to feel uneasy about my son reading Enid Blyton books

[frances5]

My son wants me to read him a book called the "Wishing Chair", I have read two chapters of it and it has a pixie in it called "Chinky". To make it worst the drawing of "Chinky" shows an elf like creature with slitted eyes. However I think my son is totally and utter oblivous to this.

Admitally Enid Blyton lived 50 years ago when people didn't know better. But do you think I am making a mistake letting my son enjoy this book? He is even trying to read it himself that he is so desperate to know what happens next.

When my son chose this book I had no idea that it had a pixie in it called "Chinky" other wise I would have diverted him towards something like Ronald Dahl.

I know! 600 posts

I used to love the books - forget which ones - where they would swan off alone for ages and solve mysteries with sinister submarine stations or something, roaming round islands

loved them

We are reading the Faraway Tree atm - dd is spellbound

I keep wanting to read this thread but I never have time and it is getting longer and longer and longer and longer and

can you all STOP posting on it, please?

Is that Famous Five oo? Kirren Island and sinister men in dark jumpers with flashlights?
I've read the whole of the Faraway Tree series out loud THREE times now. I think I should have an award or something.

I can't wait till mine move onto reading books with proper stories instead of farkin Apple Tree farkin Farm every day and night

grrrrr

that sounds like it 100x

run around on island and see something Suspicious and Investigate

fab fab fab

I loved the Secret Seven, they were the best childrens books!

Mrs Boot. Wooly. Rusty. Oh no, he's not in the pig sty, oh no, where is he? Oh look, he's in the laundry.

AWFUL. I think we've discussed this before.

Here you are, 100x.
They will give you an award.

Well of course, 100x, we read lrb all the time and recycle it as loopaper when we have finished. Do you think this may be putting DS off?

Thanks for links and thoughts. Am subscribing to Shoot now. Will look at Jeremy Strong too.

Thread circularity issues? Yes, I've read EB books and no I'm not a racist either, but we live in a world where we make quality judgments all the time, so it's a good debate.

Yes, and George had her OWN boat

100x we have discussed it before, I am scarred for LIFE I tell you

remind me what secret seven was again?

also, what was the one with a group of kid detectives and one of them was fat and his mum played bridge? (I have asked this one before eons ago)

Thank you Kathy, I'm hoping there's a Stamina Award or something.

the secret seven was similer to the famous five. there was 7 kids who had a club and they would solve mysteries.

You must have the constitution of an ox, 100x.

was one of them fat?! [obsessed]

Fat? Bridge? Hmmm. William's mother played Bridge a lot didn't she? And his drippy sister used to go to tennis parties. It's not that?

no, none were fat. they used to say words like 'gosh' and 'jolly good'! one of them had an annoying little sister called suzie who would try and spoil their mystery solving.

I will look for my old thread, he was a master of disguise iirc and had a shed

I never read the Secret Seven, but ds's read them to themselves. There's definitely a dog and a code word I think.

No Just William's mother was mad for bridge.

God oo he sounds marvellous. Please find out who.

yeah the dog was called scampi! and they had a shed and a password!

Are you sure there isn't one out of the seven who is a little, ahem, rotund?

my thread from JUNE 2005 FFS I NEED TO GET A LIFE if I am still going on about a fat kid and a shed

the Five Find outers they were called

the dog was called scampi? EB is more ironic than I thought ...