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Five Run Away Together: 3 (The Famous Five Series I) Hardcover – 24 Jun. 1993

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Book 3 of 21: Famous Five

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Book 3 of 21

Famous Five
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188 pages
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English
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Award Publications Ltd
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24 Jun. 1993
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0861636864
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978-0861636860
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Award Publications Ltd; New edition (24 Jun. 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 188 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0861636864
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0861636860
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12 years, from customers

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Enid Blyton

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Enid Blyton is one of the most popular children's authors of all time. Her books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.

Enid Blyton adored writing for children. She wrote over 700 books and about 2,000 short stories. The Famous Five books, now 75 years old, are her most popular. She is also the author of other favourites including The Secret Seven, The Magic Faraway Tree, Malory Towers and Noddy.

Born in London in 1897, Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and loved dogs, gardening and the countryside. She was very knowledgeable about trees, flowers, birds and animals. Dorset - where some of the Famous Five's adventures are set - was a favourite place of hers too.

Enid Blyton's stories are read and loved by millions of children (and grown-ups) all over the world. Visit enidblyton.co.uk to discover more.

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Mette Kristiansen

exiting book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2023

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This was bedtime story for my 9 year old boy.

In his words, it was an amazing book and it was so great that my head almost exploded. He can’t wait to have the next book read aloud.

Mum: it’s great to revisit the books I read as a child and read them aloud for my own boy. At times it’s a bit old fashioned and certain things has to be explained. But it’s also opened up for some great discussions about how tons have changed .

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c mayes

Love this book and series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2014

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I love the book, but the problem is that you can't buy the whole series ,you can only buy one book at a time or all.the books and if you.buy the whole series of books separately then it comes to about 20-30 pound's
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The book is a great Book the famous five start of coming to there aunts house in kirrin and they have a placement cook because the outher was I'll and they don't like the cook and when gorges Luther falls I'll and her father rushes her to hospital things get worse and they all reside to run of to kirrin island.but who s waiting for them there

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Mark

Another great Enid Blyton book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2018

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Excellent book. I use it as a bedtime story book for my 8 year old daughter. The story is engaging and captivating and am always looking forward to the next chapter. I like how the children in the book portray strong as well as moral characteristics. They are excellent role models for behaviour and character

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Five run away together

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2021

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This was the first famous five book I read . I picked it up at Newbury Library, not sure I would like it. Turns out I did!! As usual the first book of a series I read, I find the most tense because I don't really know the authors style. After this read I was addicted to Enid Blyton. I would recommend this book for nine year olds that like adveture and fun. Given that I am nine, this is why I recommend it for nine year olds. I also recommend Malory Towers and St Clares. They are school adventure stories in case you didn't know. Famous five are fun and have life-like characters. Julian is strong and determind. Dick is a dreadful joker and has an ENORMOUS appetite. While, George longs to be a boy. Anne is quite and peaceful, hoping to have a normal life. Timothy, namely Timmy, is a brown mixed breed dog and a great guard. Gently, they become friends and have the most absured aventures. With this series you can float off into a world of mystery and adventure anywhere.

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Alexia Suarez

Famous Five 3: Five Run Away Together.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2012

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I chose this rating because when ever you finish a chapter you want to read on because it gets so exciting. You also don't know if something bad or good is going to happen.
There isn't anything I didn't really like but I liked when the children made echoes to scare the Sticks away and when they got a reward from the police.
I would recommend this book to people that like adventures and exciting things.

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Bob Nightingale

great bedtime reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2012

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We started reading famous five books to our 5 and 8 year old boys. It turns out that the books have lost none of their appeal with age and the kids absolutely love them They listen and imagine just as kids have done for decades. Major tip is don't buy a second one. If the kids like the first one , get a box set of them all as that is much better value.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2020

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It was such a thrilling adventure and such a good ending I enjoyed reading this book so much. I loved this book because it was a exciting,funny,adventurous and we'll written. It had such good descriptions.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2020

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Son had a new cover collection as listed here - I was sent the old one!

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Great Book for first timers

Reviewed in India on 5 February 2024

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Easy to read and understand . Already purchased book 2 to book 4 . Best from 10 years and above

Sooppa

Another good one!

Reviewed in the United States on 29 January 2019

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I’ve read these to my 8-year old son, since he was 6 and he loves them. This was one of our favorites and he’ll still mention the Stick family 8 months later. He’ll listen for hours at bedtime. We read books 1-7 back-to-back and enjoyed them, then jumped around. Our least favorite was #19 Demon’s Rock. It took too long to get into a mystery. We started to make jokes about Famous Five “All the do is picnic and talk about how delicious their apples are.” Now we read Enid Blyton’s “The mystery series” which we love even more. They jump right into mysteries without all the delicious, crusty bread and sweet plums :)

Famous Five series and The mystery series
Warning 1: A lot of odd old English sayings e.g. “Blow!” Or “Golly!” as exclamations and “I daresay...” or “let’s do a spot of picnicking!” I usually give my son a modern variation as well, mentioning that this is how people used to speak. He has never picked up that old fashioned language in his day-to-day talk, though I wondered if he would. It’s actually a great vocabulary-builder.

Warning 2: There are moments that are not PC. At first, I didn’t like that a character’s nickname was “fatty” in the Mystery series (his initials spell FAT). Or, in F5, that girls are supposed to be protected, weaker, or cook...But I use these as teaching moments - how people have learned to see, do and say things differently. About how people have fought hard for equality and that there is still a way to go. The parts I skip if I can is where they meet new friends (not in this particular book I’m reviewing) whose parents have died (hence they have a mean uncle/guardian who is up to no good and the F5 have to solve the mystery). However, this is no different from EVERY single Disney/Pixar movie where the protagonists’ parents die at the beginning - that bothers me much more! Most of us have already done our best at answering our kids’ questions about death, I don’t see why Hollywood wants to keep reminding them!

Anyone who hasn’t read Enid Blyton, I recommend starting with the Enchanted Wood (1st of 3) - it was magical to me as a kid, and it’s how my son started loving chapter books at age 5/6. First chapter may be difficult to get into for a few pages, so def start on a sleepy night or summarize info up to entering the magical woods.

DISCLAIMER: Enid Blyton wrote btn 1930s-1960s. In the 60s, she was accused of racism for books not mentioned here, as well as of sexism and xenophobia (it’s true that foreign people are seen as suspicious in a few stories.) I do not know enough about the accusations, but from what I’ve read (half F5 series, Enchanted Wood, Wishing Chair series, half Mystery Series), I believe the attitudes came from ignorance and a reflection of attitudes of the times, rather than maliciousness. I fight against ignorance and FOR acceptance of all people...but prejudice is still rife today, so talking to our kids about it, instead of brushing it under the carpet, while teaching compassion and understanding, can only help.

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Easy Read - Smart, Engaging Children

Reviewed in Japan on 9 October 2017

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Fun, consistent storytelling, with highly independent children who suss out what adults can't see.

Always easy to follow. Recommended for young readers, and for English language study.

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Mark M

excellent entertainment old school

Reviewed in Germany on 5 March 2015

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I read this book with my kids, 30 years after I read it myself as a kid, and I loved it as much as they did. Thank you Frau Blyton

javier pascual

Es la redaccion original!

Reviewed in Spain on 3 December 2014

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El libro se corresponde a su version original. Hasta la aparicion de esta seeie, el resto de las publicaciones eran versiones mas modernas. Aqui los 5 toman el te y beben cerveza de jengibre.

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