The Famous Five - Book Series In Order Hardcover Paperback Kindle About The Famous Five: The inception of the Famous Five was born out of the mind of Enid Blyton, a British author and creator of a series of books about the Famous Five. For decades, the Famous Five have come alive in the hearts and minds of children everywhere beginning in 1942 when the first novel was written. The Fast Five delve into the iconic adventures of active children of the era, taking their dog Timmy with them everywhere they go. Timmy becomes as much of a developed character as the rest if the four children are. Although she only intended on writing about half a dozen of books featuring her iconic characters, Blyton, geared by the popular demand of the books, went on to author 21 novels featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, Georgina and of course Timmy. The Famous Five are a close knit group; three of them, Julian, Dick, and Anne are siblings and have been close since each of their births.

The fourth child in the series is a rather untamable girl by the name of Georgina; fixed with the personality of a tough tomboy and the desire to be called just George; Georgina is also the cousin of the other three children. While they may be welded together as inseparable characters in the series, each have their own unique qualities that make them interesting in their own right. Julian Of all the children, the eldest and the most responsible is Julian. The older brother of Dick and Anne, he is described as being the epitome of what an older brother is; he’s tall and intelligent and the strongest of all. Julian also has a deep sense of compassion and kindness, that vibrates from him and onto the rest of the characters in the series. As he is the eldest, Julian has had enough experience to earn him the gift of cleverness and resourcefulness. Leaning on his guidance, the children find their ways through unique situation and can always rely on “older brother Julian” to see them through. Julian is also considered to be the leader of the famous five; as such he is, as any other brother would be, very protective of his younger sister Anne.

In 1942, when the series began, Julian stated as being 12 years old. Dick Dick can be considered to be the funniest of the five. He has a unique sense of humor but gets his kindness and compassionate nature from his older brother Julian. Dick and Georgina are the same age, and thus, are in the same train of thought during most of the children’s adventures. Dick is stated as being 11 in the beginning of the series. As Julian is very protective of his younger sister, Dick is also protective of Anne, but more caring than anything. He has soft spot in his heart for her and does whatever he can to keep her happy and make her laugh when she gets upset throughout the series. Dick gets one of his most memorable mentions in the novel Five on a Treasure Island, where he becomes the hero of the story, using his cleverness and resourcefulness to save the group on an adventure. Georgina Georgina is a classic tomboy. She is the iconic character that represents any girl that grows up in a rural area, among boys as her cousins. Although she bears a beautiful name, Georgina prefers that everyone call her George.

She sports short hair and always wears boys’ clothing, much to her content, this appearance often gets her mistaken for a boy. Georgina’s parents Quentin and Fanny are often mentioned in the series, as they are the guardians of the children during their adventures. Quentin, her father has a rather explosive temper which Georgina inherited. She’s a stubborn child and very headstrong however she makes up for it with her loyalty that never falters when it comes to adventures with her mates. Georgina is the owner of Timmy, the dog that often accompanies them on their adventures. She loves her dog very much, and is very possessive and protective over him. Georgina prefers that everyone know that Timmy is her dog, rather than just another member of the group. In many instances, the author of the series Enid Blyton confesses that this character represents herself when she was a child. Anne And is the youngest sibling of Dick and Julian, she is two years younger than Julian and one year younger than Dick. Both of her brothers are very protective over her throughout the series, and is described as being responsible for the domestic aspects of the Famous Five’s adventures.

She is brave enough to go on these adventures, but as the youngest, she often becomes more frightening than the rest when they encounter sticky situations. When the series began, Anne was described as being 10 years old and unable to control what comes out of her mouth. When it comes to organizing and planning adventures and even preparing lunches for the children, Anne is the go-to person. She’s very neat regardless of where the children happen to be camping. While in many instances the adventures take place in caves, Anne happens to be claustrophobic; this of course, was insinuated in the Smugglers Top book. Timmy Timmy is the incarnation of the phrase “Old Faithful” when it comes to a dog. He’s very loyal and friendly. Timmy loves to play with the children and is most affectionate towards his owner Georgina. While Julian serves as the older protector of the Famous Five, Timmy says as more of a physical guard for the children on their adventures. There are some occasions where characters in the book insult Timmy, much to Georgina’s anger. Although Timmy is a loyal and a staple part of the series, Georgina is not actually allowed to have a dog.

Therefore, Georgina keeps the dog in the care of a fisher boy. Most of the adventures carried out by the children occur during holidays or special occasions, where Julian, Dick and Anne are sent over to aunt Fanny and uncle Quentin’s house; Georgina’s parents, where they team up with cousin George and her dog. All of the children attend boarding school, so most of the year they’re not in contact with each other. But when they get together it turns into an exciting time for everyone. Although each series has a different setting for the children’s’ adventures, there are quite a bit of the novels that place the children near George’s home, which is called Kirrin cottage; located in Dorsett. The cottage is serenely place on Kirrin Island, which is owned by none other then George’s family near the bay. The location is prime for the adventures the children run into. It’s perfect for open imagination and active little minds to develop plots in each novel. But the island it’s not the only location that present adventurous opportunities to the children. The majority of the homes the children visit within the series happen to be very old and historical dwellings, that feature secret passages that the children use to their wonder.

Over the course of the series, other children also join the famous five on their adventures. For some, including Sooty and Tinker, the children get along with them from the beginning. But characters like Jo the Gypsy girl and Henrietta, who happens to be a tomboy just like Georgina, are often disliked during the beginning stages of the relationship. Five on Kirrin Island again: Enid BLYTON: 9780340033753: Amazon.com: Books Read more About the Author Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author. She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as The Famous Five,The Secret Seven, The Magic Faraway Tree, Malory Towers and Noddy. Born in London in 1897, Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs, gardening and the countryside. She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Famous Five books to be revived for television - Telegraph Books Famous Five books to be revived for television They are books which feature adventures, the simple joys of childhood; and 'lashings of ginger beer' - and they are about to make a comeback. The Famous Five books, first published in 1942, have sold over 500 million books in over 50 countries Photo: Martin Pope Follow The Famous Five series is to be revived on television, along with Topsy & Tim and Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit. According to the programmes' producers, the demand for adventure stories has increased as children spend more time inside. The books are being developed into a drama series based on Blyton’s original plots. In a modern twist, the series will also add an element of time travel, following George, a contemporary girl, and her dog Timmy being transported back through the decades to Kirrin Bay in 1954. There, she meets Julian, Dick and Anne, who are spending the summer with Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny.

