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- 09 Oct 2021, 21:52
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: St Clare's Magnet Trick Query???
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3459
Re: St Clare's Magnet Trick Query???
Blyton characters had hot baths -- also the Famous Five did a lot of swimming which is as good as a bath.In Rilloby fair mystery, Mrs Lynton asks Roger if Barney wiuld like a bath after the fair moved to Rilloby-- Findouters had hot baths before sleeping at night.-- On the other hand people like Ra...
- 27 Jun 2021, 17:44
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
Re: Malory Towers - German illustrations
I see. The first covers surely look a lot different.
- 27 Jun 2021, 16:52
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4134
Re: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
Ah yes, the Tina and Tini books, read them, though even the first one are so Germanized that they are barely recognizable. They slammed the name Enid Blyton on about everything because she is so popular. Also the "Rätsel" series which they extended with "The mystery that never was&quo...
- 27 Jun 2021, 16:25
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4134
Re: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
Oh okay thank you. As you can tell, I'm not that familiar with them because i never considered them really Blyton, partly because they were written much later so I never read them as a child. For "Hanni and Nanni", I read the "fake ones" as a child too and only found out later wh...
- 27 Jun 2021, 04:09
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4134
- 27 Jun 2021, 01:57
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: Chunky Wooden Peg Jigsaw Puzzle - info?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2435
Re: Chunky Wooden Peg Jigsaw Puzzle - info?
You could try asking here: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/ and here: https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/
- 26 Jun 2021, 16:06
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4134
Re: Dolly -Wiedersehen auf der Burg
The German follow up books don't have much in common with the original story. Taking place in modern Germany, Dolly (Darrell) drops all her ambitions from the original books, first attending the follow-up school Wolfgang mentioned that teaches stuff like housekeeping, then becomes matron at Malory T...
- 25 Jun 2021, 21:23
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
Re: Malory Towers - German illustrations
The illustrator is Marga Karlson, the cover is probably done by Nikolaus Moras. I have previous editions with other covers. Nikolaus Moras illustrated the continuations stories. Right, though for two covers it says they are by Rainer Richter. Can you guess which ones? To me it looks like they are a...
- 23 Jun 2021, 20:19
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
- 23 Jun 2021, 20:10
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
- 23 Jun 2021, 20:07
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
- 23 Jun 2021, 20:06
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
- 23 Jun 2021, 20:06
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
- 23 Jun 2021, 20:05
- Forum: The Illustrators
- Topic: Malory Towers - German illustrations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5926
- 22 Jun 2021, 13:51
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What is your favourite school series?
- Replies: 117
- Views: 13457
Re: What is your favourite school series?
Malory Towers for me too.