Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 9780753725597 |
No of pages | 224 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Octopus Publishing |
Published Date | 04 Nov 2013 |
Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books. Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading.
She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher.
She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters.
This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years.
Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include:
The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Moddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translational, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
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Those Dreadful Children (Enid Blyton: Family Adventures) is a book from the Family Adventure series by the storywriter Enid Blyton. Like a lot of other children - adventure books by Blyton, this book contains important messages and morals to the readers. This time it's the Carlton family and the three children, who welcome new neighbours with three similar - aged children, after which the Carlton children find their happy lives changed dramatically.
The Carltons have been known for raising their children in an educated and religious manner, who had been enjoying their peaceful life happily, until one day they come to know that the old lady, who lived next door has moved out. Now the big question was about the new neighbours moving in. John, Margery and Annette are told by their mother about the Taggertys moving in. to their excitement, the Taggertys have four children, out of which three are almost same age to the Carlton children. But the happiness doesn't last long, as the Taggertys' children are fierce, impolite and notorious trouble makers. Adding to the trouble, the Carltons come to know that the Taggertys are also their classmates.
How do the Carlton children handle these new troubling kids, who are not just bad to them but to their own parents? the book takes the young readers to a journey of thrilling exploration of troubles, togetherness, joy, love, pain and realisation. Those Dreadful Children (Enid Blyton: Family Adventures) was published by Bounty in 2013 in paperback.