Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series, The Famous Five.
Five Go to Mystery Moor The Famous Five can't wait to explore peculiar-sounding Mystery Moor. But after spending a night on the heath, they begin to realise it's not just the moor's past that is shrouded in secrets. Could its treacherous mists hide the answer to a brand-new mystery?
Five Have Plenty of Fun George is not pleased when a spoilt American girl turns up at Kirrin Cottage. But George hasn't got time to be jealous - Berta is in hiding from kidnappers! The Famous Five are the only ones who can protect her - but will they take on dangerous criminals to help out a stranger?
Five On a Secret Trail Anne and George are on a camping trip, waiting for the boys to arrive. One night they see a face at the window of an abandoned cottage close by - and then the Five wake to find ghostly lights ... Anne wants to go home but the others are determined to stay. Who could be snooping around the cottage - and why is a nearby gang trying to make them leave?
This 70th anniversary edition features the Classic editions of three Famous Five adventures (books 13-15) in one volume and contains the original cover art and inside drawings by Eileen Soper.
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.
Five Go to Mystery Moor Why do the travelers go to Mystery Moor every now and then? When the Five heard of the story of the travelers and the Bartle family, they were even more keen on exploring the Mystery Moor than before. But why are the travelers so unfriendly towards them? Have they got a secret to hide?
Five Have Plenty of Fun What a disappointment for George when a friend of Uncle Quentin got into trouble and wanted them to take on his little daughter, Berta! She's everything George disliked about a girl, but when Uncle Quentin's friend suggested to dress her up as a boy... Wasn't George jealous to see her so much more like a boy than she was! But that was what the kidnappers thought too, and they kidnapped George instead of Berta...
Five on a Secret Trail Poor old Timmy had torn his ear, and now he has to wear a cardboard collar to prevent him from scratching his wound. But how they laughed at him! Not wanting her beloved dog to be laughed at, George decided to camp out by herself out in the common, soon joined by Anne, then Julian and Dick. They met a weird boy who seemed to be able to be in two places at once, but it was the weird lights and sounds in the night that signaled the beginning of another adventure....
Good collection, although starting to re-use a lot of ideas. Still lots of suddenly discovered tunnels, kidnapped individuals and jeopardy, but ready for something new and original in the next set that will be released in the New Year