Related Articles 02 Nov 2012 Melanie Stokes, founder and co-director, Kindle Entertainment who is developing the series said: “The Famous Five is one of the most successful children’s book series of all time, loved by three generations across the globe. We are over the moon to have the opportunity to bring these stories to life for today’s audiences,” “With this year being the 70th anniversary of The Famous Five it’s the perfect time to introduce a fresh new take on these much-loved adventurers.” The Famous Five books, first published in 1942, have sold over 500 million books in over 50 countries. Sources at both Sky and the BBC are reportedly interested in the television series. CBeebies will broadcast an adaptation of the 1960s series Topsy & Tim, as well as a CGI version of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit Topsy & Tim will be brought up to date for the current CBeebies audience. The books, first published in 1960, feature young twins on everyday adventures such as learning to swim.

Since they were first published in 1960, 130 Topsy and Tim titles have been published with more than 21 million copies sold worldwide. The Tale of Peter Rabbit has been developed by Penguin and is to be broadcast at Christmas. Each episode is an original story rather than one taken from Potter’s books. It will feature many of Potter’s other classics characters, from Jemima Puddle-Duck to Mrs Tiggy-winkle. The Famous Five (series) The Famous Five (series) Followed by ' Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) The Famous Five is Enid Blyton's most popular and celebrated series of children's books. The sequence began life in 1942 , when the first book, Five on a Treasure Island was published, and it has won great acclaim from both fans and critics. The series has gone on to become amongst the best-loved stories ever to have been written for children. All the "Famous Five" books have been adapted for television at some stage. The series feature a fictional group of children - Julian, Dick, Anne and George - and their dog Timmy.

Blyton also created several such groups for her detective series, including The Secret Seven and Five Find-Outers and Dog, but the Famous Five are the best-known and most popular of these. Blyton only intended to write about 6 to 8 books in the series but, owing to their high sales and immense commercial success, she went on to write 21 full-length books featuring these memorable characters. Indeed, by the end of 1953, more than 6 million copies of these books had been printed and sold. Even today, more than two million copies of the books are sold each year, making them one of the biggest-selling series for children ever written. Overview Three of the children, Julian, Dick and Anne, are siblings. During their holidays, they are regularly sent to the seaside town of Kirrin to stay with their Aunt Fanny and Uncle Quentin, whose daughter, Georgina, is a tomboy always known as George. The stories almost always take place in the children's holidays when they come home from their respective boarding schools. Every time they get together, they get caught up in an adventure, the location of which varies from book to book.

Sometimes the scene is set close to George's home at Kirrin Cottage: " Kirrin Island", a picturesque island in Kirrin Bay, for example, presents many opportunities for adventure. Since both George's own home and various other houses are hundreds of years old, there is room for much in the way of secret passages or smugglers' tunnels, which play a central role in the plot of several books in the series. On other occasions, the children may go camping or hiking or be sent on holiday together elsewhere, but they are always accompanied by George's dog, Timothy, affectionately known to the children as Timmy. The settings, however, are almost always rural and enable the children to discover the simple joys of cottages, picnics, ginger beer, bicycle trips, home-made food, islands, sea shores, and always have a thrilling adventure. Blyton always said that George was based on a real girl she had once known: in her later life, she admitted that that girl was herself. Characters George (Georgina) Kirrin: Georgina is a tomboy, demanding that people call her George. By cutting her hair very short and dressing like a boy, she is often mistaken for one, something which pleases her enormously.

She is headstrong by nature and, like her father, Quentin, has a fiery temper. Dick (Richard) Kirrin: George's cousin, and brother of Julian and Anne, sometimes mistaken for George because of his behaviour and dark hair. Dick is the joker of the group, but also very thoughtful. Julian Kirrin: The eldest of the five, cousin to George and older brother to Dick and Anne. He is an intelligent boy and a natural leader whose cleverness and reliability is often noted by Aunt Fanny. Anne Kirrin: The youngest in the group, and written by Blyton as girlish, with a natural instinct to mother the others. She famously dislikes the adventures the Five constantly encounter, but soldiers on loyally. Timmy: George's dog and the unofficial mascot for the group, who is available to attack unwanted people on George's command. Timmy is the archetypal loyal mongrel-clever, affectionate and fiercely loyal to his owners and to George in particular; he provides physical protection for the children on multiple occasions. George adores Timmy and thinks that Timmy is beautiful. In the first book of the series, George's parents forbid her to keep Timmy and George is forced to hide him.

After the end of their first adventure, they relent and she allowed to keep him. Jo, the gypsy girl: First appears in "Five fall into adventure" and in several others. The first adventure finds her in an abusive relationship with her father, but when he is sent to prison she is fostered. She has the only romantic interest in the books, being obviously attracted to Dick. He had hit her when they first met, believing her to be a boy - and was later mortified. She immediately liked him. Fanny Kirrin: George's mother, and aunt to Dick, Julian and Anne. Aunt Fanny is married to Uncle Quentin, and is, through most of Blyton's Famous Five novels, the principal maternal figure in the lives of the children. (Julian, Dick and Anne's parents are very rarely seen, and rarely even mentioned, as most of their adventures take place on school holidays while visiting the village of Kirrin.) Quentin Kirrin: George's father, and a famous inventor and scientist. He possesses an infamous temper and has little tolerance for children on school holidays, but is nevertheless not as heartless as he may at first seem.

In the first book of the series, it is established that he is the brother of Julian, Dick and Anne's father. The characters, as is usual in Blyton's fiction, are outlined with very few words, and there is very limited description of scenes, but this style of writing keeps children's attention and is seen by enthusiasts as fuelling their imagination and encouraging them to think for themselves. Blyton's characterisation, however, has also been much criticised as being stereotyped and encouraging sexist attitudes; and the books have as a result been extensively parodied (see below). Television series 1978 series The Famous Five 1978 television series was produced by Southern Television for the ITV network in the UK, in 26 episodes of thirty minutes. It starred Michele Gallagher as Georgina, Marcus Harris as Julian, Jennifer Thanisch as Anne, Gary Russell as Dick, Toddy Woodgate as Timmy, Michael Hinz as Uncle Quentin and Sue Best as Aunt Fanny. It also starred Ronald Fraser, John Carson, Patrick Troughton, James Villiers, Cyril Luckham and Brian Glover. The screenplays were written by Gloria Tors, Gail Renard, Richard Carpenter and Richard Sparks.

