The Famous Five are distraught! Dick has been kidnapped - mistaken for somebody else! The gang finally track him down - to a lonely, abandoned house - but then they too are seized and held captive! Now that all of them are miles from home, and from help, how will the intrepid Five get themselves out of this mess . . ?
A brilliant children's book,exciting and thrilling - be the one to give them their first famous five book. You will be remembered forever.
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The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy!
There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but they're not alone! Someone else has got the same idea. Time is running out for the Famous Five, who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?
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10 Books in a box set - Five On A Treasure Island, Five Go Adventuring Again, Five Run Away Together, Five Go To Smugglers Top, Five Go Off In A Caravan, Five On Kirrin Island Again, Five Go Off To Camp, Five Get Into Trouble, Five Fall Into Adventure, and Five On A Hike Together.
"In the 8-year-old's world of nintendos and playstations, this was a welcome change for a birthday gift for my nephew. He loved it and we have been able to share the adventures of Enid Blyton's classics." By Jasmine
"My 7 year old daughter is about to start the 21st (and last) in the Famous Five series. She has been hooked since the beginning (about 8 weeks ago) and absolutely loves them. I hoped she would and yet I am slightly surprised - she seems to have nothing in common with the children who have no supervision, go to boarding school, live in the country and are rather priggish.... And yet, just like me 30 years ago, she is engrossed. If you think Enid Blyton won't click with the children you know - have a go because she does seem to have a universal appeal! " By BookMummy
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It is the wholesome story of four young children, John, Susan, Titty and Roger, who set out in their boat (the Swallow of the title) to an island of adventure. All seems well until they encounter their enemy. At first they are angry at the invasion of their peaceful haven by these Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy, who claim ownership of the land. But in time a truce is called and the Swallows and Amazons become firm friends. Camping under open skies, swimming in clear water, fishing, exploring and making discoveries is the stuff of dreams which serves to make this so charming a tale. The author manages to capture the innocence of a time when all this was real and possible. Swallows and Amazons will transport children to a fantastical place where they can play safely and roam freely, without an adult in sight
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This book is strongly recommended. It may be 80 years old but it is like a modern book.
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The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high. Soon their boat is on its way to a Caribbean treasure hunt and they find themselves up against shark, storm, earthquake - and the vilest pirate who ever eavesdropped at a porthole.
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A story about Pongwiffy, the smelliest, ugliest witch ever. Living in a stinking, damp cave, with Hugo the fearless hamster from Amsterdam, she causes havoc amongst the witches of Witchway Wood. Kate Umansky has also written "Big Iggy" and "Witches in Stitches".
This book is thoroughly enjoyable and makes you crave more of this comic witch and all her friends. Even though the stories are aimed at children, this book has elements and language which will amuse many older readers - similar to that in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. With voices that jump out of the book at you, they make the characters more realistic and interesting. Kate Umansky is a great writer and once you've read one Pongwiffy novel you'll always come back for more
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Sprinkled with numerous delightful pen and ink illustrations (charmingly credited to the Swallows and Amazons themselves!) this book is a lovely production. In short, it is nothing short of a little masterpiece that should be on everyone's reading list.
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This early Roald Dahl adventure is great for reading aloud to three- to seven-year-olds, who will be delighted to hear that Mr. Fox keeps his family one step ahead of the obsessed farmers. When they try to dig him out, he digs faster; when they lay siege to his den, he tunnels to where the farmers least expect him--their own larders! In the end, Mr. Fox not only survives, but also helps the whole community of burrowing creatures live happily ever after. With his usual flourish, Dahl evokes a magical animal world that, as children, we always knew existed, had we only known where or how to look for it
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The BFG is one of Dahl's most lovable character creations. Whether galloping off with Sophie nestled into the soft skin of his ear to capture dreams as though they were exotic butterflies; speaking his delightful, jumbled, squib-fangled patois; or whizzpopping for the Queen, he leaves an indelible impression of bigheartedness.
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The Twits is one of his many successful and highly entertaining books. The Twits are a couple that nobody would like to know. They are hairy, dirty, smelly and generally unpleasant. Roald Dahl's characters are possibly the most horrid people you will ever read about. Mr and Mrs Twit spend their days inventing new ways to be be nasty to each other. Each time Mrs Twit does something bad to Mr Twit, he just invents something worse to do to her. The Twits are not only unpleasant towards each other but they also hate animals. It is because of the Twits' attitude towards animals that we see their really awful side: Mr Twit keeps a family of monkeys that have to spend their days upside down and Mrs Twit likes to make pies with freshly caught birds.
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George's grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered-up mouth like a dog's bottom. Four times a day she takes a large spoonful of thick brown medicine, but it doesn't seem to do her any good. She's always just as horrid after she's taken it as she was before.
So when George is left alone to look after her one morning, it's just the chance he needs...
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"This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches." So begins one of Roald Dahl's best books ever, and, ironically, it is such a great story because the premise is perfectly plausible from the outset. When the narrator's parents die in a car crash on page two (contrast this terribly real demise with that of James's parents who are devoured by an escaped rhinoceros in James and the Giant Peach), he is taken in by his cigar-smoking Norwegian grandmother, who has learned a storyteller's respect for witches and is wise to their ways.
The bond between the boy and his grandmother becomes the centrepiece of the tale--a partnership of love and understanding that survives even the boy's unfortunate transformation into a mouse. And once the two have teamed up to outwitch the witches, the boy's declaration that he's glad he's a mouse because he will now live only as long as his grandmother is far more poignant than eerie.
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Mystery Squad and the Creeping Castle (Solve it yourself)
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Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole – without giving a thought about how she might get out. And so she tumbles into Wonderland: where animals answer back, a baby turns into a pig, time stands still at a disorderly tea party, croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. In a land in which nothing is as it seems and cakes, potions and mushrooms can make her shrink to ten inches or grow to the size of a house, will Alice be able to find her way home again?
