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"The Adventures of the Wishing Chair" - When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some marvellous adventures - to a castle where they narrowly escape from a giant and rescue Chinky the pixie, to the Land of Dreams, and to a disappearing island!You can be whisked away by Enid Blyton's magical Wishing-Chair stories.
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Enid Blyton is one of the most-loved authors in children's publishing. With over 700 titles published, Enid Blyton's stories remain timeless classics, adored throughout the world. As a young woman Enid was faced with many choices: her father had planned a career in music for her, while she felt drawn to writing. In the end, she became a teacher. In 1922, a collection of poems by Enid was published, it was her first step towards her dream of becoming an author. Aged 27, Enid married Hugh Pollock and moved to London. Enid had two children with Hugh, and soon after wrote her first novel, The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair. Enid divorced Hugh after almost 20 years of marriage, and married Kenneth Waters in 1943. Throughout the 40s and 50s, Enid wrote books at a colossal pace: adventure stories, mysteries, magical stories, farming stories, stories for younger children, best-selling series like The Famous Five and Noddy. Enid fell ill with Alzheimer's disease and she died in 1963. Her spirit lives on in her books and she is remembered as one of the most-loved and celebrated children's authors.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a child, much of my reading was Enid Blyton, and I still remember reading this book and the sequels. I recently started my kids on Enid Blyton and, as I expected, the stories are timeless and the are enjoying them as much as I did.
The Wishing Chair is a magic chair which grows wings and takes Peter and Mollie on adventures, accompanied by Chinky, a pixie whom they rescued from a brutal ogre. The stories are simple: in one they save a village from a pompous and oppressive sorceror; in another they attend a magician's birthday party; in another the chair is made invisible and they have to find a spell to make it visible again. Timeless stories that can be, and should be, as enjoyable to kids now as they were way back when.
Peter and Mollie are of indeterminate age and the characters are quite simple, but it is this which makes it timeless and means that kids today can enjoy them as much as their parents did in the 70s and probably their grandparents did. With each story being 5 or 6 pages we can easily manage a couple of stories a night.
Thankfully this book has managed to escape the ridiculous editing that felled The Faraway Tree, where Fanny became Frannie and the beautiful illustrations were replaced with idiotic cartoons. Here, the illustrations are the same, idyllic drawings that I remember, with a dashingly handsome Peter complete with curl, and a beautiful Mollie. And Chinky has remained Chinky!
Simple, idyllic stories for kids which can still be enjoyed today; so far untouched by editing in the name of PC or modernisation, and a nice change from the violence of Power Rangers or Robots. And the kids still enjoy them.
The Wishing Chair is a magic chair which grows wings and takes Peter and Mollie on adventures, accompanied by Chinky, a pixie whom they rescued from a brutal ogre. The stories are simple: in one they save a village from a pompous and oppressive sorceror; in another they attend a magician's birthday party; in another the chair is made invisible and they have to find a spell to make it visible again. Timeless stories that can be, and should be, as enjoyable to kids now as they were way back when.
Peter and Mollie are of indeterminate age and the characters are quite simple, but it is this which makes it timeless and means that kids today can enjoy them as much as their parents did in the 70s and probably their grandparents did. With each story being 5 or 6 pages we can easily manage a couple of stories a night.
Thankfully this book has managed to escape the ridiculous editing that felled The Faraway Tree, where Fanny became Frannie and the beautiful illustrations were replaced with idiotic cartoons. Here, the illustrations are the same, idyllic drawings that I remember, with a dashingly handsome Peter complete with curl, and a beautiful Mollie. And Chinky has remained Chinky!
Simple, idyllic stories for kids which can still be enjoyed today; so far untouched by editing in the name of PC or modernisation, and a nice change from the violence of Power Rangers or Robots. And the kids still enjoy them.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
i really enjoyed this book, especially the part were they flew on the chair for the first time. I thought the book was very easy to read and understand and captured my imagination.
Chloe Harvatt age 8
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can't believe you can still get this amazing book! Whilst I'm not a complete fan of Ms Blyton, this and it's sequel 'The Wishing Chair Again' are in my top 10 of favourite books from my childhood - and that's a lot of books! It has all the classic ingredients - magic, fantasy, almost-but-not-quite too good to be true children, naughty magical folk such as elves, a mad witch and amazing places to visit! I was raving about this book to a friend with a little girl obsessed with Harry Potter recently - she has gone out to buy it for her and I'm sure any child who is enthralled with the world of Hogwarts will find this almost as engaging. Enid manages to keep most of her own views on the world out of this book and just lets her love of children, magic and story telling go wild. A beautifully written book and as each adventure practically has its own chapter it makes easy reading for young ones - they can have a bedtime adventure a night! If you are a parent - please buy this book!
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Published 12 months ago by Keith
food for imagination
If you've read The Faraway Tree this is another good book to read. I think this book is aged 3+. This book really improves your imagination. Read more
Published 13 months ago by keiti
wicked !
This is what my 10 yr old grandson asked for for Xmas, he commented "wicked" ! so I guess he really liked it ! so glad that he is READING ! especially Enid Blyton. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mw R. Moore
Still great 30 years later
I bought this for my 6 year old daughters birthday (to read to her at bedtime) and we're both really enjoying it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Hula
Good intro to Enid Blyton
I've been reading the book to my 4 year-olds. The stories are quite short so they don't get too restless before the end of each one. Read more
Published 19 months ago by S. Coombes
positive feedback
Excellent.. I read this as a child and now I see my daughter reading it and loving it.
Published on 14 Sep 2009 by Rachel Hopkins
the amazing wishing chair
i think that this book is very good i would say that everyone can read it. it is very exsiting to read (your love it)
Published on 11 Nov 2008 by Mr. Colin Parker
Wonderful & so imaginitive!!!
I fell in love with this book over 20 years ago, and am coming back to buy it again. This is a wonderful book from a series of great books, perfect for any child!! Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2000
amazing
This book is imaginatively annd beautifully written with stories that will give you hours of pleasure
Published on 2 July 2000
A very good book for Bed-time stories.
This is a book which I thoroughly enjoyed as a child and which I have just finished reading to my two young children aged 3 and 4. They couldn`t wait to hear the next chapter. Read more
Published on 1 July 2000
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