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Round the Clock Stories
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182 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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Enid Blyton
5,134 books6,311 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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December 22, 2017
So much memories❤...First book as a gift❤....First book in my small book collection ❤so precious❤
I got this book as a gift when I was younger (10 yo maybe) and I loooooved it... it was in French but I could manage understanding difficult words at that time 😂 using dictionary... now I want to read more of it 😂
I got this book as a gift when I was younger (10 yo maybe) and I loooooved it... it was in French but I could manage understanding difficult words at that time 😂 using dictionary... now I want to read more of it 😂
May 31, 2017
This is a charming little book, however the stories didn't inspire the imagination as much as other Enid Blyton books do. I found a fab old copy in a second hand book store and couldn't resist buying it though.
August 9, 2021
A delightful collection of various stories, pure joy!
I loved the delicacy of the dandelion clock story - how the plant lives and grows, then I adored the walking fairy houses, and the toad working on toadstools.
I loved the delicacy of the dandelion clock story - how the plant lives and grows, then I adored the walking fairy houses, and the toad working on toadstools.
January 8, 2018
Read a fun old copy of this book. The stories were cute, but none of them stood out for me.
May 20, 2009
A charming collection of short stories :) Though nothing will ever beat The Red Story Book!
October 5, 2009
Read a fun old copy of this book. The stories were cute, but nothing too special.
October 9, 2011
Always a good read!
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