"short story titled ""The Secret of the Old Mill"". It followed an earlier short story, ""At Seaside Cottage"", which introduced the leading characters Peter and Janet prior to the formation of the society. There followed a further five short stories and fifteen full-length books. The Secret Seven appeared in seven short stories by Blyton, including a mini-novella explaining how the society was formed. These were left uncollected until 1997, when all but ""At Seaside Cottage"" were published in a single volume by Hodder Children's Books under the title of ""Secret Seven: Short Story Collection"". Scamper – Janet and Peter's pet"
"dog and beloved companion. He is not an official member of the Secret Seven, but the children count him as one, due to his regular usefulness in the denouement of the stories. He has temporarily filled in for members when they have left the group for any reason. He is a friendly golden English Cocker Spaniel. He loves food, especially biscuits. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Evelyne Lallemand wrote an additional series of 11 books about the Secret Seven, nine of which were translated into English by Anthea Bell and published in paperback by Knight Books. The English"
"Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, ""Child Whispers"", a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven and Malory Towers series. Following the commercial success of her"
"would have been impossible for a man of the apparent size of the thief. A similar strategy to the one used in this book - a small man using larger shoes to appear bigger than he is- was used by Blyton's ""Secret Seven"" book, ""Shock for the Secret Seven"", although there the criminal was a dog-napper rather than a thief. 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"
"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"
"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 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 on Timmy to prevent him from scratching the bad ear. George is annoyed when everyone starts teasing Timmy because of the collar, and she goes to the end of Carters Lane on the common to camp alone, free from people who laughed at Timmy."
"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 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,"
"The Secret Seven The Secret Seven or Secret Seven Society is a fictional group of child detectives created by Enid Blyton. They appear in one of several adolescent detective series Blyton wrote. The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head), Janet (Peter's Sister), Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and Colin. Jack's sister Susie and her best friend Binkie often make an appearance in the books; they hate the Secret Seven and delight in playing tricks designed to humiliate them, although much of this is fuelled by their almost obsessive desire to belong to the society. Unlike most other Blyton series,"
"eighth book in the Adventure series, ""The River of Adventure"", and her seventh Secret Seven novel, ""Secret Seven Win Through"". She completed the sixth and final book of the Malory Towers series, ""Last Term at Malory Towers"", in 1951. Blyton published several further books featuring the character of Scamp the terrier, following on from ""The Adventures of Scamp"", a novel she had released in 1943 under the pseudonym of Mary Pollock. ""Scamp Goes on Holiday"" (1952) and ""Scamp and Bimbo"", ""Scamp at School"", ""Scamp and Caroline"" and ""Scamp Goes to the Zoo"" (1954) were illustrated by Pierre Probst. She introduced"
"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"
"he was planning to write a book on the raid, 9 out of 10 replied ""What are you going to call the dog?"". He found that the three characters connected with the raid that most people had heard of were Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis and Nigger the dog. Nigger (dog) Nigger was a male black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron. Gibson owned the dog when he was previously a member of 106 Squadron. Nigger often accompanied Gibson on training flights and was a great favourite"
"The Mystery of the Hidden House The Mystery of the Hidden House is the sixth in the ""Five Find-Outers"" children's novels by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1948 by Methuen. Pip, Bets, Larry and Daisy had mistaken Ernest ""Ern"" Goon, Clear-Orf's nephew as their good friend Fatty in one of his disguises. They even called him Fatty and Bets gave him the Christmas present meant for Fatty, a notebook with his name on it. However, when Ern tells all this to Mr. Goon, the policeman suspects that the children are solving another mystery and asks their parents to"
"The Famous Five (novel series) The Famous Five is a series of children's adventure novels written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, ""Five on a Treasure Island"", was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children – Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina (George) – and their dog Timmy. The stories take place in the children's school holidays after they have returned from their respective boarding schools. Each time they meet they get caught up in an adventure, often involving criminals or lost treasure. Sometimes the scene is set close to George's family"
"tricky and money-grubbing personality, willing to swindle even his colleagues the Changelings (intelligent rats). However, over the course of the book, he develops a conscience and eventually sacrifices one of his nine lives to save his friend Dangerous Beans. He is last seen at the end of the book setting up a new scam, which seems to be related to the story of Dick Whittington. Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven novels. He possesses human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, as well as an extensive collection of diseases (including 'Licky end' which is only found in"
"Five Get into a Fix Five Get into a Fix is a children's novel written by Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1958. It is the seventeenth book in the Famous Five series. The novel begins with the four and their dog Timmy, having the worst Christmas holidays ever with coughs and colds at Julian’s house. To recover Julian’s mother sends them to a farmhouse in the Welsh mountains for the last week of their holiday. The Five had nearly reached their destination, when they get lost in the dark and drive up a dead-end driveway leading"
"he cares about; the Invisibility Cloak, in particular, can hide two full-grown people. If three fully-grown people hide under the cloak their feet will be visible. When Harry reaches his age of maturity at seventeen, Molly Weasley gives him a pocket watch which had once belonged to her brother Fabian Prewett, as it is traditional to give a boy a watch when he turns seventeen. Throughout the majority of the books, Harry also has a pet owl named Hedwig, used to deliver and receive messages and packages. Hedwig is killed in the seventh book, about which Rowling says: ""The loss"
