Enid blyton
31 кн.
Susan and Peter are going back home for holidays after a semester in a boarding school. They can't wait to see their parents and younger siblings and enjoy the festive period with their family. As the whole family prepares for a traditional Christmas, the children are curious to know more about the holiday, the Christmas tree, the Santa Claus so they get to hear all the charming stories and tales about the history and customs of Christmas.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Susan and Peter are going back home for holidays after a semester in a boarding school. They can't wait to see their parents and younger siblings and enjoy the festive period with their family. As the whole family prepares for a traditional Christmas, the children are curious to know more about the holiday, the Christmas tree, the Santa Claus so they get to hear all the charming stories and tales about the history and customs of Christmas.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Captain and Mrs. Arnold are flying off in their plane, the White Swallow, and apparently have crash-landed in a remote part of Africa. The Arnold children, home from school and in the care of a family friend, Miss Dimity, team up with their friend, Prince Paul of Baronia, and go flying off in his royal plane to Africa to rescue their parents – and get tangled up with a strange and secretive African tribe with flaming red hair and living within secret tunnels and caves inside a mountain.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Peggy Arnold, and younger twin siblings Mike and Nora, are living with a harsh aunt and uncle after their parents are thought to have been killed in a plane crash. Aided by Jack, an orphan boy they have befriended, they run away to an island on a nearby lake, and together they make a new home constructed with the branches of a willow tree, this much-loved «living house» being one of the highlights of the story. However, living on one's own turns out to be far more difficult than they...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Prince Paul, still attending the same boarding school as Jack and Mike Arnold, invites them and their sisters, Peggy and Nora, to his palace in Baronia for the holidays; but it is so hot there in the roasting summer that the entire royal household adjourns to their castle up in the mountains. Bands of robbers are marauding the countryside, terrorizing the local people with their savagery, and Paul is incensed, and determined to find the robbers and have them detained – and, together with his...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
The Secret Series is a collection of exciting action-adventure classics that relate trilling adventures of Arnold children, older Peggy and younger twin siblings Mike and Nora, who live with a harsh aunt and uncle after their parents are thought to have been killed in a plane crash. "The Secret Island" – Aided by Jack, an orphan they have befriended, the Arnold children run away to an island on a nearby lake, and together they make a new home constructed with the branches of a willow tree....
| Автор | Enid blyton |
When the Five go to spend their holidays at Tremannon Farm on the Cornish Coast, they learn about the location's incredible past concerning some evil examples of smuggling. The peacefulness and tranquillity of the area now suggests that these days are well and truly gone, but then one stormy night, the lights appear again, and Tremannon's dreadful past comes flooding back.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
The Arnold children discover that their parents are alive and reunite with them. Also, their parents adopt their new friend Jack, who is an orphan. The family goes on a holiday at the rugged Cornish coast with a family friend, Miss Dimity. In a dangerous adventure, children get drawn into a kidnapping case as they discover a boy named Paul, being held prisoner in a castle tower nearby. Paul turns out to be the Prince of Baronia, a small, remote kingdom and kids become firm friends with him.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Family of Prince Paul of Baronia is visiting England and his parents wish to rent a castle to stay in for several weeks. Mrs. Arnold has been asked to help locate a suitable castle, knowing England far better than Paul's parents. The Arnolds are invited to spend some time in the castle with them, too, and are soon puzzled by strange events happening in the castle: odd noises that occur, eyes in portraits that shine mysteriously, lights that shine in tower rooms, despite being locked tight....
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Kirrin Island belonged to George: it was her very own, and she felt aggrieved when her father ‘borrowed’ it for one of his experiments. And to make matters worse, he built a mysterious tower in the ruins of the old castle.<P> The Five couldn’t really understand Uncle Quentin’s wish to be left quite alone, and as it turned out, it was a good thing that George took matters into her own hands one night—otherwise there would have been no more adventures on Kirrin Island, and Timmy...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
On their peaceful camping and cycling tour of the English countryside, the Five come across Richard Kent – the son of one of the richest men in the country! When Dick is mistaken for him and kidnapped, by Rooky, a dangerous criminal who had been a bodyguard in the Kent household, the children know they have two leads: Owl's Dene on Owl's Hill, and a Black Bently – KMF 102. The children's search for Dick leads them on a moonlit bicycle ride to the eerie mansion: Owl's Dene....
