The Children of Cherry Tree Farm by Enid Blyton

The book is an obvious attempt to teach children about the local wildlife. They put on weight and become healthier, and eventually meet Tammylan, the local wild man. While at the Cherry Tree Farm, the children begin enjoying their stay with Uncle Tim and Aunt Bess. The Children of Cherry Tree Farm has Rory, Benjy, Sheila, and Penny moving to the countryside for their health, while their parents go off to America. Clare's.Īccording to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic.

She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.īlyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters.

She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books.īorn in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading.

The Children of Cherry Tree Farm by Enid Blyton