"the afternoon, Mr Tupping hopped into the cage, rubbed the paint off the cat's tail with a rag soaked in turps, and then announced Dark Queen was gone! At last, Mr Tupping was caught and shown that he had been mixed up with dog thieving cases before. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944) is the second in the Five Find-Outers series of children's mystery novels by Enid Blyton. It was published by Methuen and Co Ltd and follows the first book in the series, ""The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage"". It tells of"
"translations were published between 1983 and 1986. The full French series is as follows: The first ever stage adaptation based on ""The Secret Seven"" opened in Chester at the city's new Storyhouse theatre from 1 December 2017. It received good reviews. An English Audio drama adaptation with some episodes was published. The Secret Seven The Secret Seven or Secret Seven Society is a fictional group of child detectives created by Enid Blyton. They appear in one of several adolescent detective series Blyton wrote. The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head), Janet (Peter's Sister), Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and"
"The Adventure Series The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet parrot, Kiki, is also a standard feature in each novel. The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. Although the publication dates span a decade, Blyton reportedly wrote each of the novels in less than a week. The colourful dust jackets and line illustrations were by Stuart Tresilian. Originally, the"
"The Adventure Series The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet parrot, Kiki, is also a standard feature in each novel. The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. Although the publication dates span a decade, Blyton reportedly wrote each of the novels in less than a week. The colourful dust jackets and line illustrations were by Stuart Tresilian. Originally, the"
"the rescue. When all of them return to the farm they find a party being arranged as it is Morgan’s birthday. The gamebook ""The Shuddering Mountain Game"" (1987) was based on this novel. Five Get into a Fix Five Get into a Fix is a children's novel written by Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1958. It is the seventeenth book in the Famous Five series. The novel begins with the four and their dog Timmy, having the worst Christmas holidays ever with coughs and colds at Julian’s house. To recover Julian’s mother sends them to a"
"Peter Lerangis. The stories which have Georgina Parker or Gina for short on them are from British author Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (1942-1963). She wrote 21 books. Television series were made in 1977 and again in 1995. The name Gina and eventually her full characteristics were based on the series. Other characters were transformed into Tin Goyenda by Hasan. The Famous Five series included two brothers and a sister whose cousin was ‘Georgina Kirrin’. These characters were transformed into the characters of Kishore, Musa & Robin. Their cousin Georgina had the dog named ‘Timmy’ which was called ‘Ruffian or"
"with treats, confessing to a friend that she was making up for the King being so strict towards him. Caesar died following an operation in April 1914. The Fabergé figurine now forms part of the Royal Collection, while Caesar was included in the sculptor of the King and Queen atop their tomb in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. In the sculpture, Caesar lies at the feet of the king. Caesar (dog) Caesar (1898–1914) was a Wire Fox Terrier owned by King Edward VII. He was bred in the kennels of Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle, and became the constant companion of"
"The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944) is the second in the Five Find-Outers series of children's mystery novels by Enid Blyton. It was published by Methuen and Co Ltd and follows the first book in the series, ""The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage"". It tells of a stolen cat the group of children work to uncover. Luke, a friend of the Five Find-Outers is working in the garden when Lady Candling's valuable siamese cat is stolen. The Five Find-Outers and Dog work to solve the case. It all takes place next door to"
"Selby's Secret Selby’s Secret is the first children's novel in the Selby series by Australian writer Duncan Ball, and was first published in 1985. It was reissued in 2004. Selby is the only talking dog in Australia – perhaps in the world. He longs to chat with his owners but fears loses his status as their beloved pet. Keeping his secret is not easy. Years after publication, the book won its first award, the 1987 Primary section in the Waybra Award. It also came fourth place in the 1987 Primary section of the Koala Awards. The book was also shortlisted"
"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"
"K9 is a robot dog acquired by ""Doctor Who""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s title character in the 1977 serial ""The Invisible Enemy"". The first two incarnations of the character travelled alongside the Fourth Doctor (portrayed by Tom Baker) until 1981. In these stories, K9 proved useful for the powerful laser weapon concealed in his nose, his encyclopaedic knowledge and his vast computer intelligence. By 1981, each of the two models of K9 which travelled alongside the Doctor had been left with one of the Doctor's female companions. The character subsequently transitioned into spin-off territory. Producers hoped K9's popularity with children would launch the series"
"to reuniting ex-servicemen with dogs and cats they knew from Afghanistan, Farthing through Nowzad has rescued animals to be adopted by members of the public once they are brought to the UK. Among these was a dog named Wylie, who was adopted by Sarah Singleton. The dog competed at Scruffts 2014, the non-pedigree competition run by The Kennel Club in the UK, where it was named dog of the year. Farthing later wrote a book about Wylie, entitled ""Wylie: The Brave Street Dog Who Never Gave Up"", which was published in 2014. The Charities Founder Pen Farthing was nominated for"
"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"
"The Mystery of Banshee Towers The Mystery of Banshee Towers by Enid Blyton is the last children's novel in a series of fifteen known collectively as ""The Five Find-Outers and Dog"". The series ran from the mid-1940s to this one, published in 1961. During a holiday from school, the children are told by their parents to spend their time visiting sites in the adjacent countryside, rather than spend their time in the village searching for mysteries. Together, they visit an old stately home (Banshee Towers) which is hosting a selection of famous sea paintings, which Ern and Little Bets love."