The episodes were directed by Peter Duffell, Don Leaver, James Gatward and Mike Connor. The series was produced by Don Leaver and James Gatward. Finnish punk rock band Widows (of Helsinki ) made three different cover versions of the theme song, first one in early 1979 ,as did Irish Indie outfit Fleur, in 1996. All the books apart from Five on a Treasure Island, Five Have a Mystery to Solve and Five Have Plenty of Fun were dramatised; the first two were excluded because the Children's Film Foundation still had the film and TV rights to the books (see below), and the third because it could not fit in the production schedule. Plans to make a third series which would have included this story plus new ones written purely for television were abandoned after the Blyton estate exercised its veto. The series was originally released on video in the 1980s by Portman Productions. 1996 series A later TV series was produced around 1996, a co-production between a number of companies including HTV, Zenith North and the German channel ZDF; this was also shown on ITV in the UK.

Unlike the previous series, this was a period piece, set in 1953 , and also unlike the previous series it dramatised all the original books. Of the juvenile actors the best-known is probably Jemima Rooper, who played George. In this series, to fit in with the fact that "Fanny" has other meanings, Aunt Fanny was known as Aunt Frances. (In recent reprints of the book, the character has been re-christened Aunt Franny.) 2008 series In 2008, there will be an animated TV series, set in modern times and featuring the children of the original Famous Five. These children will be known as Cole, Dylan, Jo and Allie. The new series was first announced in 2005, and is a co-production between Chorion (which currently owns all Famous Five rights) and Marathon in association with France 3 and The Disney Channel. Disney confirmed their involvement in December 2006. Stories are currently being developed by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, who have previously written for Lizzie McGuire.

Chorion claims on its Web site that "these new programmes will remain faithful to the themes of mystery and adventure central to Enid Blyton’s classic series of books." In total, there will be 26 episodes, and each episode will be 22 minutes long. Adult series On the 28th August 2007, it was announced on the BBC News website that a revival of The Famous Five is being developed . Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina were all going to be in the story - now all as adults in their forties; they would also be joined by a descendant of Timmy The Dog. Co-developer Twofour states "casting and writing talent is still very much under wraps and no broadcaster is yet confirmed. However, some of the best-known acting talent in Britain is already under consideration." Video and DVD The 1978 series was released on video with reasonable regularity between 1983 and 1999 , many of which are still easy to find second-hand, although the sound and picture quality is not always what it could be.

A four-disc DVD collection, containing 23 of the 26 episodes produced for the 1978 series (and two episodes from the 1996 series) was released in region 4 ( Australia and New Zealand ) in 2005. The box and disc art identify it as a release of 1996 series. (The distributor had licenced the 1996 series but due to an administrative glitch, it was supplied with master tapes and artwork for the 1978 series.) The error was corrected in a later release. The 1996 series was released in its entirety on video; only the adaptation of Five On A Treasure Island seems to have been released on DVD in the UK, although there are apparently some rare mainland European DVD releases of the series, available via certain websites in the UK (these are, of course, Region 2 DVDs). A three-disc DVD collection, containing 13 of the 26 episodes of the 1996 series, was released in Australia and New Zealand in 2005 (these are region 4 DVDs).

This release followed the erroneous release of the 1978 series with 1996 artwork, and is marked "Revised Edition" to avoid confusion. There are also two Children's Film Foundation films of the Famous Five books - Five On A Treasure Island, made in 1957, and Five Have A Mystery To Solve, produced in 1963 - plus other film adaptations of the books made in countries such as Denmark . Movies Two of the Famous Five stories by Enid Blyton have been filmed by Danish director Katrine Hedman. The cast consisted of Danish actors and the movie was originally released in Danish. Ove Sprogøe stars as Uncle Quentin. The movies are: De 5 og spionerne (Five and the Spies) (1969) and De 5 i fedtefadet (Famous Five Get in Trouble) (1970). Radio dramas 21 stories by Enid Blyton have been released as Fünf Freunde radio dramas in Germany as well. The speakers were originally the German dubbing artists for Gallagher, Thanisch, Russell and Harris, the protagonists of the first television series.

As the stories continued, the speakers were replaced by younger ones, because it was felt that they sounded too mature. In addition to the original Blyton books, another 48 stories have subsequently been released and published as radio plays and books in Germany. They are based on the original characters, but written by various German writers. Computer Game In 1990 an interactive fiction computer game based on the first of the books, Five On A Treasure Island, was released. It was programmed by Colin Jordan and first released for the little known SAM Coupé by Enigma Variations. He originally started coding the game on the ZX Spectrum using his own "worldscape" technique. When the SAM Coupé was launched, he switched to it as the target platform while still hosting the code on the ZX Spectrum. He later ported it to the Amstrad CPC and completed the ZX Spectrum version. The game was also ported to the Commodore 64 , Amiga and Atari ST by others. Comic books Six comic books created by Bernard Dufossé and scripted by Serge Rosenzweig and Rafael Carlo Marcello were released in France between 1982 and 1986 .

Most of comic books in the series are based on Famous Five books created by Claude Voilier. Books were released by Hachette Livre. Parodies The Five also inspired the Comic Strip parody Five Go Mad in Dorset and its sequel Five Go Mad On Mescalin, in which the characters express sympathies with Nazi Germany and opposition to the Welfare State, homosexuals, immigrants and Jews , in an extremely broad parody not so much of Blyton but of wider perceived 1950s prejudices. The parodies were deliberately set towards the end of the original Famous Five "era" ( 1942 - 1963 ) so as to make the point that the books were already becoming outmoded while they were still being written, although the continuing popularity of the books even in the 21st Century may be seen to suggest otherwise. Both parodies made tight use of Famous Five set pieces, such as the surrender of the criminals at the end when Julian states "We're the famous five!", the arrival of the police just in the nick of time, and the appeal for "some of your home-made ices" at a village shop. A story in The Guardian's G2 supplement also parodies the Famous Five.

