My 13-year old brother and I went together to England for a month-long summer school in Royal Leamington Spa. I still remember the summer of 1980, when I was 10 years old. Many wants their children to read encyclopedias and stuffs like that to make their kids brighter and smarter, thus robbing off the magical world of childhood." They are now in all those educational stuffs and focused too much on IQ, EQ and all the blehs of modern times. " It is a pity that some parents do not introduce Enid Blyton’s stories to their kids anymore. The Faraway Tree made its first brief appearance in the one-off novel The Yellow Fairy Book.Most kids who read Blytons - they never forgot the experience.Īs 5xMom blogger pointed out in her " Will the Enid Blyton’s fans please stand up?" post:
The first title of the main trilogy, The Enchanted Wood, was published in 1939, although the Faraway Tree and Moon-Face had already made a brief appearance in 1936 in The Yellow Fairy Book. Climbing the tree involves dodging the dirty washing-water which Dame Washalot pours down the trunk at regular intervals and avoiding peeping in at the Angry Pixie, who throws things at those who poke and pry.Įxcitedly, the children explore lands like the Land of Take-What-You-Want, the Land of Dame Slap, the Land of Topsy-Turvy, the Land of Spells, the Land of Goodies, the Land of Dreams and the glorious Land of Birthdays.
The three children make friends with colourful characters like Moon-Face, Mister Watzisname, Silky, and the Saucepan Man, feasting with them on Pop Biscuits and Google Buns and sliding down the slippery-slip which spirals down inside the trunk. Its topmost branches lead to ever-changing magical lands above the swirling clouds.
Jo, Bessie and Fanny come to live at the edge of the Enchanted Wood where the trees, "a darker green than usual," whisper their secrets: "Wisha-wisha-wisha." In the wood is the Faraway Tree - a huge tree inhabited by fairy-folk and laden with fruit of all kinds from acorns to lemons.
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