The Enchanted Wood: Book 1

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Hachette Children's Group, Jul 2, 2015 - Juvenile Fiction - 276 pages

The first magical story in the Faraway Tree series by one of the world's most popular children's authors, Enid Blyton.

Joe, Beth and Frannie find the Enchanted Wood on the doorstep of their new home, and when they discover the Faraway Tree they fall into all sorts of adventures!

Join them and their friends Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells, the Land of Treats, or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Come on an amazing adventure!

First published in 1939, this edition contains the original text. Inside illustrations are by Jan McCafferty, and the cover by Mark Beech (2014).

 

Contents

How they found the Magic Wood 2 First visit to the Wood 3 Up the Faraway Tree
The folk in the Faraway Tree 5 The Roundabout Land
MoonFace and the slipperyslip 7 Beth makes some toffee for MoonFace 8 Joe and the Magic Snowman 9 The House of the Three Bears
The Battle of the Bears 11 More and more surprises 12 What happened to the Snowman 13 MoonFace gets into trouble 14 The funny old Saucepan ...
MoonFace gets into a fix 20 Off to Dame Snaps school 21 Silkys clock is very clever 22 Up to the Land of Toys 23 They get into trouble
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Enid Blyton is one of the worlds' best-loved storytellers. Her books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into more languages more often than any other children's author. She wrote over 700 books and 2,000 short stories, including favourites such as The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Magic Faraway Tree and Malory Towers. Born in London in 1897, Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs, gardening and the countryside. She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers.

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