It argues that Anne, Dick, George and Julian are caricatures rather than characters, portraying Anne as having no life outside of domestic labour. It highlights what the writer, Lucy Mangan, considers to be the power struggle between Dick, George and Julian while Anne is sidelined. Retrieved from " " The Schools Wikipedia has a sponsor: SOS Children , and is a hand-chosen selection of article versions from the English Wikipedia edited only by deletion (see for details of authors and sources). The articles are available under the Enid Blyton ( M.J.E. / Book Listings / Children's Fiction / ~ ) I have tried a different approach on this page, which I think may be more useful - and that is to arrange titles, as far as I can, by broad topic (adventure or mystery stories, school stories, family stories, and so on), and then, within those categories, by series. There are other sites that attempt this type of classification, but often in these cases the author is more concerned with detailed (and often very good) coverage of well-known series than with any attempt at completeness.

I believe this page shares with only one other site the combination of systematic classification of titles (not merely alphabetically or by year of publication) with an attempt at completeness, even if that is progressive (being augmented from time to time). That other site, which I recommend to any who are interested in Blyton's work, can be found at . Within the broad topic categories, the series are listed in the order that their first titles were published; singleton (non-series) titles within these topic categories are mixed in with the series - once again, in order of publication. Each series will be preceded by a series title: either the official one, or if I can't find an official title, then a descriptive title made up by myself. In the listing, I have used indenting of titles and empty lines in such a way as to clearly show when a series listing ends and the following titles are unrelated to the series. The order within a series listing is normally the order of publication, which is usually also the chronological order within the series (as far as that can be determined, or as far as it matters, in a Blyton series).

The only exceptions to this are when another author has written books which do slot into a particular position within the time-frame covered by Blyton's books; in that case, I list the titles in internal chronological order within each series, as far as I can determine that. Sometimes within an overall series of books, there are subseries of books more closely related to each other, either in content or in the style or type of edition. The Noddy series especially seems prone to having subseries, because of the multiplicity of Noddy books that have appeared. I do not know how many of these were created by Blyton herself, and how many by the "Blyton industry" that has sprung up within the last decade or so; but I will list all subseries within a series when I am able to find this information. In the case where I know nothing about a title (the majority of Blyton's titles, in fact), I cannot reliably assign them to a broad category (school, family, adventure, and so on). All such titles are going to be listed at the bottom of this listing, under the heading "Other titles", although that part of this page is not far advanced yet.

Where I can ascertain that some titles belong to a series, they are listed as a series within this heading. But any time I am able to find out more about these titles, I will reassign them to one of the topic categories. If several titles don't fit any of the topic categories I've created, I will create a new one to cover them. I must say straight away that my attempt to list titles by series is incomplete, and may well contain errors. There are huge numbers of Blyton titles I do not have access to, and without seeing a book for myself I can only guess what books may be in a series or not. The numbering I have given for titles within a series refers to the standard titles by Blyton, as commonly seen, and may not always include lesser-known accessory works associated with some series. These are usually short stories or short novels which may have originally appeared in collections or magazines; some of these have recently seen republication as separate small volumes or new short-story collections: for instance, those associated with the Centenary editions of some of Blyton's series that have appeared in recent years.

The numbering given is normally that found on the books themselves, either explicitly as a number, or by implication within the plot description sometimes found on the back cover. When numbering is not present on any edition that I have seen, I supply numbers reflecting publication order, and enclose them within square brackets. In yet other cases, there are extra stories of certain series written later by other authors; where I have details of these, I have included these in my listings - interspersed within the listing of Blyton's own titles, where it seems clear that the new titles fall into a particular chronological order relative to Blyton's original stories. This is the case in the Naughtiest Girl series, to which Anne Digby has added six new novels, and in the St. Clare's series, to which Pamela Cox has added two new novels. I have kept these in separate listings when there is no apparent chronological relationship with the original novels: namely in the Famous Five and Secret Seven series, to which have been added many new novels, originally in French, later translated into English, by Claude Voilier and Evelynne Lallemand respectively.

These series by other authors usually have their own numbering sequence beginning with 1, and I have adhered to that on this page; however, Anne Digby's further "Naughtiest Girl" stories start their numbering where Blyton's series leaves off (after including a short novel which has been added to the "official" series recently); and I have kept the numbering used by Anne Digby. My main source of information for the listings on this page is Barbara Stoney's Enid Blyton: The Biography, Hodder & Stoughton, 1974, revised 1992. In the following material, in referencing it, I will refer to it as Stoney. Mason Willey's web site, mentioned above, has also been valuable for helping me sort out series I would otherwise have had no chance of sorting out. He must have an awesome collection of books that I would certainly be interested to see! References to this will appear as Willey. Sources differ according to how words in titles are capitalized, and I suspect they simply use their own house style.

I have not attempted to keep track of all this (life is too short for that!), but simply use the conventional style regardless: namely, I capitalize the first word of each title, plus all nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and long prepositions. I try to be accurate about the use of punctuation within titles: the presence or absence of commas, full-stops and apostrophes (for things like "St. Clare's"), and the like. But in some cases the exact usage is unclear, and it is something I suspect publishers adopt their own house style on. I have not necessarily followed practices that appear to be house styles, and have adopted the form I think would most likely have conformed to the first editions that came out, in a time when people generally took more care about punctuation than they do today. I have indicated illustrators for series or individual volumes where I have this information, and "ill." is used in the listings to mean "illustrated by". Thanks to Eleanor Stewart Garth for information about Bible stories and the Happy House Children series; and to David Rudd for information about little-known stories related to the Secret Seven series, and for information about the extra Famous Five and Secret Seven books by French writers.

F.A.Q. (Questions I'm often asked about Blyton's work) Use the link in the heading to go straight to my answers to questions I sometimes get asked. I get quite a few queries by e-mail from people who read this page and who need further information - far more than I get for all other web pages of mine combined! However, the total number of these questions is such that I can manage them all right, and I do my best to answer them all. However, certain questions (or types of questions) do come up again sometimes, and I have decided to write a separate page giving my answers to them. You can read these answers by following the link in the heading immediately above. For anyone who can't find their answers here, please feel free to write to me anyway. This page of common questions and answers is not an attempt to stop people asking me for information, but simply an attempt to present the information I am most often asked for in an easily accessible manner. Michael Edwards, E-mail me about Enid Blyton.

