Anita Bensoussane wrote:It's good to hear that your school visits are going well, Julie.
Julie2owlsdene wrote:Apart from this months engagements, I've already been asked to visit one school in March for the World's Book Day, which I'm really looking forward to, as I know many dress up in their favourite characters.
Perhaps you could go as an Enid Blyton character, Julie! A Faraway Tree character would be fun, e.g. Dame Washalot, the Saucepan Man or Silky!
... or as Enid Blyton herself?
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Brilliant photos, Julie. I'm glad you're still visiting schools - and still relishing it. Its also a great place to get inspiration for other novels and stories - as you've said, you are picking up on what the children enjoy about your book and also what other books they enjoy - valuable information for the future.
Courtenay wrote:I don't think Enid Blyton has been in the absolute top ratings among young readers since my parents' era when she was still alive and turning out new books at an incredible rate!
Times have changed a lot! I noticed it with my nieces, born in the early 1990's - neither were that into Enid Blyton - although the older one enjoyed reading The Faraway Tree books and the younger one read a Famous Five book - once.
In the 1970's ENid Blyton was still very much the most popular children's author, at least in Britain. I remember we filled in a survey at school when I was about 10 asking about our favourite authors. Years later I discovered that this survey had revealed that ENid was by far the most popular. That would be in 1981.
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Rob Houghton wrote:
In the 1970's ENid Blyton was still very much the most popular children's author, at least in Britain. I remember we filled in a survey at school when I was about 10 asking about our favourite authors. Years later I discovered that this survey had revealed that ENid was by far the most popular. That would be in 1981.
Ah, now that's interesting — I wonder what the results would have been in Australia? I don't know if Enid was quite as popular historically in Australia as in Britain, but she must have been pretty close, I think. My parents certainly grew up on her books — Mum always says there was nothing else to read in her school library! (I've never been sure if that was an exaggeration or not.) But by the late 1980s there were plenty of other popular children's authors around — Australian and overseas — and while Enid's books were still in print and very easy to come by, I never got the impression that she was everyone's "must-read" author in the way some others were by then. I suppose it's pretty natural for that trend to have continued.
That would be a great idea to dress up as a Blyton character for your World Book Day talk, Julie! Hope we get to see photos if you do.
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Hope we get to see photos if you do.
