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And in that wood stands the Magic Faraway Tree. The Tonies box can even improve your little one's speech in as little as four months. When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to the countryside, they discover that their new house lies next to the Enchanted Wood! Join the children and their new friends Moon-Face, Saucepan Man and Silky the Fairy as they explore this most magical of all fairytale worlds in the three original Magic Faraway Tree novels by beloved author Enid Blyton. Happy little ones, happy parents, happy listening. This is no ordinary tree - it is home to more magical lands full of elves, pixies, talking creatures and wonderful adventures than the children ever imagined possible!
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Paul Middleton
In her last Faraway Tree book, Enid Blyton's soaring imagination combines to incredible effect with Dorothy Wheeler's beautiful illustrations. Some criticise it for being picture-based, but prior to this reissue, identical copies of this book were selling for hundreds of pounds! The original book is 90 pages and the bonus unpublished Faraway Tree story adds another 38 pages. I'm happy they haven't altered Dorothy Wheeler's original illustrations because they could not have been improved upon, even though some children will think the illustrations don't match the poorer ones in the current editions.
Alhough some are less enthusiastic that the last Faraway Tree book is picture-based, many have loved this just as it is, and most children will love it too. They're from a 1951 edition, but the pictures are the same as this new Egmont book).
4 pictures on view if the book is laid open flat, with a small amount of Enid Blyton text beneath each picture. Similar to but better than, a comic-book, with 2 landscape picture boxes occupying each page.
At the start of the book we meet 2 new characters, the children Robin and Joy. And well done Egmont (the publisher) because the last 4 chapters are an unpublished (text only) Enid Blyton Faraway Tree story. CHAPTERS:Off to the Enchanted WoodThe Land of CastlesThe Land of Roundabouts and SwingsJoy's Birthday TreatThe Land of MagicThe QuarrellersHere Comes Toyland! The Land of CakesUp To the Land of Toys (newly added)They Get Into Trouble (newly added)Mr Oom-Boom-Boom (newly added)In Santa Claus' Castle (newly added)
Children will be pleased to know that the characters from the earlier books are all here; Silky, the Angry Pixie, Moonface, and Mr Watzisname, etc. Although this is shorter than the first three Faraway Tree books, it's a nice length read to your children at bedtime.
They are reading about Jo, Bessie and Fanny in their Faraway Tree book, and so they decide to go off and find them - surely something that all Faraway Tree fans would love to do! (See my 6 photos of some of the illustrations. Yes, Enid has to be more concise, having only 2 or 3 lines beneath each picture, but being concise is something she is very good at, and the pictures and text are an inseparable joy after a couple of reads.
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