NOTE: Click here if you need an explanation for the strange appearance of the e-mail address which will appear when you click on the e-mail link, or if you don't know what you need to do to make the e-mail address work properly. (I may one day put this page into a proportional font that adapts better to different screen or window sizes - one day, when time permits, and when I have knowledge of how to line up columns properly in that format. But for now, arranging the information clearly takes priority over adopting the conventional font.) Adventure and mystery stories [1] Go to: [ SECRET SERIES - ADVENTUROUS FOUR SERIES - FAMOUS FIVE SERIES - MYSTERY SERIES (FIND-OUTERS) - ADVENTURE SERIES - BARNEY SERIES - SECRET SEVEN SERIES ] SECRET SERIES - Blackwell 1. The Secret Island 1938 Ill. E. H. Davie 2. The Secret of Spiggy Holes 1940 Ill. E. H. Davie 3. The Secret Mountain 1941 Ill. Harry Rountree 4. The Secret of Killimooin 1943 Ill. Eileen A.

Soper 5. The Secret of Moon Castle 1953 Ill. Dorothy Hall The Children of Kidillin [1] 1940 short novel (See review) 1940: Newnes, as by Mary Pollock 1960: In Adventure Stories (Collins, 1960), as by Enid Blyton The Treasure Hunters [2] 1940 - Newnes THE ADVENTUROUS FOUR SERIES [3] - Newnes 1. The Adventurous Four 1941 Ill. E. H. Davie 2. The Adventurous Four Again 1947 Ill. Jessie Land - Off with the Adventurous Four Again! [4] 1952 short novel 1952: In Enid Blyton's Omnibus! (1952) ca. 1997: As a separate small volume (late 1990s); numbered 3 in the series ca.

1997: As The Adventurous Four: Trapped - possibly revised, as part of a revision of the entire series 1999: In Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999) Title as "Off with the Adventurous Four Again" (with the exclamation mark removed), and year given is 1951 FAMOUS FIVE SERIES Enid Blyton's original series, plus further books by other writers; the various series listed in order of internal chronology when that can be determined. Just George books by Sue Welford [5] - Hodder Headline: Hodder Children's Books Ill. Lesley Harker 1. George, Timmy and the Haunted Cave 2. George, Timmy and the Curious Treasure 3. George, Timmy and the Footprint in the Sand 4. George, Timmy and the Secret in the Cellar 5. George, Timmy and the Stranger in the Storm 6. George, Timmy and the Lighthouse Mystery The original series by Blyton - Hodder & Stoughton Ill. Eileen A. Soper (1905 - 1990) (U.S.

titles in parentheses, where known - publisher not yet known) [6] 1. Five on a Treasure Island 1942 2. Five Go Adventuring Again 1943 3. Five Run Away Together 1944 (Five Run Away to Danger) 4. Five Go to Smuggler's Top [7] 1945 5. Five Go Off in a Caravan 1946 6. Five on Kirrin Island Again 1947 7. Five Go Off to Camp 1948 (Five on the Track of a Spook Train) 8. Five Get Into Trouble 1949 (Five Caught in a Treacherous Plot) (See review) 9. Five Fall Into Adventure 1950 10. Five on a Hike Together 1951 11. Five Have a Wonderful Time 1952 12. Five Go Down to the Sea 1953 13. Five Go to Mystery Moor 1954 14. Five Have Plenty of Fun 1955 15.

Five on a Secret Trail 1956 16. Five Go to Billycock Hill 1957 (See review) 17. Five Get Into a Fix 1958 18. Five on Finniston Farm 1960 (See review) 19. Five Go to Demon's Rocks 1961 20. Five Have a Mystery to Solve 1962 21. Five Are Together Again 1963 Short stories about the Famous Five (by Blyton) Five Have a Puzzling Time and Other Stories 1995 Random House: Red Fox Books Ill. Hemesh Alles; cover ill. David Kearney Collection containing a short novel and 7 short stories Five Have a Puzzling Time short novel George's Hair Is Too Long! Good Old Timmy! A Lazy Afternoon Well Done, Famous Five! Five and a Half-Term Adventure Happy Christmas, Five! When Timmy Chased the Cat!

These stories were originally published in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, and 1961 in periodicals - individual details for stories are not so far available, as they are not given in the paperback edition of this collection. Further novels by Claude Voilier The following Famous Five novels were originally published in French, and translated by Anthea Bell [8] (This listing is not yet fully organized; vowels in brackets require accents I haven't yet ascertained, not being a French speaker. They are probably all the same kind of accent, and the uncertainty results from incompatibilities of file-format between my source of information and my computer. It also appears possible to me (as a non-French speaker) that in the first two titles "Le Cinq" should be "Les Cinq".) 1. Le Cinq sont les plus forts 1971 The Famous Five and the Mystery of the Emeralds 2. Le Cinq au bal des espions 1971 The Famous Five in Fancy Dress 3.

Le Marquis appelle les Cinq 1972 The Famous Five and the Stately Homes Gang 4. Les Cinq au Cap des temp�tes 1972 The Famous Five and the Missing Cheetah 5. Les Cinq � la T(e)l�vision 1973 The Famous Five go on Television 6. Les Cinq et les pirates du ciel 1973 The Famous Five and the Hijackers 7. Les Cinq contre le Masque noir 1974 The Famous Five Versus the Black Mask 8. Les Cinq et le galion d'or 1974 The Famous Five and the Golden Galleon 9. Les Cinq font de la brocante 1975 The Famous Five and the Inca God 10. Les Cinq se mettent en quatre 1975 The Famous Five and the Pink Pearls 11. Les Cinq dans la cit(e) secr�te 1976 The Famous Five and the Secret of the Caves 12.

La fortune sourit aux Cinq 1976 The Famous Five and the Cavalier's Treasure 13. Les Cinq et le rayon Z 1977 The Famous Five and the Z-Rays 14. Les Cinq vendent la peau de l'ours 1977 The Famous Five and the Blue Bear Mystery 15. Les Cinq aux rendez-vous du diable 1978 The Famous Five in Deadly Danger 16. Du neuf pour les Cinq 1978 The Famous Five and the Strange Legacy 17. Les Cinq et le diamant bleu 1979 [The Famous Five and the Blue Diamond] Reprinted as "Les Cinq et le rubis d'Akbar" 1980 - [The Famous Five and the Ruby of Akbar] 18. Les Cinq et le tr(e)sor de Roqu(e)pine 1979 The Famous Five and the Knights' Treasure [The Famous Five and the Treasure of the Templars, in the Rosenzweig edition] 19.

