Have you read the magic tree by Enid Blyton?

Hello! :yawnb:
I want to know if you have read ``The Magic Tree´´ `` The chair of the desires ´´ and `` Amelia Jane's adventures ´´ by Enid Blyton.

I don´t know if the titles are correct because I have the books in Spanish and the titles are: El Árbol Mágico, Aventuras de la silla de los deseos y Aventuras de Amelia Jane. ;)

The Magic tree is about four children that live in the city. One day, the move to a house in the forest. There is an enormous tree. The children (two boys and two girls) meet very extravagant persons (Seditas, Cara de Luna, Cacharros... :yawnb:

The chair of the desires´s adventures is about two children (a boy and a girl: Peter and Molly) that go to a shop to buy a present for her mother. There, they find the chair and live very adventures.

Amelia Jane´s adventures is about a doll that live in a house with others toys. :yawnb:

I loved "the magic of the faraway Tree" and "the wishing chair" growing up. Been at least fifteen years since i read them though.

Aw that Magic far awa tree in the enchanted forest was GREAT! I dnt think Ive read either of the other though.

the wishing chair and the wishing chair again were great! it was a chair that could sprout wings ang fly them to magical places.! think there is a third part also!

Thanks, Niamh and Nightshade :yawnb:

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Originally Posted by Niamh

I loved "the magic of the faraway Tree" and "the wishing chair" growing up. Been at least fifteen years since i read them though.

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Thank you for the titles :blush: I love them too :yawnb:

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Originally Posted by Niamh

the wishing chair and the wishing chair again were great! it was a chair that could sprout wings ang fly them to magical places.! think there is a third part also!

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In spanish, there is three books of `` The Magic of The Faraway Tree´´ and two books of `` The Wishing Chair. ´´;) (El Árbol Mágico, El Árbol Lejano y En lo alto del árbol lejano. Aventuras de la silla de los deseos y nuevas aventuras de la silla de los deseos);)

Oh my God! Anne, George, Julian, Dick and Timmy!
My childhood heroes; I read all those Five friends books, I think it was more than 20 of them. Villa Kirrin was always a place of great fun!

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Originally Posted by bazarov

Oh my God! Anne, George, Julian, Dick and Timmy!
My childhood heroes; I read all those Five friends books, I think it was more than 20 of them. Villa Kirrin was always a place of great fun!

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I refer to other books of the same writter :yawnb: but I loved them too ;)

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Originally Posted by Niamh

the wishing chair and the wishing chair again were great! it was a chair that could sprout wings ang fly them to magical places.! think there is a third part also!

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Yes, I liked it too but I think in the end it had got a little bit boring. But no, I have not read The Magic Tree but it has been recommended to me...

The of adventure series...I still want that parrot!!

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

The of adventure series...I still want that parrot!!

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Oh I loved it too. Sea of Adventure and Mountain of Adventure have been two of my most favourite books coming from Blyton! :D

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Originally Posted by Duna

I refer to other books of the same writter :yawnb: but I loved them too ;)

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I know, but couldn't resist to memories and tears in my old eyes :)

I once read a plagurised version of The five finder outers fiirst case which was the mystery of the burnt cottage. It was in arabic set in cairo and modernised it took me about halfway through the book to go OI!

Although I supose it could have been a 'translation' although I dont remember seeing her name anywhere on it.

I was a big fan of the twins at st clares when i was young. my sister and myself even convinced our teacher to read them to the class. Even that lads in the class loved them!

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Originally Posted by bazarov

I know, but couldn't resist to memories and tears in my old eyes :)

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:yawnb: I think Enid Blyton was a great writter :yawnb:

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Originally Posted by Niamh

I was a big fan of the twins at st clares when i was young. my sister and myself even convinced our teacher to read them to the class. Even that lads in the class loved them!

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Reminds me of how I fell for Claudine At St. Clares! :D

Just found this site today, hi to all and enjoy your books. :)

Hi :)

I have read the Enchanted Wood, Folk of The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of The Faraway Tree and many other Blyton books as a child and to this day I still love them. I truly wish the 3 I mentioned would be turned into movies like the Harry Potter series. They would make excellent watching in my humble opinion.

Oh i so want a copy of these nooks in Spanish so I can read them to my son. Could you share the ISBN, I am having trouble getting FNAC to accept they exist.

Thanks.

M.

I remember being given Chimney Corner Stories as a little kid for my birthday. I really liked Noddy - particularly the engrossing illustrations, and one of my teachers used to read us tales from the Magic Faraway Tree.

I also had the distrubingly titled "Mr Pink Whistle Interferes", which I enjoyed, and Amelia Jane Again.

I wasn't aware of the very middle class, racist, imperialist attitudes and the gender bias that existed in her work. Quite a few of her works have been altered to reflect modern attitudes rather than the attitudes of the 1930s. I'm not sure how critical you can be of her for this, though even as a kid I was aware of her preoccupation with money, which I found a bit odd even then.

In recent years she has been criticised for her lack of affection for her daughter, which was described in a biography. It was far from the idyllic and warm environment you would expect. My wife read it and was somewhat surprised by this lack of familial love.

Her grand daughter was interviewed for the Guardian below.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...phie-smallwood

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:yawnb: I think Enid Blyton was a great writter :yawnb:

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I don't think she was a great writer but she was a great storyteller. So many children have come to an enjoyment of reading through her.For that she deserves praise.

I read all of the Famous Five books too, but never got into the Secret Seven. I knew she was disapproved of, but I didn't care. The educational authorities disapproved of anything good. Indeed, they disapproved of children having fun of any kind. We were more or less banned from reading Biggles.

As a child I used to read more Enid Blyton than anything else, and had no idea she was racist or imperialist or anything. Parents and teachers totally approved of her brand of middle class morality, and felt the books 'improved our English'. I daresay they were right about that. My son liked Noddy when he was small, but wasn't interested in anything else by her, and I noticed that a certain politically incorrect toy was changed to some other toy, which puzzled me at first.

I liked the Magic Faraway Tree stories a lot.

As I said, as a kid I didn't pick up the racist elenents in her work. Why would I have? I never equated golliwogs with a racist stereotype. There's no denying that it is one though, and it is the job of the parents and authorities to address this. I didn't pick it up as a kid and my kids won't have, but I wouldn't want to give them something that does promote a racial stereotype. I tbink it was a simple enough job to change the characters without losing the story. If it were an adult book, then I would expect adults to be able to discern an outmoded racist view from current attitudes. Kids are different though.