The Enid Blyton Society

Rob Houghton wrote:Love the illustration...though perhaps a bit overly dramatic, lol!

I think it's great too! Lots of details are exaggerated but it's a comical episode so it works.

I see what you mean about the Mister Meddle resemblance, Sixret!

That Banshee Towers image is great. And so are the others that Tony has posted from the weekly girls mag, June. Published in 1961, same year as Mystery of Banshee Towers came out in book form, illustrated sparsely by Lilian Buchanan. But this illustrator - Eric R Parker, who I haven't heard of - has made the most of his big 15-week commission.

Actually, maybe why I like them so much is that they have a Famous Five/Eileen Soper feel to them, appropriate because this Find-Outers story is more like a Famous Five book than a typical Peterswood Mystery.

I've always been a fan of Eric R Parker's illustrations - they are lively and interesting - and I love the 1960's feel they have, with fashions etc. Its only correct that this story in particular, a product of the 60's, should have appropriate illustrations.

Green Hedges wrote:That Banshee Towers image is great. And so are the others that Tony has posted from the weekly girls mag, June. Published in 1961, same year as Mystery of Banshee Towers came out in book form, illustrated sparsely by Lilian Buchanan. But this illustrator - Eric R Parker, who I haven't heard of - has made the most of his big 15-week commission.

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Thank you for the link about Eric Parker Tony.
I was convinced he was from America from the look of his illustrations,but I was surprised to learn he was British.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eric Robert Parker (7 September 1898 – 21 March 1974) was a prolific British illustrator and comics artist best known for illustrating the adventures of Sexton Blake in various periodicals.
Born at Stoke Newington, North London, on 7 September 1898, he was awarded a special scholarship to the Central School of Arts and Crafts at the age of 15. A photo of him appeared in the Boy's Own Paper celebrating his achievement.

First edition: 1938
Publisher: George Newnes
Illustrator: various
Category: Courses Edited by Enid Blyton
Genre: Mixed
Type: Courses and Encyclopaedias

Christmas Eve
Story: Topic 82 Specially Written

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Thanks Pete, that was such a sweet little story. What's the picture-sentence card though?

I'm not sure about that either - may need Tony to help with that one!

I presume its because most of the stories were accompanied by a full colour illustration, which could be pinned on the wall or board and discussed.

Thanks Rob.

I think I may have spotted a very rare typo in the cave..



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Kate Mary wrote:Thanks Pete, that was such a sweet little story. What's the picture-sentence card though?

There's a photo of one of the picture-sentence cards (showing two pictures) in the following article, 'Enid Blyton, educationalist'. It was written by Nazlin Bhimani from Newsam Library, University College London:

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I used the "zoom" feature on my computer to enlarge the photo.

Thanks for the link Anita. They're not as I imagined them to be, I thought they would be more like the colour plates. It's interesting to see an example.

Thanks Anita - I have tried to enlarge the pic of the picture-sentence cards:

That's interesting, as they also had colour-plates too...which were separate from the box pictured. I think some were posted on here somewhere once. So there were full colour pictures, too...but obviously those weren't the 'picture sentence cards'.

Love those last two pictures, I've seen them in a book somewhere I'm sure.