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The Riddle of the Hollow Tree
Enid blyton comes up with a new adventure in the riddle of the hollow tree: 4 (the young adventurers). The book is from a series of collection from the young adventurers which revolves around the lives of two children nick and katie, and their countless exciting adventures. Nick and katie terry are two fun-loving twins, always waiting for prospective adventures in their lives. However, in a tragic turn of events they lose their parents in a car accident. With nowhere else to go, nick and katie are sent to live with an uncle charlie. Their aunt margaret is not at all pleased with the children's arrival into their house and considers it a mere nuisance. Things are not as comfortable in their new home, with the scornful aunt always coming in the way of their happiness. Amidst such difficult times, the courageous children do not lose hope. They find a good friend in little laura, the neighbour and her dog, russet. Meanwhile, matters worsen at their homes, with the evil aunt threatening to send them to a foster home. Nick and katie decided to run away and make a safe and secret place to live in the woods. Laura helps them in this endeavour by providing the essentials. What will become of the children?the riddle of the hollow tree: 4 (the young adventurers) was published by bounty in 2013 and available in paperback. Key features: the young adventurers was originally published under the title, the riddle series in 1997 by collins. There are six books under the the young adventures series.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1945
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Enid Blyton
5,139 books6,251 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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June 18, 2019
The Hollow Tree House by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Elizabeth Wall. Lutterworth Press, London. 5th Impression, 1954. Another great Enid Blyton story! Adventure about sibling orphans Peter and Susan and their best friend, Angela and how they set up home in a tree in the woods—complete with mischievous spaniel dog. It is a great pastime to read another of Blyton’s enjoyable books. Highly recommend for any age. Thanks to archive.org for providing this copy.
January 6, 2022
Some appreciation for this book that gave me joy as a child, and in some way left a mark in me through the years after.
July 23, 2018
I was a voracious reader as a child having entire series of "The Baby Sitter's Club", "Sweet Valley Kids", and "Sweet Valley High School", but nothing sparked my imagination like Enid Blyton. There were a few books of hers in circulation in the 1980's Pakistan, and I was probably the only girl (or maybe there was another) who knew about her. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone who liked reading and asked what I was reading. The way her short stories sparked my imagination impacted me more than I let on. They were parables like Disney animated movies in printed words and I would get lost in them for hours until my mother would call me for dinner. I would put Enid Blyton to the level of Roald Dahl and Dr. Suess. Check her out!!
May 29, 2012
One of my favourite Enid Blyton books. I have read it many times now, and it just never gets old. I just want a hollow tree house for my very own to live in! :)
May 5, 2025
Decent Book. Not much of a riddle but a fun ride for tweens and teens.
June 4, 2025
A simple, wholesome little book. one ofbher less known books, but a lovely book of having faith in God and that all of us do eventually get a happy ending.
June 1, 2022
Second Enids Blyton's book in a row!
What a wonderful adventure the kids had. I don't know how writers could be so amazing. When reading the words from the pages. . . How does the words in the pages feel so cozy and warm to your heart?
It's a nice story about two orphan children who lives with their uncle and aunty. The aunty is a very rude person. I was not happy how the aunt treated the children. But the two small children are wonderful and nice.
Things to remember in this book.
1. Hallow tree house.
2. Barker the puppy who growls.
3. The Children in the woods.
4. Angela the children's friend.
5. The Picnic to the sea.
I always like a happy ending book.
Feel goodness - 3/5.
Trouble - 2/5.
What a wonderful adventure the kids had. I don't know how writers could be so amazing. When reading the words from the pages. . . How does the words in the pages feel so cozy and warm to your heart?
It's a nice story about two orphan children who lives with their uncle and aunty. The aunty is a very rude person. I was not happy how the aunt treated the children. But the two small children are wonderful and nice.
Things to remember in this book.
1. Hallow tree house.
2. Barker the puppy who growls.
3. The Children in the woods.
4. Angela the children's friend.
5. The Picnic to the sea.
I always like a happy ending book.
Feel goodness - 3/5.
Trouble - 2/5.
June 28, 2020
Enid Blyton is one of the reasons why I now live in England. As an only child, books were my friends. They helped me imagine a world where good things happened, where friends were true and adventure didn't end in disaster. Rereading Blyton as an adult takes me back to those days. Now I have the added bonus of owning my own books and filling my life with things and people who bring me joy.
April 26, 2023
Though it was a little rough going at the beginning of this story, it turned out to be so wonderful and heartwarming. Two orphaned children have to live with less than perfect relatives. Their aunt is especially mean, and it's hard to read the sections where she appears. But as soon as the children and their friend find a hollow tree in the woods and make it their playhouse, things get so magical. It is such a wish fulfillment story as they fix up the hollow room inside the tree as their very own place, find a stream and pool to do washing and bathing, eat wonderful snacks, read books up on the big tree branches as the breezes blow through, and sleep in the cozy tree room on moonlit nights! There is a bit of a crisis, which brings the perfect resolution to the orphans' story. There were tears in my eyes at the end!
