Among her best known series’ are adventure stories The Famous Five and The Secret Seven and school stories Malory Towers and St Clares. The stories were adapted for television in 1997, and Neal Street Productions announced they were developing a film adaptation in 2014.Įnid Blyton wrote around 700 books during her life. It was swiftly followed by The Magic Faraway Tree (1943), The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946), and Up the Faraway Tree (1951). The first book in the faraway tree series, The Enchanted Wood (1939), was an instant bestseller. The tree first appears in Blyton’s earlier novel, The Yellow Fairy Book (1936). I havent included stage or theatre productions unless they were filmed. The Faraway tree itself was inspired by the cosmic Yggdrasil tree, an immense ash tree that connects the nine parallel worlds in the Norse universe. This is a (roughly) chronological list of Enid Blytons works adapted for TV and film. As a child, Blyton was fascinated by Norse mythology. Instead, her characters and plots formed by themselves. Each land takes them on fantastical adventures, but they must climb back down the ladder before the land drifts away and traps them there.Įnglish author, Enid Blyton (1897-1968), said she never planned her stories. As far back as 2014 there were reports that the series would be adapted for the big screen, but nothing had been heard since, not until this week. At the very top, they discover a ladder leading to different magical lands. There has been talk of a Faraway Tree movie for at least a few years now.
Inside, they find a tree so tall that its branches reach into the clouds. After moving into their new house, Jo, Bessie and Fannie discover an Enchanted Woods on their doorstep.
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