Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 9780753725481 |
ISBN-13 | 9780753725481 |
No of pages | 240 |
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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Francis, Clare and Sam would love to have animals of their own, but since their father was hurt in the war it's a struggle for their poor mother to just keep the big house at Green Meadows ticking over. But when a new block of flats with a strict no-animal policy opens near by, they soon find themselves with an exciting secret and Green Meadows is rapidly filled with animals and laughter once more.