The Enid Blyton Society

Daisy wrote:and how Lucy-Ann didn't like going from one carriage to the next in case they suddenly parted company. (I remember feeling a bit like that when I was a bit younger than Lucy-Ann!)

I always have and still do!!!
When I read Sea as a little girl I felt exactly the same as Lucy-Ann and even 30 years later I still feel wary (and always think of Lucy-Ann!) when I walk across the connecting bits!

Sand: The Sandman in The Magic Faraway Tree who throws sand in people's eyes to make them sleep.

Holiday:

Holiday: Virtually all the adventures in most of Enid's major series — the Famous Five, the Five Find-Outers and so on — take place during the school holidays (or "hols" ). But for the literal meaning of "holiday" as "holy day", a special festival, there's also Enid's heartwarming and engaging exploration of the origins and meanings of Christmas traditions in The Christmas Book.

Car:

Car: What else but Noddy and his (in)famous jalopy.

Tree:

Tree: What else but the good old Faraway Tree...



... which, as I've only realised in more recent years, I've always instinctively pictured in my head as looking something like a gigantic eucalyptus!! (Can't help it.)

Fog:

Fog: The fog which envelops Castaway in Five Go to Smuggler's Top.

Classic:

Classic: In Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm, characters quote lines from classic poems by John Milton, Charles Kingsley and other writers.

Spell:

Spell: The spell cast by the goblin (I think his name is Sly) to magically re-create Big-Ears' bicycle in Well Done, Noddy!:

"Bell, bell,
I weave you a spell —
Bicycle-magic is in it;
Grow, grow
Two wheels in a row,
It won't take you more than a minute!
Make, make
Pedals and brake,
Tyres and handle-bar too;
Bell, bell,
I weave you a spell —
Hollabee, rinnabee, HOO!"



One of my favourite moments in one of my favourite Noddy books!

Tower:

Tower: the bell tower from which Pedro and Toni attach a tight-rope and trapeze in order to stage a stunning rescue in 'The Circus of Adventure'

Fox:

Fox: Button, Philip's fox cub who plays a vital role in The Castle of Adventure!



Rock:

Rock: The pivoting rock that conceals an entrance in The Secret Mountain, which is described as being like the rock in the story of Ali Baba.

Plum:

Plum: The Christmas Book also contains an explanation of why plum pudding is called plum pudding when there aren't any plums in it!

Frost:

Frost: - The frost that froze to pond to allow the children to skate in Rat-a-Tat Mystery

Music

Music: The magical music played by Mr tootles in 'Noddy and the Tootles' which everyone simply can't help dancing to!

Party:

Party: Enid's A Story Party at Green Hedges — a book I haven't read yet but would love to.

Fire: