"and hide and watch whether there was anything queer about the cottage. They also find that the strange behavior of the ""boy"" was because there were twins, Guy and Harry Lawdler. But Julian and Dick discover that the cottage is not abandoned after all... Five on a Secret Trail Five on a Secret Trail is the fifteenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1956. George is worried as her dog, Timmy, has hurt his ear. She pays a visit to the vet, and he tells her to place a round cardboard collar"
"Five Go Off to Camp Five Go Off To Camp is the seventh novel in the Famous Five children's adventure series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1948, and was followed by a number of reprints and translations. The story revolves around mysterious ""spook trains"" that the Five hear about on a lonely moor. The book has been adapted to two television series. Julian, Dick, George (Georgina by rights), Anne and Timothy the dog (the Famous Five) are planning to go camping in a moor with the absent-minded and insect-loving Mr Luffy, a master at Julian and Dick's"
"Five Find-Outers The Five Find-Outers and Dog, also known as The Five Find-Outers, is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton and first published between 1943 and 1961. Set in the fictitious village of Peterswood based on Bourne End, close to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the children Larry (Laurence Daykin), Fatty (Frederick Trotteville), Pip (Philip Hilton), Daisy (Margaret Daykin), Bets (Elizabeth Hilton) and Buster, Fatty's dog, encounter a mystery almost every school holiday, always solving the puzzle before Mr Goon, the unpleasant village policeman, much to his annoyance. At the beginning of the series Larry is 13, Fatty, Pip"
"Vanished Prince"". Five Find-Outers The Five Find-Outers and Dog, also known as The Five Find-Outers, is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton and first published between 1943 and 1961. Set in the fictitious village of Peterswood based on Bourne End, close to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the children Larry (Laurence Daykin), Fatty (Frederick Trotteville), Pip (Philip Hilton), Daisy (Margaret Daykin), Bets (Elizabeth Hilton) and Buster, Fatty's dog, encounter a mystery almost every school holiday, always solving the puzzle before Mr Goon, the unpleasant village policeman, much to his annoyance. At the beginning of the series Larry is 13,"
"Five on a Treasure Island Five on a Treasure Island (published in 1942) is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in ""The Famous Five"" series. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Eileen Soper. It has been suggested that the book was influenced by L. T. Meade's 1892 book ""Four on an Island"", which also recounts a story of four related children including a tomboy along with a dog living on an island with a shipwreck. When siblings Julian, Dick and Anne learn that they cannot go for their usual summer holiday"
"Millie (dog) Mildred ""Millie"" Kerr Bush (January 12, 1985 – May 19, 1997) was the pet English Springer Spaniel of Barbara and George H. W. Bush. She was named for Mildred Caldwell Kerr, a long-time friend of the Bushes, which is also the name of Kerr's granddaughter, Millie Kerr. Millie was referred to as ""the most famous dog in White House history."" Bush mentioned her in a speech during his 1992 bid for re-election, saying ""My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos"" in reference to opposition candidates Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Millie is credited"
"The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters was one of the novels in Enid Blyton's ""The Five Find-Outers"" series, published in 1946. The Five Find Outers - Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pip and Bets, and their Scottie dog, Buster, are shocked when someone starts sending anonymous spiteful letters to several people in their village of Peterswood. Pip and Bets are involved when their young maid Gladys receives one of the letters, which reveals a secret - her parents are in prison for theft and she has lived in a girls home. Frightened and distraught, Gladys leaves"
"Five Go to Mystery Moor Five Go to Mystery Moor (published in 1954) is a popular children's book written by Enid Blyton. It is the thirteenth novel in the Famous Five series of books. George and Anne are spending their holiday at a riding school called ""Captain Johnson's Riding School"" by themselves. There, George meets a girl called Henrietta (also called Henry) who is similar to her in that she likes being a boy. One day, George and Anne hear about gypsies across ""Mystery Moor"" and become very curious about it. But when Julian and Dick decide to come to"
"The dog acquired a reputation for chasing cars, hence the name. The dog became so famous that at one point he was kidnapped by rival students from UCLA, who shaved their school's letters into his fur. He was run over and killed by a car in 1950. In his notes to the Mobile Fidelity release, Austin says that the five ages of George Leroy Tirebiter are: In 1971, ""Dwarf"" was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. In 2005, ""Dwarf"" was added to the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings that ""are culturally, historically, or aesthetically"
