More Wishing-Chair Stories: Book 3

Wishing Chair #3

by Enid Blyton

Join Mollie and Peter in this final magical Wishing-Chair adventure by the world's best-loved storyteller Enid Blyton.

Molie and Peter are home for half-term, and the Wishing-Chair is ready to whisk them away to magical lands!

They'll meet a mysterious witch's cat, visit the Land of Wishes and even find gold at the end of the rainbow. But best of all, a certain jolly somebody needs help delivering presents - or Christmas might not happen!

The stories in this book were originally published in magazines between 1937 - 1952. This edition contains the classic texts, except that the pixie character's name has been changed to Binky. Inside illustrations are by Rene Cloke, and the cover is by Mark Beech.

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Classics, Adventure, Magic, Young Adult

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 1974

About the author

See 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

Reviews

[Kathy Chung · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's nice to visit old friends. Yup....love it. Nice to read something where pixie, brownies and fairies which are not totally evil

[Cait Garrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn’t flow as well as the other books

But again appreciate the nostalgia this series gives me and the comfort when I’m crying over everything and nothing due to my time of the month 🙌🫶

[Deity World · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final book of the series good to see the land of topsy turvey

[Sha · Rating 2 out of 5]

*2.5 stars*

Probably the worst of the Wishing Chair books- it's obvious this one is a random collection of kindof-stories with no appreciable structure. Still inventive, but I'd stick to reading the other two.

[Kurnia Dwi Aprilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like playing game when I read this book. So many adventures that we can join together with Mollie, Peter, and Chinky using their magic chair. I don't know where did they got the chair because I just read this serial that not the first part of their adventure. But I really like the idea of the solve problem from their experiment.
This book is very good for kids. Although I just read Blyton's book when I'm not a kid anymore.
I am ready for finding and reading another story from Blyton. I hope that I can find them, so my children have the same experience as I feel.

[Saffron Mavros · Rating 4 out of 5]

For young minds, these books proved to be so thrilling, the zest, the tumble into adventures, cracking puzzles, finding clues and finally a way back home from the magical lands!

The wishing chair series were one of the amazing series in the Enid Blyton collection. The magical lands, pixies, fairies, goblins, witches, and potions made for some of the truly enchanting reads as a kid.

[hanhilhen · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, this book is published in 2000. I don't really understand. Maybe this is a compilation of The Wishing-Chair stories in other books. Because in book 2, the chair grew new yellow-green wings to fly. But in this book, sometimes the wings are red and sometimes they are yellow-green.

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is very haphazard compared to the first two books. The stand out point for me is that in the second book something happens and the wings change colour and stay throughout however they can't make their mind up in this book, they change from green and yellow to red constantly whenever they're mentioned, even during a single chapter they are described as both. The children also find out they're going to boarding school in this book however they have been going since the second book. Honestly feels like these were stories that were culled from previous books and then released in a rush and they really are missing the charm of the other two.

The art style is different also, mollie has black hair! At one point mollies legs are called fat, not sure if this has a different old fashioned meaning but i thought it was bizarre, especially as she has slender legs in the accompanying illustration. I wouldn't really bother with this book unless you like the satisfaction of completing a series.

[chucklesthescot · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wouldn't really call it a third book in the series as this was a thrown together volume of stories that didn't make it into the first two books as they were a bit on the bland side, and other stories that were in each book. Repeating stuff I'd already read was pretty disappointing.

There is no time line to this offering as the story jumps back and forward in time between events in each book, shown by the different colours of Wishing Chair wings. It is a jumbled mess frankly and not very good. Even the new stories are not that interesting.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

More tales from that flying chair the Wishing Chair - this appears to be random short tales Blyton wrote about the chair and thrown together in a latter publication long after she passed on. It is typical Blyton fare though, and typical of the Wishing chair although not as strong as her two actual volumes from the series.

[Izzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book, it brought back memories of other Enid Blytons I had read. However, once on an adventure, some of the plot line was quite simple and predictable, and there isn’t much description. I would definitely have enjoyed this if I was about 7 or 8. Probably wouldn’t recommend to children over 10.

[BookishDramas · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first book in the series taken from the school library for the summer vacation. Drew me in and expanded my imagination.

Enid Blyton, probably one of the worlds most translated authors and maybe the largest selling children's author of all time. This book is a classic children's fantasy story.

Remembering these memories is enjoyment itself.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know this was published almost 30 years after the author's death however it didn't follow on from the rest of the series at all. It was clear that this was a small collection of chapters which had been thrown together but it caused consistency errors with the rest of the series.

[Kezra Bridger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the final one in the series and I liked it. I actually don’t think I read this one as a kid so it didn’t have the same nostalgia factor as the others. But it was still fun. Not as good as the first two but kept the same whimsical and cute vibe that the others had.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't think I read this book as a child .. it's been a real journey back in time to listen to this Trilogy, a lovely reminder of those halcyon days of discovering books, words and adventures that fly off the page ..

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of boring sometimes. But I still liked it.

[Marco · Rating 3 out of 5]

more wishing chair stories, as the title gives away. if you are into those, this book will satisfy your need for wishing chair adventures for a little while.

[Evie Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the book it's such a good book but the parents are so clueless

[Gareth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfect to read a 4 yr old before they go to sleep

[RoryTheNorthernLight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fan if Enid Blyton since i was a kid.. reading as an adult for comfort

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! There was a character that I thought was funny and relatively like me.

[Michael Baggott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fun instalment to this series. A very similar style to the first two books, and a very short read.

[Shubha SV · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely ending to the series. The stories were exciting, whimsical and fun to read! This is a must read for 7 to 10 year olds!

[Mary Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't read the other books in the series (probably should have done that). It was a fun quick read and the kids enjoyed it but I wouldn't say it's one I would buy or reread.

[Carys Fairhurst · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

[Marissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed these as a child, not as much as the faraway tree but still very much

[Pamela Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read it to some small fry a while back I kept thinking I have read this one before so similar it was to the old books I had as a child which are somewhere in the many boxes in my house. In the light of adulthood the stories were of their time, twee and very English middle class. Brown pixies were always bad to her

[Jamie Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

[b] The Adventures Of The Wishing Chair / The Wishing Chair Again / More Wishing Chair Stories [/b] Enid Blyton

four stars

Mollie and Peter Find an old change in a strange little shop. The chair sprouts wings from time to time and take the children and their friend Chinky the Pixie on magical adventures.

I was a big fan of these stories as a child, it was fun for me to re-read them and although they are a bit dated, I'm pretty sure little kids still like pixies and stuff :)

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK but not as good as I remembered from childhood. Probably due to the fact I don't know anyone who has nannies, sends their kids to boarding school or has live-in cleaners anymore. Just not as common now as it was when these books were written, so I doubt much of the population could relate to them anymore.
I wouldn't give them to my kids on account of all the outdated comments and sense of entitlement Mollie and Peter have.

[Shaun Major · Rating 2 out of 5]

Trying to hard? The first two books knitted together very nicely into a narrative, while this one feels more like a collection of very short stories & leftovers haphazardly thrown together. A couple of lovely tales, but a disappointing end to the series.