Enid Blyton's Summer Stories (Bumper Short Story Collections) by Enid Blyton

by Enid Blyton

A wonderful selection of 27 short stories about holidays by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton. Ideal for reading aloud, or for children from about 7 years old to read alone.School's out! So go on a picnic, visit the seaside or throw coconuts at the fair in this enchanting collection of stories perfect for summer holidays.Enid Blyton has been delighting readers for more than seventy years with her endless summers of magic, fun and adventure. Enid's best-loved characters include Noddy the wooden boy, Timmy the dog from The Famous Five and the mischievous twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan from the much-loved boarding school series St Clare's !This collection contains the original stories dating back to the 1940The Fish That Got Away; The Enchanted Toadstool; Jimmy and the Elephant Man; The Little Button Elves; The Girl Who Was Left Behind; A Story of Magic Strawberries; The Marvellous Pink Vase; When Mollie Missed the Bus; A Bit of Good Luck; The Surprising Buns; Pretty-Star the Pony; The Stolen Shadow; On Jimmy's Birthday; Bonzo Gets Into Trouble; The Roundabout Man; The Fairies' Shoemaker; Something Funny Going On; The Little Toy-Maker; Billy's Bicycle; That Girl Next Door!; The Boy Who Never Put Things Back; Policeman Billy; Think Hard, Boatman; The Wishing Spells; The Girl Who Had Hiccups; Christina's Kite; The Galloping Seahorse

Genres: Audiobook, Childrens, Fiction, Collections, Short Stories, Mystery, British Literature

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About the author

See 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

Reviews

[Tammie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read- September 2019
- This is my least favourite of these short story collections. There was a repeat story in this collection and you could really tell with a lot of these stories that they were a product of their time.

[Sarah the reading addict · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have loved Enid Blyton books since I was little and reading her stories as and adult takes me back to when I read them the first time.

She's such a creative writer and the stories always pull you in, whatever age you are.

After reading this I am going to buy it in Paperback for my 2 Niece's and Nephew because I think they would love the stories and they're great for bedtime because they're all short stories.

[sliceofmini]

I personally can't rate this book , because this is clearly dated and I'm not the target audience.
The stories basically just revolve around how you should be kind and helping over and over.
They're fun as a audiobook, but very forgettable.
Mostly filler audiobooks for me , since I've already gotten them

[Cynthia P · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good simple stories which we enjoyed. The only thing I would change are the pictures, which have nothing to do with the stories. This was dissapointing and it didn't make sense... they didn't add anything to the book other than a pretty cover.

[Etaylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite a god boo

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

More stories kids will enjoy. Some repeated tropes.

[Kavya Vihurkar · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5
Fresh book, nostalgic, fun read, escape read, happy

[jane taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

SUPER!🔮😍😘😀😻👍💋❤💖💗💝👑💎💍🦄🐕🐆🐈🐇🐼🐨🍉🌭🍿🍨🍱🍭🍫🎂🍹🎠🌈❄⛄🎃🎁🎄🎀🎈✨🤸

This is an amazing book.I recommend it for every one .I chose this rating because I feel that absolutely everyone big and small should read it. It's just such an excellent and exciting range of stories.😍😀🦄🐆🐰🐇🐼