August 3, 2017
The riddle of the hollow tree is an another masterpiece by enid blyton.It undoubtedly lays emphasis on the moral values instilled in children to the world a better place for themselves and those around them .All of enid buttons children display immense sensibility and blyton never misses this speciality.However the thing that makes this book stand out is its intriguing storyline.With unforeseeable turns this books keeps readers in the storyuniverse till the very end.
July 25, 2017
I think it is a very adventurous story. If I had a tree house I would have run from my house and lived in the tree house . I love this story very~very~very much but I hate Aunt Margaret.
April 23, 2020
Very nice.
November 21, 2020
A delightful "what if" about two children who run away to a tree house in the heart of the woods. Delightfully British and very fun. I really want to live in a tree-house now!
May 19, 2021
A magical book about two children who with the help of their best friend run away from their mean aunt and live in a hollowed out tree. The book hasn't aged particularly well but still a lovely read
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January 19, 2022
I came back to this book over and over as a kid and I have so much love for it
June 16, 2022
Enjoyed every moment reading the book.
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October 15, 2023You can tell Enid Blyton felt stifled as a child.
November 19, 2023
This was my favourite book as a child and to this day I can’t pass a hollow tree without wishing I lived in it
July 1, 2024
My childhood favourite!!!
November 17, 2024
I should like to read this one again (and have my own hollow tree house!)
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January 6, 2015por Alexandra Martins
Herdei dois livros do meu pai. Da minha mãe, herdei muitos, de aventuras e histórias de piratas à coleção completa de Os Cinco, mas do meu pai herdei apenas dois. De capa dura e páginas amareladas – afinal de contas, foram editados no início dos anos 1970. Agora, mais de quarenta anos depois, voltei a pegar num deles: A Casa da Árvore Oca.
A Casa da Árvore Oca, da autoria de Enid Blyton, conta-nos a história de Pedro e Susana, dois irmãos que ficaram órfãos e foram viver com os tios, um casal pobre em dinheiro e em afetos, principalmente a Tia Margarida, amarga, má e maldizente, que nunca quis os sobrinhos e os trata como se fossem um empecilho. Os dois irmãos tudo fazem para lhe cair nas boas graças – são educados, trabalhadores e honestos – mas vivem permanentemente com receio das represálias e dos castigos da tia.
Quando têm tempo livre, Pedro e Susana encontram-se com a melhor amiga, Ângela, e o seu cãozinho e vão brincar para a floresta. É lá que descobrem um carvalho muito grande e muito velho, tão velho que é totalmente oco por dentro. Decidem, naquele instante, transformar aquela velha árvore num esconderijo, mobilando-a com os seus parcos pertences, como se fosse a sua casa. A árvore torna-se o seu refúgio predileto e é para lá que Pedro e Susana fogem quando a tia os tenta enviar para um orfanato. Ângela, cuja família é carinhosa e abastada, sabe do segredo dos dois irmãos e ajuda-os, levando-lhes comida e outros bens necessários. Mas esta é uma vida que não pode durar para sempre e, numa surpreendente reviravolta de eventos, o que parecia uma tragédia pode ser o final feliz que os dois jovens há tanto procuravam.
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Herdei dois livros do meu pai. Da minha mãe, herdei muitos, de aventuras e histórias de piratas à coleção completa de Os Cinco, mas do meu pai herdei apenas dois. De capa dura e páginas amareladas – afinal de contas, foram editados no início dos anos 1970. Agora, mais de quarenta anos depois, voltei a pegar num deles: A Casa da Árvore Oca.
A Casa da Árvore Oca, da autoria de Enid Blyton, conta-nos a história de Pedro e Susana, dois irmãos que ficaram órfãos e foram viver com os tios, um casal pobre em dinheiro e em afetos, principalmente a Tia Margarida, amarga, má e maldizente, que nunca quis os sobrinhos e os trata como se fossem um empecilho. Os dois irmãos tudo fazem para lhe cair nas boas graças – são educados, trabalhadores e honestos – mas vivem permanentemente com receio das represálias e dos castigos da tia.
Quando têm tempo livre, Pedro e Susana encontram-se com a melhor amiga, Ângela, e o seu cãozinho e vão brincar para a floresta. É lá que descobrem um carvalho muito grande e muito velho, tão velho que é totalmente oco por dentro. Decidem, naquele instante, transformar aquela velha árvore num esconderijo, mobilando-a com os seus parcos pertences, como se fosse a sua casa. A árvore torna-se o seu refúgio predileto e é para lá que Pedro e Susana fogem quando a tia os tenta enviar para um orfanato. Ângela, cuja família é carinhosa e abastada, sabe do segredo dos dois irmãos e ajuda-os, levando-lhes comida e outros bens necessários. Mas esta é uma vida que não pode durar para sempre e, numa surpreendente reviravolta de eventos, o que parecia uma tragédia pode ser o final feliz que os dois jovens há tanto procuravam.
Continuar a ler.