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy are planning to go camping in a moor with the absent-minded and insect-loving Mr Luffy, a teacher. When they arrive at camp they find that their camping site is close to a farm, and that several old train tracks run under the moors, some of them are unused. They soon make friends with a boy named Jock, who lives at the farm with his mother and stepfather, the farm owners. While exploring the moor, the Five find a railway yard and a tunnel that are apparently...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Staying at a creepy old house in the country surrounded by snowed-up roads, cut off from civilisation, Roger, Diana, Snubby and Barney witness strange goings-on, all tied up with ancient old legends of how the great knocker on the front door always bangs by itself to warn that traitors are in the house. When someone bangs on the door in the middle of the night but then mysteriously vanishes, faces peep in at windows, snowmen seemingly move by themselves and the phone is suddenly cut off, the...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
More Adventures on Willow Farm continues where The Children of Willow Farm left off. It is an endearing tale of a group of children learning the ways of living and working on a farm. Some hard lessons learnt and some great adventures had.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Tom, Jill, Mary, and their best friend, fisherboy Andy, are off on another smashing holiday trip in Andy's boat – a trip along the rugged Scottish coast to a lonely cliff where they can watch birds and camp for a night. However, things at the lonely cliff are not as they seem, and the mysterious happenings soon throw the four into another thrilling adventure…
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Ginger-haired Tom and his twin sisters Jill and Mary are on holiday on the Scottish coast, in the fishing village where their best friend Andy, a fisher-boy, lives and works with his father. Their holiday plan is to take an exciting boat trip to a nearby island, and camp there, but once out at sea, their plans are turned upside down and they find themselves shipwrecked and in the middle of a thrilling and mysterious adventure…
| Автор | Enid blyton |
On a summer holiday in the seaside town of Rubadub, Roger Diana, Snubby and Barney witness sinister goings on – explosions at the secret submarine base, suspicious characters at the old inn, lights flashing at night. Suddenly they are plunged right into the middle of another mystery and of course are determined to solve it! Barney finds work in a Pierot show to be near his friends, and begins to realize that this theatrical setting gives him an excellent opportunity to find his long lost actor...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Roger, Diana and their orphaned cousin Snubby, along with his dog Loony, go on holiday to Rockingdown with their mother's old governess Miss Pepper, but with the prospect of lessons taken by a tutor while they are there they feel sure they will be in for rather a dull time. Then they meet Barney the circus boy, who is searching for his longlost father, along with Miranda, his pet monkey, and suddenly Rockingdown isn't quite so dull after all. A mysterious old house with an abandoned...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
The Castle of Adventure is the second exciting instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, one of the best-loved children's writers of all time. <P> Why is everyone so afraid of the castle on the hill, and what dark secrets lurk inside its walls? <P> Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parrot are on holiday in the countryside, staying on the side of Castle Hill. When flashing lights are seen in a distant tower, they decide to investigate – and discover a very...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Philip and Dinah Mannering and their new friends Jack and Lucy-Ann Trent – along with Jack's irrepressible talking parrot, Kiki – are spending their summer holiday at Craggy-Tops, an ancient, half-ruined house by the sea. Before long, they are drawn to the mysterious Isle of Gloom in the distance and are determined to find a way to get there and explore it. But gradually it becomes apparent that the island may not be as deserted as it's supposed to be. Who is signalling from the island...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Roger, Diana and their orphaned cousin Snubby, along with his dog Loony, go on holiday to Rockingdown with their mother's old governess Miss Pepper, but with the prospect of lessons taken by a tutor while they are there they feel sure they will be in for rather a dull time. Then they meet Barney the circus boy, who is searching for his long-lost father, along with Miranda, his pet monkey, and suddenly Rockingdown isn't quite so dull after all. A mysterious old house with an abandoned...
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Ein Polizist soll einen geheimnisvollen Schmuckdiebstahl aufklären. Aber fünf Jungen und Mädchen, dazu der Scotch-Terrier Purzel, sind pfiffiger als er. Ein Wettrennen, wer die beste Spürnase hat. Und dabei gibt es natürlich aufregende Abenteuer zu bestehen.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Diesmal entdecken die Spürnasen in einem verlassenen Haus ein gemütlich eingerichtetes Zimmer. Neugierig versuchen sie zu erkunden, wer sich dort eingenistet hat. Dabei kommen sie unversehens Verbrechern auf die Spur. Dicki wird von ihnen eingesperrt, es sieht sehr böse für ihn aus. Aber er ist schlau, und er weiß sogar, wie man aus einem verschlossenen Zimmer entkommt.
| Автор | Enid blyton |
Die siamesische Katze von Frau Kentling hat den seltenen Namen «Dunkelschön». Sie ist sehr wertvoll – und plötzlich verschwunden. Nun wird der Dieb gesucht. Rolf, Flipp, Gina, Betti, Dicki und Scotch-Terrier Purzel beteiligen sich daran. Und mit Hilfe des Inspektors Jenks sind sie schneller, als der Polizist. Eine spannende Sache.
| Автор | Enid blyton |