I've just unpacked a box of old books, and come across a treasure: my Famous Five collection. When I was a kid, Enid Blyton made me want to be a tomboy; have a rowboat, a cellar and an attic; go on bicycling holidays; sleep on a pile of bracken in a cave; find an overgrown steam-train on a moor; go to boarding school; and say things like "What ho!" (said Dick. "WHAT HO!")
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| Five get into trouble 1970 Hodder and Stoughton London |
The illustrations by Eileen Soper in the Hodder and Stoughton editions are just lovely.
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| Five go to Smuggler's Top 1954 Hodder and Stoughton London |
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| Five go to Smuggler's Top 1954 Hodder and Stoughton London |
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| Five to to Smuggler's Top 1954 Hodder and Stoughton London |
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| Five fall into adventure 1954 Hodder and Stoughton London |
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| Endpapers for Five on a Treasure Island 1969 Hodder and Stoughton London |
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| Endpapers for Five fall into Adventure 1954 Hodder and Stoughton London |
The rest of the collection is made up of extremely ratty-looking paperbacks from the late seventies which tied in with the TV series made at the time, when Timmy turned into a border collie. Is it awkward that I can still sing the jingle? Probably.
Heavens though... I've just realised that I'm missing five titles - could it be possible that there are Famous Five books that I haven't read? I can't WAIT until the next Lifeline Book Fair!
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Hi Emily
Great to catch up with you in Sydney on Saturday. Guess what? I am reading the Famous Five to my grandchildren and they love it. We've just finished Five go to Smuggler's Top. Golly gosh.
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