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The Wishing Chair Collection: Three Exciting Stories in One. The adventures of the Wishing Chair, The Wishing Chair Again, More Wishing Chair Tales (Enid Blyton)
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Present
Review date: 2009-12-01 Rating: 10 out of 10
Given as a present, the book was very enjoyable to read and gave my granddaughter lots of pleasure. My daughter had the original book and wanted her daughter to have the same enjoyment.
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Reviews
Fantastic but this edition has the books the wrong way round
Review date: 2009-11-05 Rating: 8 out of 10
My five year old daughter loves this book, and we are on our second jaunt through the book. She loves the characters and the adventures, and it's lovely to sit and read a chapter a night with her. Unfortunately though, this edition is put together in the wrong order. The third book SHOULD be the second book. You can tell because a) the wishing chair has red wings in the first and third books but has moved on to the larger green and yellow ones in the second one; and b) there are stories in the second book which comment on previous adventures the trio have had, these adventures do not appear until the third book. Therefore, I think the books are the wrong way round.
It's no hardship to read them the right way round though, but it is useful to know. Still Enid Blyton at her best.
Hannah's review of the wishing chair
Review date: 2007-05-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
If you want adventures, excitment, interesting characters then read 'The Wishing Chair' by Enid Blyton. I just couldn't stop reading. I was so curious about what was going to happen next.
The main characters are Peter, Mollie and Chinky. Chinky is a pixie that the children rescued by flying in the wishing chair to a castle where he was prisoned. Peter and Mollie are children who have an enchanted chair.
The story setting begins in the playroom but quickly moves into many different enchanted lands, such as the Land of Goodies!
The part I liked best was when they saved Chinky. It's all about two children they go to an antiques shop, buy a enchanted chair and it grows wings and they fly to some strange land.
The author used some new words there where some magic spells, but the main reading was quite easy.
I would recommend this book for girls and boys age 6+. I am looking forward to reading even more books by Enid Blyton
Hope to still read this when I am 100
Review date: 2006-10-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
I read these as a child, before the extreme political correctness of my adulthood kicked in, and most of Ms Blyton's works were shunned (I still have many First Editions of the less 'PC' books in my library).I loved them. I then had children, and they adored the simplicity and magical nature of the stories. The days of carefree growing up, magic and wonder - before late teen cynicism arrived. My children are now fairly grown and of all of their childhood stories, these are the ones which they cherish most - and want to ensure they read to their own children. There are NO other children's stories (pc or not) which have this longevity. I hope my grandchildren will be reading them to me and we can re-live the real charm of life together.
Fondest Memories
Review date: 2006-08-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
My grandmother read this book to me as a child - the copy she owned belonged to my auntie when she was little. I bought a copy to read to young cousins recently. It brought back many fond memories, and I was delighted that they were as excited as I was by the stories, despite the language being somewhat dated now! Enid Blyton seems to get a bad press these days, but her stories are enchanting, and have far better values than more contemporary children's literature. I hope this book continues to be popular. It would be very sad if future generations missed out on these wonderful tales.
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Enid Blyton
Recording label: Egmont Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Egmont Books Ltd
EAN: 9780603560743
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0603560741
Number of pages: 516
Publication date: 2002-08-02
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Published)