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There are three books in the trilogy: The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree and The Folk Of The Faraway Tree.The originals cost a small fortune on ebay now, although you can buy the revised reprints (and a revised fourth title Up The Faraway Tree) easily and affordably enough.It's on the BBC's Big Read List (#66) - some versions of this list have the original trilogy, and some versions. The Enchanted Faraway Tree. The pod also includes a wood burning range cooker, fridge freezer, twin outside hot water shower, central heating, all linen and towels and a Bose Bluetooth speaker. This really is a wonderful place to disconnect from the world and reconnect with your partner.
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(The Faraway Tree #1)
Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep. In the magic Faraway Tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends – Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man. Together they visit the strange lands (the Roundabout Land, the Land of Ice and Snow, Toyland and the Land of Take What You Want) atop the tree a...more
Published January 1st 2002 by Egmont Books Ltd (first published 1936)
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The Enchanted Wood has been censored by an anonymous politically correct brigade, which is unfortunate. More of that later. The concept of the Faraway Tree was brilliant. A magical tree where magical beings live was a great idea, but having various lands come to the top of the tree was a stroke of genius.
Jo, Bessie and Fanny are three kids who move from the town to the countryside that borders on a mysterious wood. They discover brownies (not of the confectionery type) pixies and elves. Their ad...more
Jo, Bessie and Fanny are three kids who move from the town to the countryside that borders on a mysterious wood. They discover brownies (not of the confectionery type) pixies and elves. Their ad...more
The first thing to note about the Faraway Tree is that it's not far away at all, it's actually very close to where our heroes live. If it wasn't a tree the whole thing would be a lie! They often harp on about how lucky they are that the Enchanted Wood starts across the lane from their house.
The second thing to note is that if you read this book as a child then all four children in the modern edition will have changed their names!
Dick and Fanny are now Rick and Franny.
Jo is Joe. And Bessie is Bet...more
The second thing to note is that if you read this book as a child then all four children in the modern edition will have changed their names!
Dick and Fanny are now Rick and Franny.
Jo is Joe. And Bessie is Bet...more
Feb 08, 2014Joyce rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Rather than this being a review of the book, I'm going to use this space mainly to rant and get out all my angry feels about the 'updating' of Enid Blyton's books. I've loved this book for nearly 18 years now and I encourage anyone, adult or child to try and find an original unedited Enid Blyton book to read. As a general review, this book is about three very close-knit siblings that work hard to complete their chores around the house and are subsequently rewarded with free time and adventures w...more
Jun 05, 2018Poonam rated it really liked it Shelves: paranormal-or-fantasy, adventure, childrens, ultimate-reading-challenge-2018
Read this as part of 2018 Ultimate Reading Challenge, Category: 'A book you were supposed to read in school but haven’t yet'.
'It's called the Enchanted Wood,' said their father. 'People don't go there if they can help it. It's funny to hear things like this nowadays, and I don't expect there is really anything strange about the wood. But just be careful not to go too far into it, in case you get lost.'I picked this book up as it was recommended to me as an excellent read and as part of the c...more
Apr 28, 2018Dannii Elle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Rereading a childhood favourite can sometimes prove hazardous. Often, what so appealed to our younger selves we later find riddled with plot holes, become distanced from the young protagonists, or find them just generally unsuited for an adult readership. For this reason I had stayed away from my once beloved Enid Blyton, for so long.
The Faraway Tree series were particular favourites of mine however, and I had been hankering to revisit them for some time. I knew I was taking the risk of marring...more
Dec 24, 2012Clouds rated it liked it · review of another editionThe Faraway Tree series were particular favourites of mine however, and I had been hankering to revisit them for some time. I knew I was taking the risk of marring...more
Shelves: fantasy-stand-alone, bedtime-stories, childrens, fantasy, reviewed, read-in-2013, pub-1900-59
Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? Variety is the spice of life, so I’ve decided to diversify and pursue six different lists simultaneously. This book falls into my BEDTIME STORIES list.
I have a little boy and love reading to him, so this reading list will cover the classic (and new) children’s stories we’re enjoying together.
