![]() The stories are formulaic, dry, predictable, plagiaristic, and accompanied by rudimentary illustrations.Īs you can tell, I did not enjoy the 583 pages I spent with children Joe, Beth, and Frannie as they constantly got into trouble with Moon Face, Silky, the Saucepan man, and others. While all of these titles sound exciting and imaginative, the actual execution of the stories was anything but. The stories are made up of three books: The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree, and The Folk of the Faraway Tree. She warned me not to start with The Faraway Tree Stories, but because they are number 90 on the BBC book list, I did not listen. Childtastic Books recently ran a post on Enid Blyton, to which I commented that I had wanted to read her work and that I had a hard time getting a hold of it in the United States. That’s exactly what they are about however, the stories are meant for somebody a sixth of my age. ![]() ![]() Upon receiving my copy of the book, which contains three books in one, I felt excited to begin reading these children’s stories which seemed to be about exciting adventures in the forest. The Faraway Tree Stories (1939, 1943, 1946) by Enid Blyton have potential. ![]()
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