Tag: Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton’s adventures get even more mouth-watering

Book: Jolly Good Food Author: Allegra McEvedy Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books Price: Rs. 799 Pages: 133 Enid Blyton knew her mysteries. She also knew her muffins and meringues. In Jolly Good Food, Allegra McEvedy — chef, author and also co-founder of healthy fast food chain Leon — decodes the quintessential and mouth-watering treats littered in …

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December 12, 2017

Shaping the imaginations of generations

Remember wanting to find what adventures Jo and his sisters get up the Faraway Tree, what mystery the Five Find-Outers (and Buster the dog), or the Famous Five stumble into in their summer holidays? Or the escapades of Darell and her friends at school, of Noddy in Toyland or that rascally trickster Brer Rabbit? One …

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August 12, 2017

Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’ return to original language

Six years after the language in Enid Blytons Famous Five books was updated in an attempt to make them appeal more to modern children, the publisher has decided to abandon the idea because the new versions "didnt work". In 2010, the series’ publisher Hachette announced that it would be making "sensitive text revisions" to Blyton’s …

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September 17, 2016