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The story behind Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton was born on 11th August 1897. She lived until 28th November 1968. Enid Blyton was an English author of many children's books. Her books were very popular, and sold well over six million copies. Today, Enid Blyton books still continue to be very popular. Enid Blyton did not plan her writing. She typed up her stories as they came to mind. 

Enid was the oldest of three siblings. She had two younger brothers named Hanly and Carey. Enid's family re located to a semi-detached villa in Beckenham. This is where her brothers were born. Enid herself was born in East Dulwich, London. Not long after Enid was born, she experienced a whooping cough from which she nearly died from. However, her father managed to restore her to health once again. Enid loved her father very much. Sadly, Enid had an unhealthy relationship with her mother. She also did not attend the funerals of both of her parents. 

Between the years 1907 and 1915, Enid Blyton went to St Christopher's School in Beckenham. She loved the physical activities and even became the champion of tennis at the school. She also became captain of lacrosse. Enid did was never very good at any of the academic topics. However, she was superb at writing. In 1911, Enid entered a children's poetry competition and had her publishing's printed. She was encouraged to persevere and to continue on with her writing. 

Some of the most popular books that Enid Blyton produced include: the Famous Five, the Faraway Tree, and the Secret Seven.

The Famous Five is a series of children's novels. These novels are about a small group of young children who go off on many different adventures together. The names of the children are: Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina (George). They also had a dog named Timmy. When the stories occur, the children are always in their school holidays. The type of adventure and location that the children go on, are different in each book. Most of the settings are in a rural location such as the beach or countryside. The adventures include: bicycle rides, making their own food, lemonade, picnics and ginger beer. Enid Blyton's intention was to only produce six to eight books in this series. However, due to her success and superb sales, she continued to produce up to twenty-one full-length Famous Five novels. In some countries, each Famous Five novel was also produced for television shows or movies. 

The Faraway Tree is a series of well known children's books. There are at least four books in this series. These books are titled: The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of the Faraway Tree and Up The Faraway Tree. The setting in which these stories take place are in an enchanted forest that has a very large magical tree that continues to grow. The tree reaches right up as high as the clouds. It even has two small houses in the trunk of the tree. There are three children named Jo, Bessie and Fanny. These children make a discovery of this tree and move into a house near this tree. After they have moved into the house near the tree, they then create their own adventures that get them to the top of the tree. 

The Secret Seven is about a group of children detectives. The Secret Seven characters include: Peter, who was the leader of society. Janet, who was the sister of Peter. Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and Colin. Jack has a sister named Susie. Susie has a best fiend named Binkie. Susie and Binkie are also included in the books. Susie and Binkie really do not like the Secret Seven and have fun going about messing around with the Secret Seven just to annoy them. However, it is mainly because they want to feel like they want to be a part of the society. The characters of the Secret Seven all go to schools during the day. Therefore, this means that their adventures occur during the school term time. There were seven novels of the Secret Seven made into a short series. Fifteen novels then came out as full length stories. Some episodes of the Secret Seven were also made into English audio. 

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