The Enchanted Wood

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TitleThe Enchanted Wood
Year for Search1939
AuthorsBlyton, Enid [Mary](1897-1968)
Date Published1939
PublisherGeorge Newes
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

Children’s fantasy with three children exploring the Enchanted Wood and discovering the Faraway Tree that leads them to many unusual places where they meet a variety of characters including some from fairy tales.  Includes Cockaigne episodes together with other adventures. Continued in her The Magic Faraway Tree. Illus. Dorothy M. Wheeler. London: George Newes, 1943; The Folk of the Faraway Tree. Illus. Dorothy M. Wheeler. London: George Newes, 1946; and Up the Faraway Tree. Illus. Dorothy M. Wheeler. London: George Newes, 1951, all of which is composed of illustrations with captions and have a similar format. The first part of Up the Faraway Tree was originally published in Enid Blyton’s Sunny Stories Magazine (1948). 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. London: Deanes, 2012
Illustration

Illus. Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone
Holding Institutions

PSt
Author Note

Female author (1897-1968)
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Full Text

1939 Blyton, Enid [Mary] (1897-1968). The Enchanted Wood. Illus. Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone. London: George Newes. Rpt. London: Dean/Egmont, 2012. 157 pp. Illus. are © 1979. Uses adapted language from London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. PSt

Children’s fantasy with three children exploring the Enchanted Wood and discovering the Faraway Tree that leads them to many unusual places where they meet a variety of characters including some from fairy tales.  Includes Cockaigne episodes together with other adventures. Continued in her The Magic Faraway Tree. Illus. Dorothy M. Wheeler. London: George Newes, 1943; The Folk of the Faraway Tree. Illus. Dorothy M. Wheeler. London: George Newes, 1946; and Up the Faraway Tree. Illus. Dorothy M. Wheeler. London: George Newes, 1951, all of which is composed of illustrations with captions and have a similar format. The first part of Up the Faraway Tree was originally published in Enid Blyton’s Sunny Stories Magazine (1948). Female author.