http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton_bibliography
I mean, ffs. Fully appreciated not all of those required massive input, but still.
I mean, ffs. Fully appreciated not all of those required massive input, but still.
Enid Blyton wrote one f*** of a lot of books.
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ice-is-forming
I was born naked, shameless & fucking outrageous..
my mum refused to let me read books by enid because she said the grammer was really bad.
strung out
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didn't they find a new one that hadn't been published or even read by anyone recently?
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
My Mum wouldn't let me have them because they had a very limited vocabulary. I smuggled the occasional copy in from jumble sales. Read one, read 'em all, so apart from the initial illicit quality, I bored of them extremely quickly.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I often think this Joyce Grenfell sketch is a bitchy sideswipe at Blyton.
http://www.we7.com/#/song/Joyce-Grenfell/Writer-Of-Childrens-Books
http://www.we7.com/#/song/Joyce-Grenfell/Writer-Of-Childrens-Books
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I read loads of her stuff (just because it was there).
Magic Faraway Tree was great stuff
Magic Faraway Tree was great stuff
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
Dick and Julian guilty of hate crimes against Romany family.
ice-is-forming
I was born naked, shameless & fucking outrageous..
i even had to read dr seuss covertly
I was 'allowed' to read these tho, which were in a similar vein. capturing german spys and allways heaps of smugglers...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Pine_(books)
AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
The first book I read independently, the first one that had the appearance of a proper book (more words than pictures), was a Famous Five book, something to do with Kirrin Island. After that I read everything I could by Enid Blyton as long as there were more words than pictures. I was nearly seven when I started and nine when I finished with Enid and that includes a long, unhappy period when I had no access to books (even at school, long story ) I would say her vocabulary and grammar were just right for me.
) I would say her vocabulary and grammar were just right for me.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
What about her speeling?
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was enid a racist do you think?
Some of them were pretty terrible, yep!
I know they didn't approve of Enid Blyton at school - altho they had her books anyway, altho I don't think it was because they were sexist/ racist.
Saffy
Under the duvet..
I loved them but didn't like the Secret seven.
My daughter went through a stage of only wanting to read Malory Towers and the Twins at St Clair's, I was of the opinion that so long as she was reading I didn't mind. She soon got inspired by something else and went onto that.
My daughter went through a stage of only wanting to read Malory Towers and the Twins at St Clair's, I was of the opinion that so long as she was reading I didn't mind. She soon got inspired by something else and went onto that.
Thora
Differently Ethical
I didn't like Secret Seven either. I went through quite a long phase when I was about 7-9 of only reading Enid Blyton booksI loved them but didn't like the Secret seven.
My daughter went through a stage of only wanting to read Malory Towers and the Twins at St Clair's, I was of the opinion that so long as she was reading I didn't mind. She soon got inspired by something else and went onto that.
I went to the library every couple of weeks and got loads out - it really pissed by dad off. Loved all the school series and the circus ones best.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
when i was very young i read the famous five and secret seven i later prefered the adventure series
in terms of entertainment for children they arn't bad
bit dated though
in terms of entertainment for children they arn't bad
bit dated though
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
Yes, surely they weren't worse than all those Rainbow Fairies type books which clog up bookshelves by the mile, which are supposed to be good for encouraging small children to read. At least Enid Blyton had a few variations on a plot.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
The ones I read to my children (I had no experience of them as a child myself), were absolutely appallingly written, and very boring to read aloud. I always suggested different books if they chose one of hers as a bedtime story.
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
I read the Five Find-Outers And Dog, from which I learnt never to trust a gypsy or a policeman called Goon
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
I read the Five Find-Outers And Dog, from which I learnt never to trust a gypsy or a policeman called Goon
Ceej
Where is my mind?
As a kid I read all the Famous Five, the Fine Doubters (as I always called them) - there wasn't much else in the kids library that didn't have pictures. Even then they were a bit samey and dull - discovered Agatha Christie and Charles Dickens at about 10 and never looked back. My mum aways thought EB was a bit rubbish, but as long as I was reading, she wasn't too bothered. I feel much the same about Harry Potter.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
i frikkin adored enid blyton when i was about 4 or 5... i remember begging to go to boarding school after reading mallory towers because she convinced me it was all about midnight feasts and having a jolly good time!
