before it all went horribly wrong

The list author says:
	"This is a book about a young boy who has a special friendship with an Alaskan Brown Bear named Ben"

The list author says:
	"billions of blue bilious blistering barnacles...my first tintin book"

The list author says:
	"Brother and sister teams Philip and Dinah Mannering, and Lucy-Ann and Jack Trent join together to foil dangerous criminals in this adventure story"

The list author says:
	"Three Investigators at their finest!"

The list author says:
	"Probably the best Famous Five adventure, where the friends (plus Timmy the dog) explore Kirrin Island to find that it holds treasure! Not exactly a recent story, but it's good all the same"

The list author says:
	"dont remember much about this one"

The list author says:
	"wonderful stories and fairy-tales are famous all over the world!"