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The Strange Umbrella and Other Stories
One of a selection of ever-popular short stories for the younger reader, with clear text and illustrated throughout. For age 5 thru 8.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1989
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Enid Blyton
5,134 books6,318 followersSee also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
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, Beckenham, 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, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
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, Beckenham, 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, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
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September 2, 2015
We are rocking the Enid Blyton Popular rewards series at the moment. Our favorites from this were The Magic Silver Thread, Blackberry Pie (I don't actually get why that ones a favorite) and The Old Boot (bemused again!)
September 19, 2016
Once a book of bedtime stories that lived at my grandparents - it was nice revisiting this collection. All the stories are quite short and have a simple moral message highlighting the importance of being kind and working hard. Great for reading aloud.
December 19, 2010
The collection of stories in the books was very interesting....and it makes me learn something from the books.
May 26, 2017
Meaningful stories with moral.
December 10, 2020
I found it an impressive story, and it has a moral message
April 29, 2023
Funny and moral stories:)
April 2, 2008
It was a thumbs-up story.
April 15, 2008
nice stories .. and so Enid Blyton's :)
June 11, 2014
The story teaches a lesson ,not to meddle with other people's things and not be lazy.
August 31, 2014
Old times....
April 13, 2017
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