April 3, 2024
Enid Blyton wrote over 700 books for children, many of which I loved as a child. And many of which have been updated since, including this one. It was updated by her daughter but as I did not read this book as a child, I couldn’t tell how it had been changed. I found this book in charity shop and bought it because the pupils who visit my pop-up library at school often ask for Enid Blyton books. (Mostly Malory Towers.)
In this story we do find some of the old stereotypes such as the boy being the leader and the strong one, and men going out to work whilst women do the housework. We also find three children making their den in a hollow tree and using a candle to light it. (Hopefully these days they would use their phones.) So for those worried that updating the book means it has lost it’s charm, never fear, it was difficult to imagine what had been changed.
This is a gentle tale, suitable for ages 7 to 11. We follow story of Nick and Katie whose parents died in a car crash and are now living with a miserable aunt and uncle. They make friends with Laura and her dog, and disappear all day in the local woods. It has a welcome theme of friendship running through it and is a stand alone story.
In this story we do find some of the old stereotypes such as the boy being the leader and the strong one, and men going out to work whilst women do the housework. We also find three children making their den in a hollow tree and using a candle to light it. (Hopefully these days they would use their phones.) So for those worried that updating the book means it has lost it’s charm, never fear, it was difficult to imagine what had been changed.
This is a gentle tale, suitable for ages 7 to 11. We follow story of Nick and Katie whose parents died in a car crash and are now living with a miserable aunt and uncle. They make friends with Laura and her dog, and disappear all day in the local woods. It has a welcome theme of friendship running through it and is a stand alone story.
November 20, 2008
So maybe the book doesn't hold up quite as well some 20 years after I first read it - but the spell it wove on me as a child still lingers, enough for me to appreciate the sheer joy and escapism that comes with this book. Considering its brevity, Blyton fits in a great deal more character development than you'd expect with sweet protagonists Peter and Susan, trapped by the death of their mother in a home with their spineless Uncle Charlie and his harridan of a wife Aunt Margaret. Angela too, their sunshiny, privileged but unspoiled friend and her dog Barker feature just as prominently. The story is simple and timeless, a pure childhood fantasy, as the three friends discover a hollow tree in the woods and set up house... until it very literally becomes home for Peter and Susan when their own disintegrates around them.
January 28, 2011
Buku ini salah satu buku favorite masa kecil aku dulu. Melihat buku ini jadi teringat dulu suka menghayal gara2 baca buku ini. Enak kali ya kalau punya rumah pohon.. Tidur dan makan di dalam pohon. Bebas melakukan aktivitas di alam liar. Tapi yang kebayang malah rumah pohon yang kaya di film2 itu. Hehe. Kalau dicerita inikan, Peter ama Susan tgl di dalam pohon raksasa yang ditengahnya itu bolong, jadi ada ruangannya gt. Jadi pengen punya bukunya. Tapi msh ada yang jual gak ya? Moga Gramed bakal cetak ulang ni buku suatu saat, jangan cuma seri Lima Sekawan doang yg dicetak ulang mulu, sampe brapa versi ya? Uda 3 atw 4 versi malah kalo ga salah.. :)
January 20, 2010
Ini buku Enid Blyton pertama yang saya baca dan saya langsung jatuh cinta dengan buku-buku lainnya.
Banyak makna persahabatan dan keberanian yang saya dapat dari buku ini dan tentu saja petualangan yang tidak kalah mengagumkan.
Pergi ke hutan di tengah malam, dan tinggal di dalam pohon Oak sungguh sangat mendebarkan dan menyenangkan pada saat yang bersamaan :)
Banyak makna persahabatan dan keberanian yang saya dapat dari buku ini dan tentu saja petualangan yang tidak kalah mengagumkan.
Pergi ke hutan di tengah malam, dan tinggal di dalam pohon Oak sungguh sangat mendebarkan dan menyenangkan pada saat yang bersamaan :)
July 25, 2015
ohhh... how lovely this book
i read it when i was a child. when i read it i always imagine i was one of them. living inside the tree... eating, hiding, laughing.
anyway i always remember this story, i read it over and over until i remember, because i like this story. but to bad i lost this book when i grow up.
i read it when i was a child. when i read it i always imagine i was one of them. living inside the tree... eating, hiding, laughing.
anyway i always remember this story, i read it over and over until i remember, because i like this story. but to bad i lost this book when i grow up.
July 7, 2014
I loved this book when I was little. Not as much as the Secret series, which starts off with the same basic story, but the idea of living in a tree always appealed. Now it's one of the books I read in the bath to stop my mind from racing when I'm trying to relax but am too frazzled to read something written for my age group.
October 5, 2017
Reading this book is very nostalgic for me. I always love Enid Blyton's family series (I'd love to collect the new English version, they're so cute!!!). Even though some parts of this book feel a bit awkward and too preachy now that I read it as an adult, I still like the story as a whole, especially the descriptions about the tree house, the food, the picnic and the friendships. Warm and nice..
November 26, 2013
This was a wonderful book and I seriously didn't want to stop reading it! There is a huge difference between Enid Blyton's writings and others'! The best thing about the riddle of the hollow tree was its ending.....SPECTACULAR BOOK
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