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Five-Minute Summer Stories
A fun-filled collection of summer stories from the world's best-loved storyteller! Perfect for children aged 5 and up!
Are you ready for the sunny season? From trips to the seaside and royal balls to fairy tea parties and yummy picnics, celebrate the summer with this short story collection by Enid Blyton.
These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
Read all of Enid Blyton's bumper short story collections. New in 2024:
Goodnight Stories
Five-Minute Summer Stories
Magical Stories
One-A-Day Christmas Stories
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Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.
Are you ready for the sunny season? From trips to the seaside and royal balls to fairy tea parties and yummy picnics, celebrate the summer with this short story collection by Enid Blyton.
These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
Read all of Enid Blyton's bumper short story collections. New in 2024:
Goodnight Stories
Five-Minute Summer Stories
Magical Stories
One-A-Day Christmas Stories
***
Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.
- GenresShort Stories
352 pages, Paperback
Published October 22, 2024
About the author
Enid Blyton
5,253 books6,446 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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July 22, 2024
A lovely collection of stories. Timeless and excellent value.
January 29, 2026
A lovely light easy going short stories, loved this book which is why I gave it 5 STARS
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July 6, 2026Despite their brevity, the children enjoyed these.
April 9, 2026
amazing stories
Such amazing and sweet and funny stories as always.Enid Blyton had been a favorite author since I was very young.and she will continue to be forever.such sweet and naughty and charming and funny characters.i loved every story
Such amazing and sweet and funny stories as always.Enid Blyton had been a favorite author since I was very young.and she will continue to be forever.such sweet and naughty and charming and funny characters.i loved every story
April 28, 2026
This book is an adventurous read with snappy chapters that are spectacularly entertaining. I rate this book a ten out of ten, and if you like things similar to pixies, fairies, elves, or leprechauns, you will absolutely love this magical adventure by Enid Blyton, seeing as almost every chapter includes these tiny, amazing creatures
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