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 the ones Olive means. The fat one was Frederick Algernon Trotteville (or similar) with a devoted little dog. Called Fatty. Other children in the 5 Find-outers and dog were Larry, Daisy, Pip and Beth. All went to boarding school and solved crimes in their holidays. Constantly in trouble with (very working class) policeman PC something who hated them and always lost. Policeman had nephew who used to visit, a nice boy but not middle class. 5 Find outers used to patronise him.

Fatty used to dress up for instance a Waxwork or a tramp.

Are you sure they were not recycled famous fives?

oh I loved those books

I may have to purchase them and curl up in a ball and read them eating crisps

I think the books were always called "The mystery of the ...."

Not to be confused with "The adventure of the.... (Dinah, Jack, Phillip and a girl) or "The secret of..." (Norah, Jack and 2 others).

Lovely. Perfectly lovely.

Does anyone have issues with their children being perfectly obnoxious about 'chavs' and 'pikeys'

My god that woman could churn them out couldn't she?

by children have no idea what a chav or a pikey is tbh

Fatty was in the secret 7 wasn't he? Didn't tehy have a club house and they'd get up in teh middle of teh night, take a torch each and go and solve mysteries.

Oh how I loved those books, and the famous 5. I'm in the get a grip cam folks. You are all barking.

Wait till your kids are 14 and reading Nuts/More (position of fortnight) you'll all be wishing they were into EB instead.

No neither do mine. But they do know it is Bad to lie, Bad to eat all the food and not share, Bad to hit girls but Good to help around the house and then when all your chores are done you'll be allowed out on your own for hours and hours in a boat with absolutely no adult supervision.

poor sods.

it is reading weather atm as well isn't it?

I am off to lunch now and to hiss at a chav

uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

This link explains the extraordinary number of books came about.

I think that EB may also have been Barbara Cartland. Not sure about this, but I think so.

And there are lots of people who don't give their children fruitshoots.

uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

My ds's read EB and Morpurgo and Horowitz, and Wilson and blah de blah just about anything and everything, so I don't much fuss about it. They have a balanced diet you see, a little fruit shoot here and there is fine because otherwise they're getting their 5 a day just fine.

Sigh, Is this all going to kick off again Quatt?

Because I think it's fine if you don't want your dcs to read EB. So I'm off. I have no strong opinions, is becoming a problem on mn I notice.

"The Special Six and the Mysterious Hole and The Special Six go to Smuggler's Shaft"

Lol at these titles.

lol Dr NOrtherner

Hey 100x! Sorry bout steely glare. Was ironic steely glare. Don't you go off huffily. I am going to stalk you around the threads until I see you smile.

I saw someone in the queue at Greggs so I presumed they must be a chav and splashed them with a puddle

tis only right and proper and what EB would do

That was you, was it Olive?

yes, do you have a wet leg now (and indigestion from the sausage roll)?

Oh Quatt I went off sort idly, dreamily meandering about the place in a benign haze. Not in the least huffy at all I promise. Honestly! Am beaming and winding someone up about royalty.

But please stop stalking me, is most disturbing.