Famous Five Colour Short Stories: A Lazy Afternoon (Famous Five: Short Stories) - Softcover

Blyton, Enid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444916297 ISBN 13: 9781444916294

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books, 2014

Synopsis

The Famous Five - Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy - have been delighting readers for over 70 years. It's so terribly hot, the Five are having a lazy afternoon ... but the gang don't get the peace and quiet they imagined! What are the men on the motorbikes up to? Can they be stopped?

About this title

About the Author:

Enid Blyton, 1897-1968, wrote over 600 books for children, and is still regarded as one of the most popular of all children's writers. In the 2008 Costa Book Awards, Enid Blyton was voted the best-loved author, ahead of Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Shakespeare. Her books are translated into more than 90 languages, and have been adapted for film and TV. In 2012, Hodder Children's Books celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first publication of the Famous Five by reissuing the first five titles, in aid of the charity House of Illustration, with new covers by Quentin Blake, Chris Riddell, Emma Chichester Clark, Oliver Jeffers and Helen Oxenbury.Enid Blyton, 1897-1968, wrote over 600 books for children, and is still regarded as one of the most popular of all children's writers. In the 2008 Costa Book Awards, Enid Blyton was voted the best-loved author, ahead of Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Shakespeare. Her books are translated into more than 90 languages, and have been adapted for film and TV. In 2012, Hodder Children's Books celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first publication of the Famous Five by reissuing the first five titles, in aid of the charity House of Illustration, with new covers by Quentin Blake, Chris Riddell, Emma Chichester Clark, Oliver Jeffers and Helen Oxenbury.

Review:

These individual stories have been given a very modern production with creative use of font and layout and zany modern full colour illustrations. * The School Librarian * The classic tales have been brought bang up to date with colour illustrations by Jamie Littler... the Famous Five haven't lost any of their charm. * Emma Lee-Potter * Fresh new illustrations in a full-colour format create a tempting first chapter book that brings Blyton to a younger audience, whilst maintaining her original text. * Katie Clapham (Storytellers, Inc. - Lytham St Annes) *

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1444916297
• ISBN 13: 9781444916294
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80