Favourite Five Find-Outers book

[Jen-Jen]

Gosh! This is a tough one! I'm going to have to do some serious thinking before I vote. I love them all so much!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Kitty, A Peep Behind the Scenes can be read on the Project Gutenberg website. I just took a look and it seems awfully maudlin:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7437

[Jen-Jen:] "Gosh! This is a tough one! I'm going to have to do some serious thinking before I vote. I love them all so much!"

Yes, it's a strong series. There are only two Find-Outers titles I don't like as much as the others - Vanished Prince and Banshee Towers.

Anita

[Stephen]

I don't think I can honestly answer that. I would say Spiteful Letters and Pantomime Cat - both rather dark stories with adult themes - are my joint favourites, while Burnt Cottage, Disappearing Cat and Missing Necklace are joint close runners up.

[Kitty]

Kitty, A Peep Behind the Scenes can be read on the Project Gutenberg website. I just took a look and it seems awfully maudlin:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7437



Anita

Ooh, thanks! Will have a look at it - gosh, I bet children were pleased when E Nesbit came along, and books became cheerful!

I don't really like Banshee Towers as much either, I'm not sure if it's just because it's the last one. I find it quite upsetting actually.

[Anita Bensoussane]

[Kitty:] "...gosh, I bet children were pleased when E Nesbit came along, and books became cheerful!"

Yes, E. Nesbit's characters must have seemed so refreshing. I wonder if Enid Blyton ever read any of E. Nesbit's books? Many of them were first serialised in The Strand, which Enid read as a child, so surely she must have done? But it's funny that she doesn't mention E. Nesbit in The Story of My Life , when she talks about authors she read in her youth.

Anita

[booklover]

Hi everyone

Time for a review of the poll. Basically, the results so far show how even the books are - a lot of top notch stories, with no book standing out as a clear favourite - 10 out of 15 books have received at least one vote, and equal leaders are currently Missing Necklace, Invisible Thief and Strange Messages with 3 votes.

New members, please cast your vote for your favourite Find-Outer (and Dog) book!

Edit: Added the stats and names of the books.

[Julie2owlsdene]

Submitted my vote, as I didn't know this poll was here.

How remiss of me.

[Lucky Star]

Missing Necklace for me. I'm sure I was a member when this thread was started. I cant think why I didn't vote earlier.

[Boodi]

Tally-Ho Cottage for me, followed by Invisible Thief, Vanished Prince and Missing Man!!

[Philip Mannering]

I did vote earlier when I was trawling through these forums; didn't write a post though. It's got to be 'Invisible Thief' for me (although there are several others which I like: 'Burnt Cottage', 'Disappearing Cat', 'Missing Necklace', 'Pantomime Cat', 'Strange Bundle', 'Tally-Ho Cottage' and most of all 'Strange Messages', which just lost by a minor margin. It's a great series, full of mystery and detection, but oh, the humour! It's got to be the best thing present.

[Moonraker]

Thanks for resurrecting this thread, booklover! I did vote but can't remember which book I picked. The trouble is, I usually think that the book I have just read is the best book of the series. I haven't read any for a while, so would probably pick Disappearing Cat or Invisible Thief. But then, I do like Tally-Ho...

[Ming]

I had to look back at the thread to see what I had voted for!!

[Rob Houghton]

Like Ming, my favourites are Pantomime Cat and Strange Messages. I had to have a really good think about it, but went in the end for Strange Messages, which just has the edge for me. Very difficult though. Missing Necklace comes pretty close, too

[Nick]

Having never heard of this series until a few weeks back it would appear that they are rated higher than the FF and SS books.

Are they worth a read?

[Philip Mannering]

Of course they're worth a read! Mystery, detection, humour.... everything is there. It's amazing that they're not known as well as Famous Five, but I guess "Five Find-Outers and Dog" doesn't go that well - especially if compared with that instantly children-hooking "Famous Five." However, whatever popularity, they're wonderful - start reading The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage!