Enid Blyton’s Summer Stories – Enid Blyton
Published by Hachette New Zealand
School’s out! So go on a picnic, visit the seaside or throw coconuts at the fair in this enchanting collection of stories perfect for summer holidays.
We didn’t save this until the summer holidays, which seem very far away when winter is still peeking its head out of the clouds every once in a while. However, that didn’t stop the six-year-old and I from snuggling up on the couch to read together…until he told me, politely and using different words, to bugger off so he could read to himself!
Here’s what he had to say about this collection of whimsical Enid Blyton stories:
“I don’t have a favourite story in this book – I liked them all. I liked that at the end of some, the author asked me what I thought or what I would have done. Sometimes I thought some of the characters were a bit mean and a bit naughty, but a lot of them were very kind and helpful.
There was a lot of magic in the book. I liked that some of the characters were real and some were pretend. There was a mermaid in the last story [The Galloping Seahorse].
The pictures were really cool. I liked the hedgehog. I think I’ll start from the beginning again…do you want to read them with me, mum?”
Yes, my darling boy, I most certainly do!
Another stellar collection of classic Enid Blyton, with timeless appeal and that magic that every childhood needs.
Thanks to Hachette NZ for our review copy.
Tall, Short, Tiny & a Pickle 