"and ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), and appeared in the television series ""Our Miss Brooks"" with Eve Arden; Cleo, a basset hound who was in the film ""Bell, Book and Candle"" (1957) and in Jackie Cooper's 1950s television show, ""The People's Choice""; Arnold Ziffel, the pig from ""Green Acres""; the chimps from ""Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp"", the dog and two cats from ""The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty"", Tramp the dog of ""My Three Sons"" and many of Elly May Clampett's exotic ""critters"" on ""The Beverly Hillbillies"". Possibly his most famous animal was Higgins, a fluffy brown mutt he rescued from"
"First Lady Laura Bush. She moved into the White House as a ten-week-old puppy on January 6, 2005, shortly before the beginning of President Bush's second term in office. The First Lady and her daughters Barbara and Jenna Bush named their new dog after a character from Oliver Butterworth's 1956 children's book, ""The Enormous Egg"". Miss Beazley and the Bushes' first Scottish Terrier, Barney, became well known United States presidential pets. In 2005, Miss Beazley and Barney were featured in the White House Christmas video, ""A Very Beazley Christmas"", for her first holiday in the White House. Miss Beazley continued"
"as the author of ""Millie's Book"", which was released in August 1990 and reached #1 on the ""New York Times"" bestseller nonfiction list that same year. In 1989, Millie gave birth to a litter of six puppies with the assistance of U.S. Army veterinarian Stephen Caldwell, including Spot Fetcher and Ranger, who became President George H. W. Bush's dog. Ranger was euthanized in April 1993 due to cancer. Spot would later become another presidential pet when George W. Bush moved into the White House. Millie was portrayed in an episode of ""Murphy Brown"" as well as an episode of ""Wings"""
"Five Go to Smuggler's Top Five Go to Smuggler's Top is the fourth book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton. The Five are sent away to Smuggler's Top, the home of Mr Lenoir, a fellow-scientist of Uncle Quentin, after a tree blows onto Kirrin Cottage. Smuggler's Top is a weird house in a town surrounded by dangerous marsh. They meet Pierre ""Sooty"" Lenoir (Julian's and Dick's schoolmate and the son of Mr Lenoir) and his half-sister Marybelle. Mr Lenoir hates dogs, so Timmy has to spend his time there hidden in secret passages. The boys"
"in a speech on October 9, 1974 in a tribute to William Scranton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Liberty (dog) Honor's Foxfire Liberty Hume (February 8, 1974 – 1984) (AKC Registration Number SB578950) was the Golden Retriever Presidential pet of Betty Ford and Gerald Ford. Liberty was born February 8, 1974 and given to the president as an 8-month-old puppy by his daughter Susan Ford and new White House photographer David Hume Kennerly in the fall of 1974. The breeder of the dark gold pup was Ann (Avis) Friberg of Mount Vernon, Washington. Liberty was frequently photographed with Ford in the Oval"
"The Mystery of the Invisible Thief The Mystery of the Invisible Thief is a novel written by Enid Blyton. It is the 8th in the popular ""The Five Find-Outers"" mystery series also known as the ""Five Find-Outers and Dog"". The Five Find-Outers are having a chance tea at a local gymkhana with Inspector Jenks and his goddaughter Hilary when a robbery occurs in a nearby large house. The mysterious robber disappears from the scene of the crime without a trace - as if he were invisible and cannot be found. The robbed house turns out to be that of Hilary,"
"Five Get into Trouble Five Get into Trouble is the eighth novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1949. In this novel, Dick gets kidnapped, mistaken for another boy whose name is Richard. The Famous Five track him down to a lonely, out-of-the-way house, but they are seized and imprisoned too. The five are allowed to go on a cycling holiday after a lot of argument. While there, they meet a boy called Richard Kent. His father is rich but fierce and once had a bodyguard named Rookie, whom Richard didn't like and"
"room."" The dog, named Kuroki, was a French bull terrier which became famous when Bookstaver took him for a walk in 1915 ""without any muzzle over his inconsequential nose,"" (as reported by ""The New York Times"") a violation of health regulations. Her lawyer Bertha Rembaugh argued ""as long as children weren't muzzled dogs should not be …"" The case failed, and Bookstaver paid a fine. Also in 1915 she sold her deceased father's house, a four-story townhouse that still stands at 24 East 64th Street, New York City. She was later on the Board of Directors of New York Women's"
"the stables and hear about the gypsies, the fun begins. The four children meet a blacksmith who tells them a story about ""Mystery Moor."" The four children decide to follow the gypsies and camp on the moor. There is something strange happening on ""Mystery Moor"". The Famous Five risk their lives and follow the gypsies across the moor—but will the trail lead to danger? Five Go to Mystery Moor Five Go to Mystery Moor (published in 1954) is a popular children's book written by Enid Blyton. It is the thirteenth novel in the Famous Five series of books. George and"
"Five on a Hike Together Five on a Hike Together is the tenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1951. Two pupils at Julian’s and Dick’s school win a scholarship, so that the school gets extra holidays. Because Anne and George have a mid-term break at the same time the Five decide immediately to go for a hike across the countryside. Julian plans to spend their first night at a bed and breakfast called Blue Pond Farm-House, but on the way there Timmy falls into a rabbit burrow and damages his leg."
