The Enid Blyton Society Adventure Series

The Adventure Series

Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, together with Jack's intelligent and talkative parrot Kiki, have the most extraordinary adventures not only in England, Scotland and Wales but also abroad — Austria, Greece, the Middle East and even Tauri-Hessia!

Whether dealing with forgers, gun-runners, Nazis, traitors, mad scientists or thieves, they frequently find themselves in desperate situations. Their adventures are a step up from those of the Famous Five in that they involve aeroplanes, motor-boats, a cruise-ship, seaplanes and helicopters.

Adventure Series

Then there are the stunning locations. Who could forget Craggy-Tops and the mysterious Isle of Gloom, not to mention castles, rivers, valleys, mountains, caves, underground passages and islands galore?

Adventure Series

Jack is a bird-lover obsessed with finding a Great Auk, Philip has the ability to charm animals of all kinds from lizards to bears, Dinah is a feisty, adventurous girl while Lucy-Ann, affectionate and home-loving and not really one for adventures at all, is actually the bravest of the lot. As for Kiki, she has a knack of saying just the right thing at the right time and her mischievous antics brighten many a dark moment.

These children simply can't help stumbling across strange goings-on wherever they go. As adult character Bill Smugs remarks: "I never saw such children for smelling out adventures! I believe if I took you to visit my dear old aunt, we should find she had suddenly been kidnapped in a submarine, and you were forced to go to the other end of the world to rescue her!"

Adventure Series

The first book, The Island of Adventure, was published in 1944 and there are eight titles in total. The stories are greatly enhanced by Stuart Tresilian's detailed, brooding illustrations.

TV films of the first two books, The Island of Adventure and The Castle of Adventure, were made in the UK in 1982 and 1990 respectively. There was also a New Zealand TV series in the 1990s but that was only very loosely based on the original books.

Adventure Series Books

Adventure Series

There are 8 original books in the Adventure Series by Enid Blyton written between 1944 and 1955...
First Published in 1944 by Macmillan
Book 1 of 8 in this category
See review by Anita Bensoussane
First Published in 1946 by Macmillan
Book 2 of 8 in this category
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First Published in 1947 by Macmillan
Book 3 of 8 in this category
See review by Anita Bensoussane
First Published in 1948 by Macmillan
Book 4 of 8 in this category
See review by Anita Bensoussane
First Published in 1949 by Macmillan
Book 5 of 8 in this category
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First Published in 1950 by Macmillan
Book 6 of 8 in this category
See review by Anita Bensoussane
First Published in 1952 by Macmillan
Book 7 of 8 in this category
See review by Anita Bensoussane
First Published in 1955 by Macmillan
Book 8 of 8 in this category
See review by Anita Bensoussane

The Adventure Squad (by Dave Morris)

In 1994, Dave Morris wrote a couple of Adventure Squad game books based on the first two books in the original series...

First Published in 1994 by Piper
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First Published in 1994 by Piper
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Adventure TV Novelisations

In 1997, HarperCollins published a new set of Adventure books to tie in with the TV series. Naturally these editions differ from the originals in various ways, including the renaming of the second book from The Castle of Adventure to The Woods of Adventure...

First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
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First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 2 of 8 in this category
First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 3 of 8 in this category
First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 4 of 8 in this category
First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 5 of 8 in this category
First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 6 of 8 in this category
First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 7 of 8 in this category
First Published in 1997 by HarperCollins
Book 8 of 8 in this category