Les Cinq en croisi�re 1980 [The Famous Five on a Cruise] 20. Les Cinq jouent serr(e) 1980 The Famous Five and the Strange Scientist 21. Les Cinq contre les fant�mes 1981 [The Famous Five Against the Ghosts] 22. Les Cinq en Amazonie 1983 [The Famous Five in the Amazon] English titles given in square brackets have probably not been translated into English; these titles are therefore just translations of the actual titles in French.) Smuggler Ben 1943 short novel 1943: Laurie, as by Mary Pollock 1960: In Mystery Stories (Collins, 1960), as by Enid Blyton 1999: In Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (Hodder Headline: Hodder Children's Books, 1999), as by Enid Blyton MYSTERY SERIES (FIND-OUTERS) - Methuen (novels only; the two unnumbered titles are short stories) 1 - 7 ill. J.

Abbey; 8 - 12 ill. Treyer Evans; 13 - 15 ill. Lilian Buchanan 1. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage 1943 2. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat 1944 3. The Mystery of the Secret Room [1] 1945 4. The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters [1] 1946 5. The Mystery of the Missing Necklace 1947 6. The Mystery of the Hidden House 1948 7. The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat 1949 8. The Mystery of the Invisible Thief 1950 9. The Mystery of the Vanished Prince 1951 10. The Mystery of the Strange Bundle 1952 11. The Mystery of Holly Lane 1953 12. The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage 1954 13. The Mystery of the Missing Man [1] 1956 14.

The Mystery of the Strange Messages [1] 1957 -- Just a Spot of Bother! 1957 short story 1957: Original appearance unknown 1999: Republished in Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999) 15. The Mystery of Banshee Towers [1] 1961 -- The Five Find-Outers and Dog Tackle the Mystery Sneak Thief 1962 short story 1962: Original appearance unknown 1999: Republished in Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999) The Boy Next Door [2] 1944 - Newnes Ill. A. E. Bestall (See review) ADVENTURE SERIES [9] - Macmillan Ill. Stuart T. Tresilian 1. The Island of Adventure 1944 2. The Castle of Adventure 1946 3. The Valley of Adventure 1947 4. The Sea of Adventure 1948 5. The Mountain of Adventure 1949 6. The Ship of Adventure 1950 7.

The Circus of Adventure 1952 8. The River of Adventure [1] 1955 The Secret of Cliff Castle 1947 short novel 1947: Laurie, as by Mary Pollock 1960: In Mystery Stories (Collins, 1960), as by Enid Blyton Note: this title is not in the Secret series, in spite of its title being in the same format. SECRET SEVEN SERIES Preliminary or marginally related works The Wonderful Adventure [10] 1924 short story Probably not published separately - details unknown At Seaside Cottage [10] 1947 short story 1947: Brockhampton Ill. Eileen A. Soper 1969: In the collection At Seaside Cottage The Secret of the Old Mill [11] 1948 short novel 1948: Brockhampton Ill. Eileen A. Soper 1997: In The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (1997) Original series - British editions: Brockhampton: 1 - 4 ill. George Brook; 5 - 7 ill.

Bruno Kay; 8 - 15 ill. Burgess Sharrocks - U.S. editions: publisher not yet known; different titles given in right-hand column British title [12] U.S. title: "The Secret Seven..." 1. The Secret Seven 1949 ... and the Mystery of the Empty House 2. Secret Seven Adventure 1950 ... and the Circus Adventure 3. Well Done, Secret Seven [13] 1951 ... and the Tree House Adventure 4. Secret Seven on the Trail 1952 ... and the Railroad Mystery 5. Go Ahead Secret Seven 1953 ... Get Their Man 6. Good Work, Secret Seven [13] 1954 ... and the Case of the Stolen Car 7. Secret Seven Win Through 1955 ... and the Hidden Cave Adventure 8. Three Cheers Secret Seven 1956 ... and the Grim Secret (See review) 9. Secret Seven Mystery 1957 ... and the Missing Girl Mystery 10. Puzzle for the Secret Seven 1958 ... and the Case of the Music Lover 11.

Secret Seven Fireworks 1959 ... and the Bonfire Adventure 12. Good Old Secret Seven 1960 ... and the Old Fort Adventure 13. Shock for the Secret Seven 1961 ... and the Case of the Dog Lover 14. Look Out Secret Seven 1962 ... and the Case of the Missing Medals 15. Fun for the Secret Seven 1963 ... and the Case of the Old Horse Short stories about the Secret Seven (by Blyton) The Secret Seven Short Story Collection 1997 - Hodder Headline: Hodder Children's Books Ill. Max Schindler Collection containing a short novel and 5 short stories The Secret of Old Mill [11] 1948 short novel The Humbug Adventure 1954 Adventure on the Way Home 1955 An Afternoon with the Secret Seven 1956 Where Are the Secret Seven? 1956 Hurry, Secret Seven, Hurry! 1957 Further novels by Evelyne Lallemand - French editions (in French): Hachette Ill.

unknown - English editions (in English): Knight Books (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton) Ill. Maureen Bradley A number of further Secret Seven books appeared in France beginning in the mid 1970s. They were originally written in French by Evelyne Lallemand, and translated into English by Anthea Bell. The English titles are not always a literal rendering of the French ones.) [14] 1. Les Sept a la chasse au lion 1976 The Seven and the Lion Hunt 2. Les Sept sont dans de Beaux Draps 1978 The Seven Go Haunting 3. Les Sept et le Magicien 1977 The Seven and the Magician 4. Les Sept et las Deesse d'or 1977 The Seven Strike Gold 5. Les Sept et les bulldozers 1978 The Seven to the Rescue 6. Les Sept font du Cinema 1977 The Seven on Screen 7. Les Sept et les Soucoupes volantes 1979 The Seven and the UFOs 8.

Les Sept ne croient pas au Pere Noel 1981 The Seven and Father Christmas 9. Les Sept a 200 a l'heure 1982 The Seven and the Racing Driver BARNEY SERIES - Collins; 1 - 5 ill. Gilbert Dunlop; 6 ill. Anyon Cook 1. The Rockingdown Mystery 1949 2. The Rilloby Fair Mystery [1] 1950 3. The Ring-O'-Bells Mystery [1] 1951 [1955?] 4. The Rubadub Mystery 1952 5. The Rat-a-tat Mystery [1] 1956 6. The Ragamuffin Mystery [1] 1959 [Until June, 2003, I have inadvertently had titles 3 and 4 within this series reversed, and not noticed it until now. It is corrected now. The publication year for The Ring-O'-Bells Mystery is still unclear, but I will check it when I can.

