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Jess, my 7-year old girl, gives it 5 stars. Comments while reading: "Georgina is a girl but she wants to be called 'George'. Is she a tomboy?" "Who says that boys never cry? The boys in my class cry. A lot!" "Uncle Quentin is scary!" "George is like a volcano --- she's always angry or is about to get ang Leggi tutto

The first volume of the 23 Famous Five books sets up a number of patterns and themes that are returned to many times in the series. It also establishes some basic groundwork that Enid Blyton later forgot and changed, leading to curious inconsistencies. For example: Julian, Dick, and Anne discover they Leggi tutto

This fresh and ingenious children's book is for me, divided into two parts. The first part gets 5 stars from me, but from the point where the children succeed, to past the climax, the book barely holds its own. I really liked the first part. Many of the ideas were more than can be hoped in such a sim Leggi tutto

I owe this series a lot. This series is the first series I read well over 40 years ago, installing a love of reading that has stayed with me. After finishing a brilliant but dark novel, I felt that I needed a palette cleanser. This book and the rest of the 21 book series written between 1942-1963, a Leggi tutto

4,50 sterren - Nederlandse hardcover 🌹🌹🌹 Quote uit het boek : Hij nam het boek en sloeg hem open. “ Het is een logboek van zijn scheepsreizen van je over-over-overgrootvader heeft bijgehouden, voor zover ik dat kan beoordelen tenminste, zei hij. “ Het handschrift is zo pietepeuterig en onduidelijk da Leggi tutto

After finishing a rather emotionally taxing suspense novel, I needed a palate cleanser. Usually I turn to children's literature after reading harsh adult fiction. My brain needed something happy and sweet. Recently, I heard about the Famous Five series, a popular series of British books about the ad Leggi tutto