My wife, Millie, and I are taking it in turns to pick bed-time stories for our baby boy, Fin....more
The Enchanted Wood Series is very close to my heart. This was most definitely the first novel I read when I was about 7 or 8, and I was completely mesmerized by Joe, Bessie and Fannie and their adventures in the enchanted woods so much that I just COULD no keep this book down.
My love for this book goes beyond words and deep inside, i guess it'll always be my favourite novel seeing that it was the first one I read. Okay, now I'm going to stop rambling and get right to the point.
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My love for this book goes beyond words and deep inside, i guess it'll always be my favourite novel seeing that it was the first one I read. Okay, now I'm going to stop rambling and get right to the point.
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“They unl...more
Jul 14, 2014Ruth Turner rated it it was amazing
I'm visiting my eldest daughter and my three month old granddaughter this weekend. My daughter and I got to talking about children's books and I began telling her about The Faraway Tree. She interrupted me to say that I'd bought them for her when she was young. I'd forgotten!
I loved those books so you can imagine how peed off I was when I discovered that the books have been edited to make them more politically correct!
Honestly, how stupid are some people to want to change perfectly delightful b...more
Shelves: fantasy
Originally published in 1939, Enid Blyton was an early writer of tween fantasy. Jo, Bessie and Fanny are three kids who move from the town to the countryside that borders on a mysterious wood. While exploring in between daily chores, they discover brownies, pixies and elves, and a magical tree containing all sorts of characters. What really makes the tree magical is the various lands that can be accessed at the top of the tree, and we follow the three kids on various adventures in these places....more
She is very much out of favor these days, but Enid Blyton's old-fashioned adventure books are still popular in many countries like India and Australia. Children still enjoy her books, while adults frown at their “racism” and “sexism”. I must admit that I devoured her books as a child, and I don’t think I’m any the worse for it. But quite the most enchanting books she has ever written have got to be The Faraway Tree series: The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree and The Folk of the Faraway Tr...more
Oct 04, 2011Bonnie rated it really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: library-audio, fantasy, audiobooks, middle-grade
I really missed out on a gem with this series; I know I would have loved this when I was younger. I still enjoyed it very much though. I decided to actually listen to this on audiobook and loved it! Narrated by Kate Winslet she did an absolutely amazing job with it. :)
Mar 09, 2012David Sarkies rated it really liked itRecommended to David by: My Dad
The discovery of the faraway tree
10 March 2012
Enid Blyton turns out (according to Wikipedia) to be a rather strange woman and not somebody who one would expect to the a very successful author of children's books. However, the views of Wikipedia, and some of those who wrote about her, do tend to be somewhat tainted. This does not mean that Blyton was necessarily a person of high moral standing. It appears that she had two marriages, and at one stage, allegedly, was quite promiscuous. It also app...more
10 March 2012
Enid Blyton turns out (according to Wikipedia) to be a rather strange woman and not somebody who one would expect to the a very successful author of children's books. However, the views of Wikipedia, and some of those who wrote about her, do tend to be somewhat tainted. This does not mean that Blyton was necessarily a person of high moral standing. It appears that she had two marriages, and at one stage, allegedly, was quite promiscuous. It also app...more
May 03, 2014Dawn rated it it was ok · review of another edition
I'm so disappointed that the publishers thought it was a good idea to Americanise, and make a classic story politically correct. Shame. Shame. Shame.
Aug 24, 2018Ivy H rated it it was amazing
Earlier this week during a coversation with KC 2.0, I was reminded of my favourite childhood novel EVER !