It was probably published in 1951, but somehow I got the idea (perhaps from an edition I've seen) that it was published in 1955; and this is the probable reason for my wrong transposition of titles 3 and 4 until now.] What an Adventure 1950 - Brockhampton The Queer Adventure 1952 - Staples Press Ill. Norman Meredith The Adventure of the Secret Necklace 1954 - Lutterworth Ill. Isabel Veevers Holiday House [2] 1955 - Evans Ill. Grace Lodge The Adventure of the Strange Ruby [1] [2] 1960 - Brockhampton Adventure Stories 1960 - Collins Contains Mischief at St. Rollo's and The Children of Kidillin Mystery Stories 1960 - Collins Contains The Secret of Cliff Castle and Smuggler Ben The Mystery That Never Was [2] 1961 - Collins Ill.

Gilbert Dunlop (See review) Bible stories, religion Note: My information about this category is incomplete and very uncertain; many of the titles have been placed here by pure guesswork judging by the titles, because I have never seen copies of any of these books. But, since I've been told that I already included some Bible stories wrongly elsewhere in this listing (which I have now moved to here), and have been supplied with a couple of further titles of Bible stories, I've made a tentative attempt at listing Bible stories. Please bear in mind that, other than the two titles I've been supplied with, the others are only guesses on my part, based on the titles of the books, plus publisher and illustrator information, which is often consistent for an entire series. My thanks to Eleanor Stewart Garth for information which helped me in the early stages of working out this listing. The Land of Far-Beyond [40] 1942 The Children's Life of Christ 1943 - Methuen The Boy With the Loaves and the Fishes 1948 - Lutterworth Ill. Elsie Walker The Little Girl at Capernaum 1948 - Lutterworth Ill.

Elsie Walker The Very Big Secret 1952 - Lutterworth Ill. Ruth Gervis The Enid Blyton Bible Stories: New Testament (14 books) 1953 - Macmillan Enid Blyton's Christmas Story 1953 - Hamish Hamilton Ill. Fritz Wegner Bible Stories from the Old Testament 1955 - Muller Ill. Grace Lodge Bible Stories from the New Testament 1955 - Muller Ill. Grace Lodge Story Book of Jesus 1956 - Macmillan Ill. Elsie Walker The Man Who Stopped to Help 1965 - Lutterworth Ill.

Elsie Walker The Riddle of Holiday House (Holiday House) The Riddle of the Boy Next Door (The Boy Next Door) The Riddle of the Hidden Treasure (The Treasure Hunters) The Riddle of the Hollow Tree (Hollow Tree House) The Riddle of the Rajah's Ruby (The Adventure of the Strange Ruby) The Riddle That Never Was (The Mystery That Never Was) (I have the ghost of a memory that The Secret of Cliff Castle (the first story in Mystery Stories) may have possibly been included in this series as The Riddle of Cliff Castle - but I am far from sure whether this memory is reliable or not. I will update this information if I find out, or if I ascertain any further details about this series. I will welcome any information from readers if they can e-mail it to me (please remove the spam block from the "To:" line).) (a) The first publication was in Enid Blyton's Omnibus! (1952) , which contained further short additions to several Blyton series. (b) The story was issued as a separate short book in the late 1990s.

I haven't seen this edition, so I cannot be more definite about the date. (c) The story was also issued separately in the late 1990s as The Adventurous Four: Trapped. Once again, I haven't seen this, so I can't give much information; but I'm not sure if this is a revised or even rewritten version or not. Now that many of Enid Blyton's books are appearing in completely rewritten versions or adaptations, often under new titles, I cannot take it for granted that this version of the book is the same as the original version without seeing it for myself. (d) The story also appears in Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999) . This source removes the exclamation mark from the title, and gives its year as 1951, not 1952, the year of its appearance in Enid Blyton's Omnibus! , which is the first publication of this story that I know of. 1951 could be correct, in that I have no way of knowing for sure whether the 1952 appearance is in fact the first publication of this story.

It does lead me to wonder if the story appeared first in a periodical in 1951 - something I am not currently able to determine. [Back to Adventurous Four series] [Back to Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury] Thanks to David Rudd for information on these stories, one of which ("The Wonderful Adventure") I have not read myself. For that matter, I do not even know how long it is: whether it is a short story that appeared only in a periodical or collection; whether it is a short story or short novel that appeared in a separate small volume or chapbook; or whether it is a full-length novel. If anyone has read this, I would appreciate any information they can send me about its plot and length, where it appeared, and so on. Please e-mail me with any information (please remove the spam block from the "To:" line). I have read The Secret of the Old Mill, and it describes the start of the Secret Seven; but so does the novel The Secret Seven - and the two accounts are entirely different, although presumably (if the principles of real life applied here) the Secret Seven Society could only begin once, and in a particular way.

It suggests to me the possibility that The Secret of the Old Mill might have been written without a series in mind; then, when Enid Blyton decided to develop the Secret Seven into a series of books, she may have wanted to change the way they began. [Back to Secret Seven series] The Happy House Children is an omnibus volume containing both The Happy House Children (confusingly bearing the same title as the omnibus volume) and The Happy House Children Again, both of which are half-novel in length. Yet it would seem, from the information I have, that there is no single story called "The Happy House Children", and that this title applies only to the omnibus. I would assume, but cannot be sure, that the first of these two novellas is a retitled version of The Children at Happy House, and that therefore the omnibus edition contains the first two stories in this series. [Back to Happy House Children series] [24] Benjy and the Others: On the face of it, this doesn't look like a part of the series, all of whose titles include the phrase "Happy House".

But I am told by Eleanor Stewart Garth that this title is part of the series, in spite of its title not including this phrase. [Back to Happy House series] If anyone sends to me the following information about a collection (send to m j e (no dots or spaces) at remove-spam-block foxall dot com dot au - see here if you need help understanding the e-mail address I've given here), I will consider including it on this page, with credits to the supplier of the information, unless they request anonymity: * The title of the collection. * Bibliographic information such as date of first publication, dates of individual stories. * A complete listing of titles of all stories in the collection. * Indications about whether any of these stories are in any way connected with other stories (in this or another collection), or with a major series of novels - no matter how peripheral this connection is.

