- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Children's Books; New edition edition (3 Nov 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340548754
- ISBN-13: 978-0340548752
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,120,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The book is amazing and I can't wait to read the next one." 10/10 William King -- Parent Talk 20111201
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"The book is amazing and I can't wait to read the next one." 10/10 William King
(Parent Talk ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not Enid Blyton's original text but an edited version. It is an outrage that this is not made more clear. If I want to read Enid Blyton, I want to read the original words, not a doctored 'modern' version. Apparently the original (first folio) version is still available so you might want to look for that instead of buying this one. I would give the original version 5 stars, incidentally. I loved the Famous Five books as a child.
UPDATE: Amazon is currently adding reviews of each version of the book, to all versions of the book. I was reviewing the 2010 EDITED edition but I see that my review is appearing under the first folio (original) edition too, so please check carefully which book you are ordering. Amazon: I urge you to separate the reviews. The edited 'modern' version is a significantly different book from the original version. The same applies to other books by Enid Blyton that have been doctored.
UPDATE: Amazon is currently adding reviews of each version of the book, to all versions of the book. I was reviewing the 2010 EDITED edition but I see that my review is appearing under the first folio (original) edition too, so please check carefully which book you are ordering. Amazon: I urge you to separate the reviews. The edited 'modern' version is a significantly different book from the original version. The same applies to other books by Enid Blyton that have been doctored.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Not the best famous five story, but it sets the scene for the others. George, in particular, develops through this book, but the others do too. I'd advise reading this one before any of the other stories, and although the others do not matter so much, the characters age and develop further through the series. Dispite Enid Blyton not being as popular now (PC and all that) I would still say she, and particularly the famous five, is essential for all children's bookshelves.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yes, it might not be the best story around (Blyton or otherwise), but this is the most powerful book I have ever read. I have no idea when I read it first but it must have been before I started secondary school and I can't remember reading it when I was 10/11. This means I must have been 9 or below and still very young.
Reading it now is but a shadow of what it meant to me when I was a child but then the posibilites seemed endless. Yet, my new reading has left me with a re-born spirit, that I really can do anything I want. It is up to me.
As I re-read this book I did feel some of the magic that touched me when I first read it. It is a wonderful tale that says to me, get out there and live it (as most of Blyton's books do). What stops us is ourselves!
Many years ago this book taught me that there is a world out there to explore. Reading it again tells me that the world is still there, it is simply up to me to find it and live it.
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I love Famous Five!
I love famous five and adored this one i would recommend you read them in order but it doesn't relly matter get it if you want to because is fantstic.
Published 1 month ago by Booklover
good
i agree with titan i am only a kid but i cant read edited books. i love Enid Blyton books but i only like reading the old/origanal books.
Published 2 months ago by SUE
No, no, please, don't make me listen to this on CD again!
My little boy has been listening to this every day for the past six months. Listening to this book on CD makes me want to dig up Enid Blyton and bash her over the head with a Noddy... Read more
Published 2 months ago by wendy jones
A great book!
I got this book off my grandad. It was so good I could not put it down.It was an exciting story with lots of mysteries in it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by olivia hughes
Kindle Version - Not original text
The updated text in the Kindle version is so different from Enid Blyton's book. Fine perhaps for new readers, but for anyone who has read the books in their original state it is... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jennifer A Bull
famous review
Famous five have just met each other and ... Famous five perfect book for readers from 3 to 10 but up to 6 they will need it read to them. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alfie Carver
Vary Good Children's Book from "the olden days".
I used to read these books and watch the TV series back when I was a kid and thoroughly enjoyed them. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Traffic
Butchered "updated" text
Like the last reviewer I am thoroughly disgusted that the publishers have "updated" the text. I was looking forward to a big nostalgia trip, but no lashings of ginger beer here by... Read more
Published 15 months ago by emma_e_brown
Adventures, Picnics and Plenty of Fun with Lashings of Politically...
Well, these books were all on sale at a local discount bookshop - all hardback too (nice!) and I have to say, what a trip down memory lane. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Keely Rankin
Only the original please.
This is the start of the Enid Blyton series of `Famous Five' books. This first book sets the scene, introduces us to Julian, Dick, Ann and their cousin `George' Georgina and of... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy
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