This full-colour Annual includes: 1. In-depth profiles on each of the Famous Five. 2. A gallery of covers across the decades - and all over the world. 3. A cartoon extract from the first book in the series, FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND (plus other illustrated stories and extracts). 4. A complete illustrated Famous Five short story. 5. Rescue the Famous Five and other word and picture-based puzzles. 6. A tour of the real-life locations on which Enid Blyton based the fictional world of Kirrin Island. The Annual combines brand-new material with classic art, design and texts from the past 70 years - a must-have for all Blyton enthusiasts.

 

This book is part of a book series called Famous Five .

There are 64 pages in this book. It is an annual. This book was published 2013 by Hachette Children's Group .

Enid Blyton was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. As of June 2019, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author. She wrote on a wide range of topics, including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives. Blyton's work became increasingly controversial among literary critics, teachers, and parents beginning in the 1950s, due to the alleged unchallenging nature of her writing and her themes, particularly in the Noddy series. Some libraries and schools banned her works, and from the 1930s until the 1950s the BBC refused to broadcast her stories because of their perceived lack of literary merit. Her books have been criticized as elitist, sexist, racist, xenophobic, and at odds with the more progressive environment that was emerging in post-World War II Britain. New editions have re-written her words removing offensive language. Her stories have continued to be bestsellers since her death in 1968. She is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven, the Five Find-Outers, and Malory Towers books, although she also wrote many others including the St Clare's, The Naughtiest Girl and The Faraway Tree series. https://www. enidblyton. co. uk/