![]() ![]() I guess it has been percolating all this time. ![]() It took 30 days – it literally poured out of my soul onto the page. I wrote Stuck Between Two Worlds for all the Wildhearts who feel misunderstood. Inspired by the Enchanted Wood and The Magic Faraway Tree, I loved to venture off to different worlds and let my big imagination run wild. When I was a little girl, I liked nothing more than curling up on a rainy day reading my Enid Blyton books. Her spirit lives on in her books and she is remembered as one of the most-loved and celebrated children's authors.Writer, Mentor & Intuitive Educator, Lisa Parkes draws on a decade of supporting children with low self-esteem, anxiety and behavioural struggles to create this uplifting story of a feisty young Wildheart who learns to be true to herself by finding special friends just like her. She explained that her characters evolved organically and her stories seemed to naturally form, she described herself as "merely a sightseer, a reporter, and interpreter."Įnid fell ill with Alzheimer's disease in her old age (a disease that affects people's memory) and she died in 1963. ![]() Throughout the 40 and 50s, Enid wrote books at a colossal pace: adventure stories, mysteries, magical stories, farming stories, stories for younger children, best-selling series like The Famous Five and Noddy.her writing knew no bounds!Īpart from breaks to play golf and spend time with her children, Enid's working week was consumed with writing new stories, correcting proofs and answering the hundreds of letters she was, by now, receiving weekly. With over 700 titles published, Enid Blyton's stories remain timeless classics, adored by children throughout the world. This new edition has been given a more modern face-lift - for example, changing the children's names (originally Joe, Bessie and Fanny) for more contemporary-sounding alternatives - but all the fun and magic of Blyton's original has been retained for a new generation of readers.Įnid Blyton is one of the most-loved authors in children's publishing. This delightful story from classic children's author Enid Blyton was first published in 1939 and has delighted children ever since. ![]() Best of all is the discovery that strange new lands can be found in the clouds at the very top of the Faraway Tree itself - from the Land of Spells to the Land of Treats to the Land of Do-As-You-Please. Inside the Enchanted Wood, they make all kinds of unusual new friends, including Moonface, Silky the fairy and the hard-of-hearing Saucepan Man, and soon find themselves involved in a host of exciting adventures. Soon, they discover that it's actually an Enchanted Wood, and home to a wonderful Faraway Tree. When Joe, Beth and Frannie move into a new home, they discover a mysterious wood on their very doorstep. ![]()
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