Enid Blyton

[RJUKL]

On television this evening. She was not such a lovely person to her own family, compared with how popular an author she became and so beloved of children of which I was one.

[RJUKL]

My favourite younger books were The Wishing Chair, The Faraway Tree and Mr Galliano's circus. There was one called The Boy Next Door which was so exciting I remember.

[naomi24]

Gosh, you lot are certainly bringing back happy memories.

[tigerlily11]

I never read any of her books but I had them read to me and hated all of them. I now know why. She was a horrid woman.

[RJUKL]

I aw one of the large "Holiday books" on sale in a Charity shop in the glass cabinet kept for the more valuable items for sale. I used to have one every Christmas and could not wait to read it. I still have mine somewhere but I think they have got a bit damp by being stored badly.

[bundleone]

I am 70 now, and loved enid blyton books I know I used to get the 'sunny stories ' every fortnight, at 2pence each, when I was about 7 and could read them myself, I got all my books from the library and at that time nothing was banned, I loved all the famous five books, looking back I find that all of the short stories have a moral. I believe they encouraged good behavior in the reader.

[momcj]

I have taped the enid programe but dont know whether to watch it now. I dont want to dash my childhood memories of her books. I also loved them, my dad used to read all the famous five books to me and I loved Amelia jane, The faraway tree and the wishing chair. Think i still have a couple of the books at my parents. I am hoping to read the stories to my five year old in couple years.

[mosesg]

RJUKL I loved the faraway tree and bought this for my nephew when he was little he loved it and so did his sister. I read all the famous five books and mallory tower, think I was brought up on her books. It is a shame she treated her youngest daughter so badly, but felt from the programme she lived in a fantasy world ever since her Dad left home