Blog posts tagged with 'Enid Blyton'

Top Childrens books

For kids who love books or kids who are just getting into books or even for those who are reluctant when it comes to books, there is sure to be one to suit here.

For the younger ones anything Julia Donaldson is sure to grab their attention for the fantastic stories with lots of rhyme and repetition and each story has fabulous illustrations to capture children’s imaginations and bring the story to life on each page. Julia Donaldson is best known for The Gruffalo,  The story of a mouse who takes a walk in the deep dark wood and is met by lots of different creatures on his journey who would like to have him for their “tea”, but the quick thinking mouse invents a really scary creature who he calls  the Gruffalo,  as he proceeds through the woods he comes upon a very big creature by the name of “The Gruffalo”.

Other brilliant stories by Julia Donaldson include The Gruffalos Child, Monkey Puzzle, A squash and a squeeze, Stick Man, The Snail and the Whale, Tiddler, and lots more.  Check them out here 

Dr Seuss books are still hugely popular  today with children as they were many years ago, The Cat in the Hat, Oh, the Places Youll Go!, The Lorax are just a few of his brilliant books

Roald Dahl one of the greatest story tellers of all time,  Dahl`s books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Best known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The Twits, Witches, other books include The Fantastic Mr Fox which was made into a movie, the BFG which is currently being made into a movie. 

Enid Blyton wrote over 760 books, selling more than 600 million copies worldwide and her books were translated into over 80 languages. Best known for The Famous Five, which now has been translated into Irish.  Very popular series include The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, Malory Towers, The Naughtiest Girl Collection, St Clare’s, Amelia Jane and The Faraway Tree Collection. http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid

David Walliams brilliantly funny stories, kids from about the age of 7 are loving David Walliams books he is being compared to a modern day Roald Dahl, his aim is to get all children reading and his stories are certainly capturing their attention all over the world, have sold over 6 million copies in the Uk alone and his book have been translated into over 40 languages. Books include the latest Grandpas great escape, Awful Auntie, Gansta Granny, Billionaire Boy, Mr Stink, Demon Dentist, Rathburger and the Boy in the Dress his first Novel published in 2008.

The Harry Potter Series is another set of Top childrens books,  by JK Rowling. The stories are all based around Harry Potter who learns that his parents were killed by a dark lord and that he is a wizard, he then heads off to a magical school called Hogwards where his life takes a big change from his previous very ordinary unhappy lift with his aunt and uncle who didn’t treat him well at all.

Harry goes on adventures and learns the power of being a wizard, the first of the Harry Potter series is the Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, books are suited from around 7 upwards.

Check out all these fantastic books and much more at www.childrensbooks.ie

Classic Children’s Books

There are so many fantastic classics for children such as Heidi, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, Charlotte’s Web, The Lion the witch and the wardrobe, all brilliant books still enjoyed by children today.

Roald Dahl is high on the list for classic children’s books having sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and Matilda.

Nothing can compare to the books and the joy kids get from reading Roald Dahls fantastic stories, all of which are witty, entertaining and most have stories in which the adults are the villains of the child characters, with one good adult, the stories also have a warm sentiment to them. The characters are very well portrayed and the children can really picture the characters in the stories. The books have illustrations throughout to aid the story telling. 

Roald Dahls Poetry are humorous versions of the well know classic rhymes and fairy tales, with surprise endings to the original happy ever after.  These can be read the book Revolting Rhymes which is also available in a audiobook format.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is also a baby classic book now available in lots of different versions this book has been popular since first published in 1969. The caterpillar eats his way through a variety of foods each day before pupating and turning into a beautiful butterfly.  The book has been winner of lots of children’s literature awards and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

Goodnight Moon, another great classic first published in 1947, story about a child saying Good Night to everything around "Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light and the red balloon ..."

Enid Blytons Famous Five are a great example of classic books, written over 60 years ago.  The adventures of four children and a dog, the stories are set when the kids are on school holidays, they all return from their boarding schools and get caught up in an adventures together, usually involving lost treasures and criminals. The Famous Five is one of the biggest selling children’s series of all time.

Other classics from Enid Blyton include:  The Secret Seven, Malory Towers, The Naughtiest Girl Collection, St Clare’s, Amelia Jane and The Faraway Tree Collection.

Check out the fabulous selection of classic children’s books available at our site www.childrensbooks.ie we cater for all ages of children from babies to young adults and have all our fiction broken into age categories.

Enid Blyton`s Children’s Books

Enid Blyton one of the world’s most successful children’s book authors, wrote over 760 books, selling more than 600 million copies worldwide and her books were translated into over 80 languages.

Her books are as popular with children today enjoying the fantastic range of stories and book series and all the different characters throughout. Enid wrote her books off the top of her head, she didn’t pre plan stories, and wrote up to 50 books a year. Rumours said she had an army of ghost writers, but she always denied these rumours.

Very popular series include The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, Malory Towers, The Naughtiest Girl Collection, St Clare’s, Amelia Jane and The Faraway Tree Collection.

The Famous Five, the adventures of four children and a dog, the stories are set when the kids are on school holidays, they all return from their boarding schools and get caught up in an adventures together, usually involving lost treasures and criminals. The Famous Five is one of the biggest selling children’s series of all time.

