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Does anybody know anything about Amelia Jane?

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IDoEverything · 08/09/2008 22:05

Been reading lots of Amelia Jane to my dd recently. She is 4 and she absolutely loves them.

My question is this - as far as I am aware Enid Blyton wrote 3 Amelia Jane books:

  1. Naughty Amelia Jane
  2. Amelia Jane Again
  3. More about Amelia Jane.

So how come when I look on Amazon, there's all these extra bizarre things such as
Good Idea, Amelia Jane
Amelia Jane is Naughty Again
Amelia Jane Get's into Trouble......

They all name Enid Blyton as the author, so what's the story?
Are they making up new ones and passing them off as Blyton?
Or are they mixing around the stories into different compilations and re-selling them? Which is utterly pointless obviously. Who's gonna buy the same stories printed in a different order (they still sell the original 3 as first published - albeit heavily edited).

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thisisyesterday · 08/09/2008 22:30

ahh possibly. I remember one of mine had a story about teddy having a new umbrella and amelia riding homw on it after tricking him into thinking it was raining.

that is no help, just came into my head lol.

perhaps they'd been written but never published?

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IDoEverything · 08/09/2008 22:23

Hmmm....not convinced.

Have a look here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_by_Enid_Blyton

Naughty Amelia Jane - 1939
Amelia Jane Again - 1946
More about Amelia Jane - 1954

Can't see anymore Amelia titles. Possibly they were alrady being rehashed in the 1980's??

I'm just trying to work out what's worth buying, given what we've already read IYSWIM

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thisisyesterday · 08/09/2008 22:19

hide the cover, and change her name to John

jimjamshaslefttheyurt · 08/09/2008 22:18

ds2 would freak if I tried to read him a girls story (or suggested he read one). I'll have to grab ds3 before he gets any older

thisisyesterday · 08/09/2008 22:15

bah read them anyway jimjams, they might like them

jimjamshaslefttheyurt · 08/09/2008 22:10

I had amelia jane is naughty again as well.

I LOVED amelia jane books.

3 boys so no excuse to read them again

thisisyesterday · 08/09/2008 22:08

no, there were more than 3 when I was little (in the 80's)
I definitely had Amelia Jane is naughty again

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