I'm not ashamed to admit that I've read this little book so many times, even as an adult. It's a comfort novel for me, because it always fills me with happiness and reminds me of the times as a little girl when I would turn on my bedside lamp late at night and read my storybooks while my 2 dogs Ike and Nicky slept right beside me. May Ike and Niklaus rest in peace up there in doggy heaven !...more
Feb 18, 2016Kirsty rated it it was amazing · review of another editionI'm not ashamed to admit that I've read this little book so many times, even as an adult. It's a comfort novel for me, because it always fills me with happiness and reminds me of the times as a little girl when I would turn on my bedside lamp late at night and read my storybooks while my 2 dogs Ike and Nicky slept right beside me. May Ike and Niklaus rest in peace up there in doggy heaven !...more
Shelves: favourites, audible, audiobook, own, re-reads, read-in-2016
This book was literally one of my all time favourite children's books ever, so I jumped at the chance to purchase the series again but as audiobooks instead. I was so excited at the chance to have such a classic read to me and by none other than Kate Winslet at that. My only worry was that I wouldn't enjoy the books now that I am an adult, along with worrying that my brain had perhaps overhyped these books a little too much in my head. I needn't have worried however, this book made me so unbelie...more
Ah, one of my absolute childhood favourites. I consider it a privielige that I get to read it to both my own child (5 years old) and my class (NZ yr 3, so 7 turning 8). And it appears that the appeal has not diminished with time.
I do have some bugbears, mostly that the 'pc-ifying' has seen it necessary to change some of the character names. Frankly I do not care if Fanny means something in one country that it doesn't mean in another - look at all the different meanings that we discovered 'Suri'...more
I do have some bugbears, mostly that the 'pc-ifying' has seen it necessary to change some of the character names. Frankly I do not care if Fanny means something in one country that it doesn't mean in another - look at all the different meanings that we discovered 'Suri'...more
Jan 05, 2013Cleffairy Cleffairy rated it it was amazing
To read this book as a child was pure joy. To read this book as an adult, now that's pure escapism from the cruel world. I really love this book and I'm pleased to say that re-reading this as an adult made me rediscover the simple joy of imagining about the wonderful world around me. It is such a misfortune that we no longer get these kinds of books in the market. Such a shame that our children's and YA genre is infested with vampire, werewolves and whatnot. Back then, we just had pure, unadulte...more
Jul 03, 2018Seema Ravi krishna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
What a delight to read it to your 6 yr old and see him giggle, laugh and get anxious on this adventurous journey. A first big book for my lil one where he takes his tiny steps to enter the world of imagination and what joy and pride to see him fall in love with my first fav author whom I grew up reading.
Mar 30, 2010Julie Lovisa rated it it was amazing
This has to be one of the most fantastic childrens' books I've ever read. I discovered it existed while reading a magazine article about the top book picks of certain authors. It is published only in the UK, but is so worth searching out.
The tale revolves around three children who live next to the Enchanted Wood, which houses the Faraway Tree. The Faraway tree is home to many wonderful people -- Mister Whatizname, Dame Washalot, Silky the Fairy, Moon Face, and eventually The Saucepan Man -- but...more
The tale revolves around three children who live next to the Enchanted Wood, which houses the Faraway Tree. The Faraway tree is home to many wonderful people -- Mister Whatizname, Dame Washalot, Silky the Fairy, Moon Face, and eventually The Saucepan Man -- but...more
Apr 14, 2015Renee rated it it was amazing
This was my favourite series when I was a kid. I have been waiting years until my kids were old enough to read it to them. Their grandparents gave them a copy for Christmas. It's not quite the same with Beth, Frannie and Jo instead of Bessie, Fannie and Joe, but still a great tale.
**Interview with my 6 year old son**
Me: What did you think of the book?
Him: It was really awesome!
Me: Which bit did you like the best?
Him: My favourite bit was when they found the secret forest. And my other favourite...more
**Interview with my 6 year old son**
Me: What did you think of the book?
Him: It was really awesome!
Me: Which bit did you like the best?
Him: My favourite bit was when they found the secret forest. And my other favourite...more
Sep 01, 2016James Hartley rated it really liked it
The first book in which Blyton introduces the wood and the tree and still a fantastic read. One of the great British imaginations, a fantastic communicator. I still remember reading this one as a child and loving it and have just finished reading an abridged, cleaned-up, politically neutered version with my kids and have seen the same shock and excitement in their eyes as the story twisted and turned like the trunk of the great tree itself. Moon Face, Silky and the lands are wonderful achievemen...more
Jan 11, 2018Tia added it · review of another edition
I found my old copy of this book when i was visiting home last year. Its UNEDITED (i am so disappointed about the new edited versions) and it was so sweet and nostalgic to read again. Loved revisiting the wonderful lands of the Faraway Tree.
