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Fireworks in Fairyland Story Collection
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544 pages, Paperback
Published July 14, 2016
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Enid Blyton
5,134 books6,315 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 22, 2023
I got a bit bored a lot of the time
December 8, 2021
For this book, to me, it was quite interesting, as it has a collection of 3 books, but like in each book, mostly 1 chapter equals a small story that is quite short. But when it came to the last book in the collection within the book, The one with the brownies, it was 1 full story, with many different parts and adventures. I recommend this book for people who like to read non-fiction and fantasy books.
October 3, 2017
Such a disappointment... When I bought this book, I was ready to dive into a wonderful world full of fantasy and fun twists, however I quickly realized this book wasn't able to provide me what I expected.
The book is divided into three main parts : the book of fairies, the book of pixies and the book of brownies, each really different and talking about famous creatures in their magical world.
The first part was the worst, during the whole Book of Fairies, we learn that being naughty is bad. Ok, good lesson to teach to the children however I think it would have been good to try to really build different stories about it. Indeed, in almost every story of this part, the same scheme occurs : someone (most of the time, a child) does something not nice, fairies play a trick to punish him and lesson learned. The characters change but not the main construction of the tales so I had the impression to always read the same thing. Even for a bedtime reading, it sure is too redundant.
The part about the Pixies is a little more elaborated and dive us deeper into the magical world, we are not only witnessing always the same morals but we are discovering the world of pixies with their habits, their usages and their little world. Even if the book is a little more interesting at this point, it's still pretty disappointing. There are so many things to do with this universe, why only doing the less possible ?
The last part about the Brownies (my favorite folklore creatures) is more build like a small novel than a series of short stories however the characters are not charming, I even dare say they are too silly to be charming. The succession of foolish facts and exaggerations makes the story ponderous.
When a story is catchy, I'm totally OK to read 530+ pages but in this case, even if we use the scheme of one story per day, it's quickly stodgy.
The book is divided into three main parts : the book of fairies, the book of pixies and the book of brownies, each really different and talking about famous creatures in their magical world.
The first part was the worst, during the whole Book of Fairies, we learn that being naughty is bad. Ok, good lesson to teach to the children however I think it would have been good to try to really build different stories about it. Indeed, in almost every story of this part, the same scheme occurs : someone (most of the time, a child) does something not nice, fairies play a trick to punish him and lesson learned. The characters change but not the main construction of the tales so I had the impression to always read the same thing. Even for a bedtime reading, it sure is too redundant.
The part about the Pixies is a little more elaborated and dive us deeper into the magical world, we are not only witnessing always the same morals but we are discovering the world of pixies with their habits, their usages and their little world. Even if the book is a little more interesting at this point, it's still pretty disappointing. There are so many things to do with this universe, why only doing the less possible ?
The last part about the Brownies (my favorite folklore creatures) is more build like a small novel than a series of short stories however the characters are not charming, I even dare say they are too silly to be charming. The succession of foolish facts and exaggerations makes the story ponderous.
When a story is catchy, I'm totally OK to read 530+ pages but in this case, even if we use the scheme of one story per day, it's quickly stodgy.
September 5, 2017
Listened to it on audio book and absolutely loved it. I wanted something cheerful and childish for a plane journey and thats what I got.
January 14, 2025
Much loved by my son. Enjoyable short stories that work well before bed.
June 19, 2025
This was a big one. Lots of stories at the end about the same Brownies.
January 2, 2026
Lots of short funny little stories
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