- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Mammoth; Television tie-in edition edition (5 Nov 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749732105
- ISBN-13: 978-0749732103
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,135,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The third of Enid Blytons tales of the Enchanted Forest sees Joe, Beth and Frannie having to endure a visit from the selfish and spoilt daughter of their mums friend. Curious Connie is prim and proper and considers all she hears about enchanted forests and magic trees as nonsense, deriding the three happy children as old-fashioned and foolish, her nose turned up as she does do. Clearly starting off on the wrong foot with her hosts, Connie is the perfect doubting Thomas, setting herself up for a radical rethink when she encounters the very real and very bizarre characters of Moon-Face, Dame Washalot, Saucepan Man, and Mister Watzisname. And so the scene is once again set for the escapism that Enid Blyton conjures up so brilliantly in these stories. Things dont go well for the rather precious Connie on her first visit to the Faraway Tree, and she ends up in a right mess, and even worse, alone in the Land of Marvels. And, despite both her shortcomings and our better judgement, we end up feeling sorry for her. Taking a trip to the Land of Giants, the three children and their faraway friends follow the precocious visitor, who by now really is beginning to believe in all the nonsense about enchanted forests and fantastic worlds. Nursery Rhyme Land is replaced by the Land of Dame Snap, dominated by a somewhat scary schoolteacher who specializes in teaching naughty elves and pixies, and then the Land of Tea Parties - where the food-loving children cant quite believe their luck - gives way to the Land of Secrets. Connie changes, shedding her unpleasant image, as the adventures come thick and fast, and this book, like the others in the series, easily merits its reputation as an essential piece of childrens fantasy writing. (Kirkus UK)
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Jo, Bessie and Fanny are fed up when Connie comes to stay - she's so bossy. But they don't let her stop them having fun with their magical tree friends Silky, Moon-Face and the Saucepan Man. Together the climb through the cloud to the magical lands - and Connie learns to behave herself.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If I have to choose one book as my all time childhood favourite it would be the faraway tree books and I couldnt choose one it has to be all of them, these books took me to faraway magical places as a child, Enid Blyton is the best childrens author of all time and now that I am pregnant with my first child I look forward to introducing the amazingly complex and richly descriptive magickal folk of the faraway tree to my children and my childrens children
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My granny has read this book to me at least three times. I love all the lands and I love the saucepan man because he always misunderstands things. I wish I had my own faraway tree. From Georgia aged 8, Italy
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This has to be the best book going.... i have been searching for some time in shops trying to finad a copy and at last i have one... my old copy is absoulty ruined... i have been reading it since i was 7 and now im 18 and i still love it ... there is so much energy in it...i like reading about all of the different lands at the top...a different one each week...it would be great to have a tree like that ! i would recomend this book to anyone who has a little imagination - however old you are...!
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