A selection of enchanting stories to read and share by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton.

Ribby the Gnome has a very bad habit: he always borrows things and never brings them back! But when he takes a wizard's umbrella and doesn't return it, he's in for a horrible surprise. The umbrella is magic, and it is very angry!

This collection was previously published by Egmont as The Chimney Corner Collection (1947) and contains the following stories:

Winkle-Pip Walks Out
Trit-Trot the Pony
The Magic Walking-Stick
The Snoozy Gnome
The Three Strange Travellers
The Secret Cave
The Proud Little Dog
The Little Bully
The Six Little Motor-Cars
The Unkind Children
The Little Paper-Folk
The Tiresome Poker
The Enchanted Table
The Boy Who Boasted
The Disagreeable Monkey
The Golden Enchanter
The Wizard's Umbrella
The Little Singing Kettle
The Little Brown Duck
The Pixie Who Killed the Moon
Old Bufo the Toad
The Boy Who Pulled Tails
The Tales of Mr. Spectacles
The Goblin's Pie
Feefo Goes to Market
Adventures of the Sailor Doll
Clickety-Clack
The Enchanted Bone
Fiddle-De-Dee, the Foolish Brownie
The Elephant and the Snail
The Invisible Gnome
Mr. Grumpygroo's Hat
The Fairy and the Policeman
The Little Red Squirrel
The Little Walking House
Sly-One's Puzzle
Mr. Widdle on the Train
Who Stole the Crown?
"Tell Me My Name!"
Gooseberry Whiskers
The Mean Old Man
The Nice Juicy Carrot
The Dandelion Clock
King Bom's Ice-Cream
The Cat, the Mouse and the Fox
The Bed That Took a Walk
The Brownie's Magic
Dame Lucky's Umbrella
He Wouldn't Take the Trouble
Muddle's Mistake
Silky and the Snail
The Train That Went to Fairyland
The Cat That Was Forgotten
The Dog That Wanted a Home
Freckles for a Thrush
He's a Horrid Dog
Hoppetty-Skip and Crawl-About
The Lamb Without a Mother
Mooo-ooo-ooo!
Old Ugly, the Water-Grub

This book is part of a book series called Bumper Short Story Collections .

There are 576 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 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/