You can just read them with your little ones (mine is 7) and enjoy the story and message without having to discuss or explain. Again, I’m a sucker for Robin Hood stories, and the mental image given by some of them are glorious. Here is a library of books created by a community of parents and children where you can browse books that others have enjoyed and recommended. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.

I thought this book was good because Mr Pink Whistle always saves the day because he's magic and he's half a brownie and he can turn invisible. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. foxed,one section taped at gutters,spine cracked) in G d/w (rubbed and soiled,external tape repairs to hinges and edges,chipping and wear to extrems. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US.

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This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. x 1"; this has also lead to a water mark on the corner of the pages underneath throughout the book starting at the back about 3/4 of the way through the book. Kids love the character of Mr Pink-Whistle, who is very matter-of-fact and unassuming, yet so powerful and benevolent.I would love to read these to my nieces and nephew one day, I'm sure they would love it just as much as I do. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Hardback; 8vo; at first glance this looks to be a vg copy; rose pink cloth boards with just a little wear to cover corners; no handwritten names inside; no crayoning of pictures; however rear cover corner has a small area that has somehow been water damaged - something spilt on it? The only thing is this edition has lesser stories than quoted for this title , I read that it would have 12 stories but it had only 8.

Card covers have minor edge wear with creasing, paper chipped and torn to the toe of the spine, covers lightly rubbed and marked, 80 pages, tanning, some tears at the edges/gutter, some minor stains and use marks, binding tight. Slight lean to spine; rubbing and light creasing to cover; previous owner details erased but faintly visible to half-title page. My book lost its cover, the pages so worn with turning that I feared I would loose the pages to the ages. Once your child has discovered a new book we invite them to create their own online Reading Den and fill a bookshelf of their own.This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's red cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper cover. I’m still smirking when I think of the mysterious disembodied voice neatly putting in eighteen grapefruit instead of fifteen.

Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.