The Famous Five

by Enid Blyton

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1. Angela MarsonsInterview

   My earliest memory of reading is The Famous Five by Enid Blyton. I remember being completely encompassed in every adventure and was always eager to find out what they were going to get up to next.

2. Robert CravenInterview

   When I think about my childhood, the books that come to mine are Famous Five by Enid Blyton, Billy Bunter by Frank Richards, Biggles by W.E. Johns, Neville Shute via The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.

3. Fiona HumberstoneInterview

   So many! I was a real bookworm. I loved The Famous Five by Enid Blyton but also the Jill series by Ruby Ferguson. I was devastated when I later realised that was one of Enid Blyton’s pen names as by the time I graduated to the pony books I’d decided I was far too grown up for Enid. Bless her.

4. Doug BradleyInterview

   I was an Enid Blyton child. The Mystery series (Ring O’ Bells, Rocking Down, Rubadub), The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, all devoured. Also America’s Bobbsey Twins books.

5. Darren ShanInterview

   The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett was my favourite childhood book. I became a big fan of the TV series that was made back in the 1970s, and I read the book on the back of that, and then read it again and again. I was a big Enid Blyton fan too – The Famous Five and The Secret Seven in particular – but The…

6. Robin WaiteInterview

   I used to read the Famous Five and Secret Seven Adventures by Enid Blyton quite a lot but remember spending more time writing my own adventure stories than I did reading them.

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