The Secret Seven or otherwise known as The Secret Seven Society, are a group of seven children who are child detectives, they all go to the same day school.

 Malory Towers is based on a girl who attends a new boarding school and how she wants to fit in and get new friends, stories are about her making friends and the adventures she gets up to while at school.

The Naughtiest Girl collection is about a really naughty girl who is so badly behaved her child minder leaves, her parents send her to a boarding school, and she decides she is going to behave so badly that they will have to expel her. But then she realises that she was very lonely being an only child and decides to behave herself at school so she can stay with her friends.

The Faraway Tree Collection, stories are based in an enchanted forest in which a gigantic magical tree grows – the eponymous "Faraway Tree". The tree is so tall that the top of it branches reach into the clouds and it is wide enough to contain small houses carved into its trunk. The forest and the tree are discovered by three children named Jo, Bessie, and Fanny, who move into a house nearby. It is then that they start their adventures to the top of the tree.

Summer Reads for Kids, Teens & young adults

As recommended by Lovekidsbooks

Katie the Kitten Rhyming Stories, Alex Scheffler

(Early Learning)

Katie's a kitten with sleek shiny fur She has sparkly eyes and a lovely deep purr. Lizzy's a lamb

who loves to have fun She plays in the fields and skips in the sun. Katie the Kitten and Lizzy the

Lamb are two playful creatures that love to dance and skip through the day!

My First Gruffalo Little Library, Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler

(Baby & Toddler)

From the Gruffalo baby and toddler series featuring all your favourite characters from the deep

dark wood. Learn about colours, numbers, opposites and animals with this fabulous set of four

bold, bright board books in a miniature slipcase. A perfect gift for young Gruffalo fans! Great for

taking on holidays or for travelling.

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Liz Pichon

(Ages 8 upwards)

Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks, spilt water ­ lightning..Tom' s

exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts,as well as comments from his long-
suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton. After gaining five merits for his CAMPING SUCKS holiday story,

Tom's work starts to go downhill which is a pity, as he's desperate to impress Amy Porter, who

sits next to him...

There are eight books in this series, enough to cover the whole summer for enhusiastic readers or

rainy days!

The Twits, Roald Dahl

(Ages 8 upwards)

Fantastic story by the No.1 Childrens author Roald Dahl. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so

the Muggle­Wump monkeys and the Roly­Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the

ghastly surprise they deserve! Lovekidsbooks recommends all of the Roald Dahl Books, amazing

stories for children to get lost in their imaginations.

The Secret Seven Collection, Enid Blyton

(Ages 9-­12)

Kids who enjoy adventures or dreaming up adventures will love these books. Peter, Janet and

Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George, together they are The Secret Seven ­ ready to solve any

mystery, any time! In their first adventure and the Secret Seven super­sleuths are already on the trail

of a mystery! The gang are dressed in disguise, following a lead to a spooky old house in the snow...

Paper Towns, John Green

(Teenage Fiction)

Quentin has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of

legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an

all­night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesnt come to school

and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and

they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery ­ culminating in another awesome road trip

across America ­ he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for. This is a thoughtful,

insightful and hilarious coming­of­age story.

Girl Online, Zoe Sugg

(Young adult fiction)

The incredible debut novel from YouTube phenomenon Zoe Sugg aka Zoella.I have this dream

that secretly all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day when we realize that we all

feel the same we can all stop pretending we're something we're not... But until that day I'm going

to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life.Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl

Online Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship boys high school drama her crazy family

and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse her

family whisks her away to New York where she meets Noah a gorgeous guitar­strumming

American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love ­ and capturing every moment of it on her blog.But

Noah has a secret too one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover ­ and her closest friendship ­

forever.

Enid Blyton a childrens author who's books date back to 1930, most famous for Noddy, the Famous Five and the secret Seven, estimated to have written 800 books in 40 years.

Following the high sales of The Adventures of the Wishing Chair (1937) and The Enchanted Wood (1939), she became a phenomenal success in the 1940s and 1950s and skilfully built a literary empire.

At Lovekidsbooks we have a great selection of books by Enid Blyton, for ages from 6 upwards, these books are fantastic for children who are reading themselves. The Secret Seven and the Famous Five are full of exciting adventures which are brilliant for childrens imaginations, they can escape into the world of the Famous Five or Secret Seven and imagine the worlds of these characters and their adventures.

Other fantastic books we stock by Enid Blyton include

Amelia Jane,

Malory Towers,

St Clare's,

The Naughtiest Girl,

The Mysteries Collection,

The Magic Faraway Tree,

The Magic Folk Collection,

The Wishing Chair Collection

These Books and lots more can be found on http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid

Enid Blyton Books

Enid Blyton was a childrens writer, known as both Enid Blyton and Mary Pollock. She was one of the most successful children's storytellers of the twentieth century. Her books have been among the world's bestsellers for children since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.  Blyton's books, which cover a broad range of genres from fantasy and mystery stories to nature books, are still enormously popular across the globe, and have been translated into almost 90 languages. She is estimated to have written about 800 books over 40 years, but is best known for Noddy, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven Series.

Following the high sales of Blyton's early novels such as Adventures of the Wishing Chair (1937) and The Enchanted Wood (1939), she became a phenomenal success in the 1940s and 1950s and skilfully built a literary empire, often producing as many as 40 books a year.