"popularised in UK with the writings of Enid Blyton, such as ""The Famous Five"" books. A selection of references to British culture in the Agent Z books: Sainsbury’s; Tescos; the Co-op; Arsenal; The Brownies; ""knocked for six""; ""playing Oranges and Lemons""; ""half-chewed Penguin""; ""robbing Barclays""; Horse of the Year Show; ""sent back to Dartmoor""; ""FA Cup Final""; ""Match of the Day""; ICI; Max Bygraves. Agent Z Agent Z is a fictitious character in a series of four comical children's books written by British author Mark Haddon, better known for his 2003 novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the"
"to his editors at Doubleday in 2014 as ""Enid Blyton meets Lovecraft"". When they didn't recognize Blyton's name, he changed that reference to the Scooby Gang. Although the members of the Blyton Summer Detective Club are based in stereotypes present in many children detective series (the team composition of two boys, two girls, and a dog fits both Blyton's The Famous Five series and ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?""), the protagonist, Andy Rodriguez, a butch Latina lesbian, was still modeled after George, the tomboy from The Famous Five. Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, and The Hardy Boys are also referenced in different"
"was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Pet Records. ""The richest dog on record was a standard poodle named 'Toby', who was left the modern equivalent of £15 million in the will of his eccentric American owner, Miss Ella Wendel, who died in New York in 1931."" Since then Toby was listed in multiple Guinness books as the ""richest dog."" When the real Tobey died in 1933, his obituary was published in the New York Times under the headline ""ELLA WENDEL'S DOG DIES AT OLD HOME; Tobey, Last of Long Line, Had Exclusive Play Rights in Valuable 5th Av. Yard."
"The British Royal Family also favoured these dogs; King George V owned a dog named Jack. In 1959 one Sunday newspaper reported in the UK: ""A notice has been posted in Clarence House and Windsor Castle giving explicit instructions that when Princess Margaret has breakfast in bed, her two Sealyhams must be brought to the room along with her breakfast tray."" These two dogs were called Pippin and Johnny, and were looked after by the Queen Mother when Princess Margaret fell ill. In the 1960s, children's author Maurice Sendak owned a Sealyham named Jennie, which he featured in his 1967"
"and a dog, and my concern is that modern kids who watch this will think that the Famous Five is all about gadgets and multi-culturalism."" Blyton's biographer, Barbara Stoney told the ""Daily Mail"", ""I am not in favour. How can you say it is Enid Blyton when it is nothing like her original stories and the characters are not the same? I don't think Enid Blyton would have appreciated too much the mucking around with her stuff."" Tony Summerfield, also of the Enid Blyton Society, stated ""The only loose connection is that they are the Famous Five's offspring. Inevitably, anything"
"The Institute of World Politics on April 21, 2015. Hoover received his first dog from his parents when he was a child, after which he was never without one. He owned many throughout his lifetime and became an aficionado especially knowledgeable in fine breeding of pedigrees, particularly Cairn Terriers and Beagles. He gave many dogs to notable people, such as Presidents Herbert Hoover (no relation) and Lyndon B. Johnson, and buried seven canine pets, including a Cairn Terrier named Spee De Bozo, at Aspen Hill Memorial Park, in Silver Spring, Maryland. From the 1940s, rumors circulated that Hoover, who was"
"Lassie had a Basset friend named Pokey early in the ""Lassie"" television series. Other famous TV Bassets are the wisecracking Cleo from ""The People's Choice"", Columbo's dog Dog, and the sheriff's dog Flash in ""The Dukes of Hazzard"". Basset Hounds are often used as advertising logos. The logo for Hush Puppies brand shoes prominently features a Basset Hound whose real name is Jason. Basset hounds are occasionally referred to as ""hush puppies"" for that reason. A basset hound also serves as the companion to the lonely Maytag Man in Maytag appliance advertisements. Tidewater Petroleum advertised its ""Flying A"" gasoline using"
