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The Secret Island - Enid Blyton

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dalek · 19/11/2007 20:44

We have just finished reading this and DD loved it- does anybody know if there are any more in the series?

TIA

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themildmanneredjanitor · 19/11/2007 21:18

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bookofthedeadmum · 19/11/2007 21:17

The FinderOuters is probably ok for 6-8 year olds. The secret seven, famous five and the 'Secret' series are really for slightly older children. I had nightmares from some of them but I did have a very active imagination.

wheresthehamster · 19/11/2007 21:16

I've just done the Enid Blyton quiz. I only got 23 out of 50 and there's me thinking I knew everything!

bozza · 19/11/2007 21:15

I think 24Studio are selling the Secret series fairly cheaply.

bookofthedeadmum · 19/11/2007 21:14

I think Enid Blyton had a thing about mountains. The secret of Killamoon also had a mountain in it! The ones with the improbably named Rannu and Plescu (Prince Paul's bodyguards). I quite liked that book - I felt so sorry for the secret people inside the mountain .

Desiderata · 19/11/2007 21:10

dalek, just as a thought.

If you go on eBay, see if you can source some earlier editions with the dust jackets.

You can often pick up a 60s copy for £2 to £10 - and if they're well kept, they should be worth a bit of money later on. At least, they'll never be worth less.

I've got 14 at the moment. I haven't bought any for ages, but I think I'll start again in the new year. I think it's a nice legacy to leave a child.

Orinoco · 19/11/2007 21:07

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Desiderata · 19/11/2007 21:07

God, don't you just ache for an Enid Blyton childhood?

pooka · 19/11/2007 21:06

You must be joking Orinoco! No way - that's insane.

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dalek · 19/11/2007 21:05

Thanks Everyone - I shall now see if I can find them on ebay.

Thank you very much.

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pooka · 19/11/2007 21:05

I can remember in the castle of adventure that there was a gypsy girl who was washed in carbolic soap by Jack and Lucy Ann's mother and given new clothes.
Blyton had a thing about gypsies- remember in one of the famous fives there was a boy they called sniffy because he was too common to blow his nose.

wheresthehamster · 19/11/2007 21:04

Theodolphilus Goon or something wasn't it??

Orinoco · 19/11/2007 21:03

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Fennel · 19/11/2007 21:03

I think the Secret Mountain was originally set abroad, but there was a tv series of the books which set it in Wales.

Maybe the Mountain of Adventure was set in Wales.

Orinoco · 19/11/2007 21:02

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wheresthehamster · 19/11/2007 21:02

Buster!! I would never have remembered that!

Orinoco · 19/11/2007 21:02

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Orinoco · 19/11/2007 21:01

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bookofthedeadmum · 19/11/2007 21:01

wth - the Finder outers.

pooka · 19/11/2007 21:00

lucy ann, dinah, phillip and jack.

wheresthehamster · 19/11/2007 21:00

Fatty, Daisy, Larry, Pip and Bet and ???? - aaargh! can't remember the dog

bookofthedeadmum · 19/11/2007 21:00

I thought the Mountain one was set in Wales?

Orinoco · 19/11/2007 20:59

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bookofthedeadmum · 19/11/2007 20:59

The Ring O'Bells mystery gave me nightmares .