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Available
Call number
Publication
Dean (2010)
Description
When Jo, Bessie and Fanny leap over a ditch near their new house in the country, they find themselves in an Enchanted Wood where trees whisper their secrets and magic is everywhere. In the middle of the wood grows the most wonderful tree in the world - The Faraway Tree, with its top-most branches touching the clouds, magical fruit, the exciting Slippery-Slip, and cosy houses set in its vast trunk. The children soon explore the tree, meeting the strange people who live there, including Moon-Face, Silky the pixie and Dame Washalot, and have amazing adventures in the lands that come and go at the top - the Land of Ice and Snow, the Land of the Three Bears, and everyone's favourite - the Land of Take-What-You-Want!.
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LibraryThing member Jiraiya
A very original book where old mythology has been modified by a fertile imagination to give us a magical story. The book is about Jo, Bessie, and Fannie who move in a village with their quite nebulous parents.
Then the kids - after their chores - begin to explore the Enchanted Wood. The king of all
Then the kids - after their chores - begin to explore the Enchanted Wood. The king of all
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the trees there is the Faraway Tree, at whose top adventures await the children. There are magical folk living in the tree trunk and they come to know the children and they participate to varying degrees in the unpredictable adventures in whatever land that lies temporarily at the top of the tree. This is an adaptation begging to be made. It would be glorious if Disney animated this startling book. Show Less
LibraryThing member 26kathryn
I loved this series as a child and have recently reread this book.
Three children move to the countryside and find that the wood behind their house is magical, the Faraway Tree is a tree that leads to a different land each time the children climb it, some lands are nice some are not. A good and
Three children move to the countryside and find that the wood behind their house is magical, the Faraway Tree is a tree that leads to a different land each time the children climb it, some lands are nice some are not. A good and
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LibraryThing member SueinCyprus
This was one of my very favourite childhood books when I was about six. I re-read it in my teens. I read it to my sons when they were small. Just recently, I read it aloud to a five-year-old friend. Unfortunately I've lost my original hardback version, but picked up a paperback edition at a charity
Jo, Bessie and Fanny are three children from a fairly poor family who move to the country with their parents, and discover the magical Faraway Tree with its unusual inhabitants, and a variety of strange lands at the top of the tree. Each story takes place over about four or five chapters, and has some suspense but not much.
The plots are nicely done, the characterisation less so, but perhaps that doesn't matter too much in a plot-driven book. The adventures are certainly unusual, and if some of the language seems remarkably old-fashioned, that's not really surprising for a seventy-year-old book.
Just about everyone my age who loves reading as an adult started out on Enid Blyton, so I hope her books remain in print for many years to come.
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shop some years ago. Jo, Bessie and Fanny are three children from a fairly poor family who move to the country with their parents, and discover the magical Faraway Tree with its unusual inhabitants, and a variety of strange lands at the top of the tree. Each story takes place over about four or five chapters, and has some suspense but not much.
The plots are nicely done, the characterisation less so, but perhaps that doesn't matter too much in a plot-driven book. The adventures are certainly unusual, and if some of the language seems remarkably old-fashioned, that's not really surprising for a seventy-year-old book.
Just about everyone my age who loves reading as an adult started out on Enid Blyton, so I hope her books remain in print for many years to come.
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LibraryThing member Ayanami_Faerudo
I want to go to the Land of Take-What-You-Want.
LibraryThing member RobinRowlesAuthor
The first magical Faraway Tree story, The Enchanted Wood, was first published in Great Britain in 1939. The paperback edition that I read was published in 2014. I loved the main characters, Joe, Beth and Frannie, in this magical and inspiring story.
The three children, living in a town, suddenly
Joe, Beth and Frannie discover a magical new world with their new friends. Moon-Face has an exciting slippery-slip, The funny old Saucepan Man has lots of pots and pans, and Silky The Fairy, has an amazing walking clock!
There are lots of fantastic characters and adventures to enjoy in this delightful book.
It's highly entertaining and great fun too! I recommend this book for young children and for anyone who loves reading magical children's stories!
The three children, living in a town, suddenly
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find themselves living in the country, and right next door to an Enchanted Wood. They fully embrace their new situation and it's not long before they discover the Faraway Tree, with its many different lands.Joe, Beth and Frannie discover a magical new world with their new friends. Moon-Face has an exciting slippery-slip, The funny old Saucepan Man has lots of pots and pans, and Silky The Fairy, has an amazing walking clock!
There are lots of fantastic characters and adventures to enjoy in this delightful book.
It's highly entertaining and great fun too! I recommend this book for young children and for anyone who loves reading magical children's stories!
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LibraryThing member Fliss88
I think I would have enjoyed an original version of this much better. I don’t like the illustrations, they’re too modern and not particularly nice. This is childhood viewed through very rose coloured glasses but lots of magical fun.
LibraryThing member AliceAnna
It was very good, but for some reason, it just didn't seem to capture my imagination as much as some other children's books that I've read. Maybe it's because I just came off of reading a couple of Roald Dahl books that are just so edgy and humorous that The Enchanted Wood seemed bland in
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Awards
Irma Black Award (Contender — 1992)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1939
Physical description
416 p.
ISBN
0603561977 / 9780603561979