Slapping is a big storyline, so not sure what they replaced her with!
Although I remembered that Moonface loved toffee, I had forgotten about the amazing food they eat.
I really want to try a Pop Biscuit! They sound so yummy! Enid has always been good at the written food porn!
My only complaint is I remember this seeming longer and them having loads more adventures but I think it would have just taken me longer to get through this book as a kid.
If you've never read this, you need to and if you have children, make sure this finds it's way into their Christmas Stocking!,