![]() They may not be highbrow or culturally sensitive now, but as so many people get so much out of them, there must be a reason for this. My 10 year old still loves the Faraway Tree and cites it as one of his favourites. Also some of the adventures and characters did so much exciting stuff (living on an island on their own) that was independent and self sufficient. In fact I'd say Blyton books were some of my favourite (Faraway Tree, Famous Five) and I can't think of any others that took me to the same exciting imaginative places as they did or I got so much imagination food from. They present good talking points, to point out how sexist they were and discuss why things are different.īut my imagination and the joy I got from the adventures, the magic and so on from the books was so much as a child. We also discuss the fact they were written 80 years ago and the differences in what was socially acceptable those days. WellI suppose she thought Malory Towers might tone her down and make som ething of her, said Felicity. ![]() ![]() Enid Blyton Last Term at Malory Towers First published in 1951 by Methuen & Co Ltd. I've not grown up to be a racist, nasty 1950s housewife as a result of reading them. Malory Towers This is the sixth book in the Malory Towers series. Because simply the stories and the imagination take children to another world. ![]()
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