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Famous Five: Short Stori, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 7 years, Fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage)
Original Blyton stories are paired with brand new colour illustrations by Jamie Littler in a new and exciting format.
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.
It is Christmas Eve, and the Famous Five are very excited about their mountain of presents. But when Timmy barks furiously he is sent outside, leaving a thief free to steal all the presents.
Can Timmy still manage to save the day?
In addition to the Famous Five novels, Enid Blyton wrote a clutch of short stories based on the characters. These were published in magazines and collected in the Famous Five Short Story Collection (Hodder). For the first time, the complete and original text of Happy Christmas, Five! (1956) appears in an individual volume, illustrated with brand new colour art by Jamie Littler.
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Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton (1897-1968) is the world's best-selling children's author and has sold 600 million books internationally. Her unique sense of fantasy and adventure, combined with unforgettable characters, has seen generation after generation have fall for her timeless appeal, and she was voted the nation's most loved writer at the 2008 Costa Book Awards.
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