This book is part of a book series called The Young Adventurers .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Award Publications Ltd .

Judy Allen is an award-winning author who has written more than 40 books for children. In 1988, her novel, Awaiting Developments, won the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, the Friends of the Earth Award and was commended for the Carnegie Medal. Fantasy has always been in Judy's blood - she was born at Old Sarum, near Stonehenge, a place of old magic. Her great aunt used to have a crystal ball, but it disappeared mysteriously after she died. Jonathan Stroud is the author of The Amulet of Samarkand and The Golem's Eye-daring adventures involving wizards, djinn and many monsters. He is in the process of writing the next book in The Bartimaeus Trilogy. The film rights to the trilogy have been sold, and dates for the expected production and release of the first film are eagerly anticipated by the author and his readers. Richard Hook is a internationally acclaimed artist, renowned for his paintings of native American culture. As well as illustrating many historical books for adults and children, he has illustrated a beautiful picture book called Where's the Dragon? John Howe lives in Switzerland with his wife and son. His work has featured in several Tolkien calendars and on posters commemorating the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit and the centenary of Tolkien's birth. Patricia Ludlow has illustrated many children's books, including many on fairies and dragons. Nicki Palin has exhibited her artwork in Liverpool, Stratford and London. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. 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/