Jo is not short for Josephine as in other Blyton titles, as Jo is a boy and the older brother to Fanny and Bessie. I have read many a mention of the tree’s features like the slippery-slip, and its inhabitants like Dame Slap, Moonface, Silky the Elf and the Angry Pixie so let us sally forth and meet them properly! I believe sometimes they have wonderful fun and other times get themselves into trouble. Three children visiting a magical tree called The Faraway Tree, and at the top they can visit whichever magical land is there at the time. I may not have read the books but I have a rough idea what they are about. Take away my Famous Five Club badge and don’t tell me the next password for the Secret Seven’s shed, that is how heinous a crime I have committed.īut here I am about to put it right! I have all three in early(ish) hardbacks – one of them even has a dustjacket! – but I never had them as a child so that’s my excuse. I have never read The Enchanted Wood or any of the other Faraway Tree books. For those who are unaware – I have a shameful secret.
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