I don't think i have read the rest of the series previously. Going on the hunt to find the original copies of those books.
I don't think i have read the rest of the series previously. Going on the hunt to find the original copies of those books.
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Dec 07, 2012Colleen Stone rated it it was amazing
Yep, this is the one. This is the book that started me reading big time. My big regret was that I could only get hold of the two last volumes in my school library and I didn't find the final volume for years (in our house, money was an object ... and lack of it a real frustration to a would be book collector). I was also pissed off that there were not more books in the series.
I hate to get flowery, but what the hell! My mind was drawn out of my narrow and all too real world and deposited in a p...more
I hate to get flowery, but what the hell! My mind was drawn out of my narrow and all too real world and deposited in a p...more
Feb 06, 2014Shilpi Goel rated it it was amazing
Out of the huge list of books that Goodreads says I ought to read, this book caught my eye. What Goodreads doesn't know is that I'd already read this one, and now, all the memories have come flooding back.
I remember so much about this book --- I read it almost two decades ago. I remember Silky, Moon-Face, and the Saucepan Man. I remember how I begged my dad to build a tree house for me as a poor substitute for my very own magic faraway tree (he never did, but I love him all the same). I remember...more
Aug 18, 2016Salma rated it really liked itI remember so much about this book --- I read it almost two decades ago. I remember Silky, Moon-Face, and the Saucepan Man. I remember how I begged my dad to build a tree house for me as a poor substitute for my very own magic faraway tree (he never did, but I love him all the same). I remember...more
Shelves: favorites, highly-recommend, read-at-school-library, recs, read-2015, reviewed-books, humour, should-be-made-into-a-movie, read-fantasy, unexpected
This book was awesome!
I loved every part,every minute, every character in it.It was totally unexpected in a good way and that to me is why I loved it.
There was humour as well. I just couldn't help laughing. The author's imagination came to play right in this book and I liked though the saucepan man was pretty much annoying. Anyway there are always annoying characters in every book so that was okay.
Overall, great book.I loved it!
I loved every part,every minute, every character in it.It was totally unexpected in a good way and that to me is why I loved it.
There was humour as well. I just couldn't help laughing. The author's imagination came to play right in this book and I liked though the saucepan man was pretty much annoying. Anyway there are always annoying characters in every book so that was okay.
Overall, great book.I loved it!
Aug 25, 2016Lisa *OwlBeSatReading* rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Oh would you look at this.....!! I had this read TO ME by my Mummy because I was 2 and couldn't even read. But I think it still counts! Don't you?!!
Sep 24, 2013Kimberley doruyter rated it really liked it
fun and adventure, a perfect bedtime read for the kids.
Nov 05, 2018Spencer Fancutt rated it liked it · review of another edition
Just finished- this is the first full book that I have read to my eldest (5 years old). Short, fun chapters for reading before bed, nothing scary, lots of interesting characters and two more books to look forward to. I recommend it to parents as a starter to move from picture books.
Sep 03, 2011Tessa rated it it was ok
The Enchanted Wood tells the story of Jo, Bessie and Fanny (remodelled Joe, Beth and Franny in later years), three siblings who move to the English countryside and proceed to have various adventures in a magical wood backing the yard of their new home. Importantly, the protagonists discover the Magic Faraway Tree, inhabited by fantastical beings, and at the top of which different ‘lands’ (e.g. Roundabout Land, Land of Take-What-You-Want, Land of Birthdays, etc.) rotate on a regular basis.
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Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 192...more
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 192...more
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“Well, come back and have tea with us,' saidMoon-Face. 'Silky's got some Pop Biscuits -andI've made some Google Buns. I don't often makethem-and I tell you they're a treat!” — 16 likes
“there was such a lot of whispering that it sounded like a thousand leaves rustling at once!” — 0 likes
More quotes…The Faraway Tree refers to a series of popular children’s novels written by Enid Blyton the popular British author. The first novel in the series was “The Enchanted Wood” first published in 1939. However, it is important to note that Faraway Tree and the character Moon-Face made their first appearance in Enid’s earlier novel “The Yellow Fairy Book”.