"inauguration some vandals destroyed it. Consequently, the mayor of Borgo San Lorenzo commissioned to Salvatore Cipolla a new statue, this time in bronze, which replaced the first one and that is still today in Piazza Dante. Fido is not the only dog to have become famous for public acts of extreme dedication to an individual person. Other dogs with very similar stories have captured the collective imagination, including the Japanese dog Hachikō, the American Shep, and the Scottish Greyfriars Bobby. Fido (dog) Fido (1941 – June 9, 1958) was an Italian dog that came to public attention in 1943 because"
"hangs out of the side of it. Karen Quigley was so inspired by the story of her dog Elwood, that she wrote a children's book about him, and it was called ""Everyone Loves Elwood."" Elwood quickly grew to fame with his ""ugliest dog"" honor, and his face began to pop up in the media everywhere. He was found in newspapers in the United States, Germany, London, Australia, Ireland, Chile, Spain, Canada, and possibly other countries as well. Elwood (dog) Elwood (2005 – November 28, 2013) was the 2007 winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, and had come in second"
"She lives in Spencer, Iowa. In 1988, Myron found an 8-week-old kitten left in the library drop box on a bitterly cold night. She took care of him, naming him Dewey. (His full name was Dewey Readmore Books.) The staff made him the library cat. He lived until 2006, making friends with many library patrons and becoming internationally famous after his story was reported in various outlets. He was so popular that he was featured on postcards for sale by Friends of the Library, and raised funds of some by May 2005. His obituary was carried by 250 newspapers, including"
"Five Go to Billycock Hill Five Go to Billycock Hill is the sixteenth novel in the ""Famous Five"" series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1957. The Five are camping again, this time on Billycock Hill, which is near the farm of Toby, a boy who thought he was a hero. When Jeff, a Royal Air Force-pilot and Toby's cousin, flies off late on a stormy night with the newest aeroplane which is full of secrets, the Five are stunned. The media claims Jeff has flown away and people think he is a traitor. Could Jeff really be"
"him ""a bit weird"" as a result. At his Kentish farm, he owned sheep, pigs, goats, donkeys, ducks, chickens, geese, ferrets, bats, mice, and dogs. Two of O'Grady's pet dogs became well known to the British public through appearances on ""The Paul O'Grady Show""; the first was Buster Elvis Savage, a Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise cross. A rescue dog, Buster was euthanised in November 2009 after a struggle with cancer. O'Grady dedicated the second volume of his autobiography to Buster, describing him as ""The greatest canine star since Lassie."" A second dog, the Cairn Terrier Olga, also attracted attention; in 2013"
"Portrait of Charles V with a Dog The Portrait of Charles V with a Dog is a portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor with a hunting dog, painted by Titian in 1533. It passed from Charles to the Spanish royal collection, from which it passed to its present owner, the Prado. It is a copy or reinterpretation of a portrait of Charles painted in 1532 by Jakob Seisenegger. That portrait was natural but had not pleased its subject and so during his stay in Bologna in 1533 (when Titian also happened to be there) Charles paid Titian 500 ducats"
"Five on Finniston Farm Five on Finniston Farm is the eighteenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1960. This summer the Famous Five are all set to spend their holidays at Finniston Farm as paying guests. Having arrived there, the five are greeted by a pleasant Mrs Philpot and her unfriendly twin children Henry and Harriet often referred to as the Harries who look alike, talk alike and seem to take an instant dislike to the five. The five also get to meet their fellow pair of paying guests an American Mr"