(I regard such connections as one of the main highlights of this Blyton page, as other Blyton pages I've seen rarely give this kind of information; so I especially welcome information, no matter how small or trivial about series links to works that are not normally associated with a series.) [Back to Short Story Collections] This is a reworking for children of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, written in the late 1600s. [Back to The Land of Far-Beyond] NOTE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS PAGE - Wednesday, 6 June, 2001: This page is obviously incomplete, as anyone who knows a bit about its subject will be able to see immediately. Please go here for an explanation about the setback that is responsible for my not completing this page, and why it may never be completed, or why it may happen only very slowly. Not that this makes any real difference to someone who would like to see the page complete - but I feel I should at least explain the situation. I will leave this page here, incomplete as it is, in case the information already written is useful to some readers researching a topic they may have difficulty finding information about on the Internet.

The above listing probably contains most of Blyton's best-known works, with the exception of books for very young children such as the Noddy books, the Faraway Tree books, and the like. These haven't been included so far because I don't know a lot about them, which in turn is probably because I am not so interested in them, so haven't researched them so much. However, I have access to fairly complete listings of Blyton's work - as complete as probably exists, that is, considering that a completely definitive catalogue of her work probably still doesn't exist - and I do intend to include all this information in due course. It's a matter of spending a lot of time organizing information from various sources into something approaching an intelligible format. There are, of course, also many other little-known works which are not included either. Enid Blyton - The Famous Five The Famous Five Buy all the Famous Five books with free worldwide shipping The Famous Five are a group of children who have the sort of adventures most kids dream about, in a world where ginger beer flows and ham rolls are a staple diet. Julian, Dick and Anne get together with their cousin George in the first adventure, Five On A Treasure Island.

George is actually a girl who wants so desperately to be a boy she crops her hair and struts about doing boy things. She hates it when people call her by her correct name, Georgina. She has a dog called Timmyï¿½oh yes, and an island. Most kids just have a dog, but George's parents own Kirrin Island and let her run around on it as if it were her play-thing. Her parents are known to Julian, Dick and Anne as Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny. 1. Five On a Treasure Island (1942) The very first Famous Five adventure featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, and tomboy George along with her beloved dog, Timmy. There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island, but where's the treasure? The Five are on the trail, looking for clues... but they're not alone and time is running out. 2. Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) There's a thief at Kirrin Cottage! The Famous Five think they know who it is, but they need to prove it! Where can they find evidence?

The discovery of an old map and very unusual hiding place is all they need to get to the bottom of this mystery and uncover the true culprit! 4. Five Go To Smuggler's Top (1945) Can there still be smugglers at Smuggler's Top? The Famous Five go to stay at the large old house, and discover lots of brilliant hiding places, even underground tunnels! Then they catch people signalling out to seaï¿½who are they? 6. Five On Kirrin Island Again (1947) What is Uncle Quentin up to, all alone on Kirrin Island? He won't let anyone visit, not even George and the rest of the famous Five. But Uncle Quentin isn't really alone on the islandï¿½someone is watching his every move. 7. Five Go Off to Camp (1948) Spook trains in the middle of the night! And they seem to vanish into thin airï¿½but where do they go? The Famous Five are on to it. But the discovery of an unusual underground tunnel system, and a train-service, has them puzzled. If they follow the tracks, will they solve the mystery? 8.

Five Get Into Trouble (1949) The Famous Five are distraught! Dick has been kidnappedï¿½mistaken for somebody else! The gang finally track him downï¿½to a lonely, abandoned houseï¿½but then they too are seized and held captive. How will the intrepid Five get themselves out of this mess? 9. Five Fall Into Adventure (1950) Julian, Dick and Anne are really worriedï¿½George and her devoted Timmy have just disappeared! Not only that, somebody has broken in to Kirrin Cottage. Could there be a connection? The Famous Five think so, but it's going to be tough getting to the bottom of this mystery. 10. Five On a Hike Together (1951) Dick is puzzled when he's woken by a light flashing through his window. Is someone trying to send him a coded message? And when the Famous Five hear of an escaped convict in the area, they are on red alert. The police won't help, so the Five have no choice but to solve the mystery alone. 11.

Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) The Famous Five are having a brilliant timeï¿½on holiday in horse-drawn caravansï¿½and they've discovered a ruined castle nearby! The castle looked deserted from a distance, but is that a face at the window? Or is it a trick of the light? Just who is hiding in the castle? 13. Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954) Mystery Moor is aptly named, as the Five discover! There's something dangerous out there, but gang need help to find out what it is. The travellers camped on the moor are unfriendly, so the Famous Five have no other choice but to risk the treacherous mists and follow the trail. 14. Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955) George is not pleased when Berta, a spoilt American girl, turns up at Kirrin Cottage in the middle of the night dressed in disguise! But George hasn't got time to be jealous. Berta is in hiding from kidnappers, and she needs help. The Famous Five must risk danger to help out this stranger. 15. Five On a Secret Trail (1956) Camping again!

This time the Five have pitched their tent near an old ruined cottage, which looks as though it's been abandoned for years. When Anne hears strange noises at night the others don't believe her...until they see ghostly lights. Could the cottage be haunted? 16. Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957) Hurrah! It's holiday time, and the Famous Five are spending it at Billycock Hill. Most exciting of all, they've made a new friendï¿½a real pilot! But when he disappears with top secret equipment, the Five are puzzled. Could their new friend be a spy? 17. Five Get Into a Fix (1958) The Famous Five are having lots of fun in the snow! But who is living in the mysterious house near the chalet they're staying in? The caretaker says nobody has lived there for years, but the Five are sure they've seen a terrified, haunted face at one of the windows. 18. Five on Finniston Farm (1960) There is a ruined castle on Finniston Farm, but only the dungeons remain and no one knows where they are!

The Famous Five are determined to find them, and whatever else is hidden inside, but someone else wants to find out too. Can the Five get there first? 19. Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961) The Five have heard the stories about treasure on Demon's Rocks, but they never thought they were really true! When they discover a very old, valuable gold coin, the myth becomes real. Who does the treasure belong to? The gang are determined to find out...but so is someone else.

Question: In which series of books, first published in 1942, did many of the adventures take place on Kirrin Island?
Answer: THE FAMOUS FIVE