Order of The Faraway Tree Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Enchanted Wood | 1939 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Magic Faraway Tree | 1943 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Magic Farway Tree | 1943 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Folk of the Faraway Tree | 1946 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Up the Faraway Tree | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Yellow Fairy Book | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Land of Goodies (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
8 | In Santa Claus's Castle | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Land of Enchantments | 2017 | Description / Buy |
The narratives are set in an enchanted forest, where the Faraway Tree, a magical gigantic tree grows. The tree is massive with so wide a trunk that small houses can be carved into it, and so high that its branches almost touch the clouds. Fanny, Bessie, and Jo are the three children lucky or adventurous enough to discover the tree and the magical forest. The discovery of the tree marks the beginning of their adventure travelling to magical lands at the top of the tree.
The first novel in the series, “The Enchanted Wood” begins the story of the adventures of the three children that together with their family, have just moved to the countryside, to the edge of a magical forest with a magical tree. The Faraway Tree is full of fruits of all types ranging from lemons to acorns and is home to all manner of fairy folk. Its top branches, which are in the clouds, lead to magical lands in the clouds.
The children soon make friends with the inhabitants of the tree including, Saucepan Man, Silky the fairy, and Moon-Face. What follows is an adventure that takes them to the magical lands such as the Land of Take What You Want, the Land of Ice and Snow, and the Roundabout Land, where they have much fun and dangerous escapades. The novel is one of the best novels that goes on to demonstrate the timelessness and agelessness of Enid Blyton’s novels, that are just as good as they were decades after they were written.
BEST FARAWAY TREE BOOKS
The Enchanted Wood: The first novel in the series “The Enchanted Wood” is a favorite novel for most Faraway fans. What makes the novel so special is the innocence and imagination that you are not likely to find in modern-day novels. Most people who lived in the late 1930s or the 1940s will remember the the mesmerizing characters and fantastic lands of the novel that made it un-put-down-able. The novel comes with vivid characters in the three siblings and the inhabitants of the magic tree. Some of the characters that would often accompany the children on their adventure and picnic journey to the top of the tree, where they would head out to the mysterious and enigmatic lands above may best be described as weird even as they are funny.
The Folk of the Faraway Tree: The third novel of the Faraway series is an enchanting novel that tells the story of the three children who are stuck with bossy and stuck up family friend, Connie. Connie has been living with the children ever since her mother was taken ill. She is an insufferable brat that does not like to see anyone having any fun, and hence tries to boss Fanny, Bessie, and Jo around. But the children together with their magical tree friends Saucepan Man, Moon-Face, and Silky will have none of it. Dragging along a reluctant Connie, they climb the tree to visit the Land of Treats and the Land of Secrets, adventures that finally manages to mellow the moody Connie.
The Magic Faraway Tree: This is another incredible novel in the Faraway Tree series. After their cousin Rick has his mother fall ill, he comes to live with Fanny, Bessie, and Joe. The siblings introduce him to the inhabitants of the magical tree Saucepan Man, Silky the Fairy, and Moon-Face. He gets to visit the enchanting lands at the top of the Faraway Tree such as the Land of Do As You Please, the Land of Topsy Turvy, and the Land of Spells on a quest to find a cure for his mother. Even as they have a lot of fun and ride a runaway train, these lands are also fraught with unseen dangers.
OTHER BOOK SERIES YOU MAY LIKE
Many fans of the Faraway Tree series of novels also love the “Hazel Green” series of novels by Odo Hirsch. Hazel Green is a woman who always tries to do good, only to find herself set up as a villain, forcing her into amateur sleuthing to solve the mystery of who set her up. Faraway Tree series fans also enjoy the “Finders Keepers” series of novels by Emily Rodda. The lead protagonist in the series is a boy named Patrick who, while watching a TV program known as Finders Keepers, is suddenly pulled into a parallel universe inside the television.
What Is The Next Book in The Faraway Tree Series?
There doesn't seem to be an upcoming book in The Faraway Tree Series. The newest book is The Land of Enchantments and was released on July, 27th 2017.