![]() ![]() The Famous Five characters - adventure-seeker siblings Julian, Dick and Anne, their tomboy cousin George and Timmy the dog - spend their summer holidays together camping, hiking, swimming and picnicking. More than two million copies of the books are still sold every year and Enid Blyton's books are firm favourites with people of all ages with the series was even voted British adults’ favourite childhood books of all time in 2010. ![]() Toppsta's founder Georgina grew up on the Famous Five books, devouring them under the covers with a torch and still treasures her Famous Five collection to this day.Įnid Blyton’s first Famous Five book Five On a Treasure Island was published in 1942 the series quickly became a smash hit and she would go on to write twenty more between 19. The Five’s adventures, solving mysteries with the help of lashings of ginger beer, have enthralled youngsters since the 1940s and continue to be reinvented with new illustrations and numerous TV and film adaptations. ![]() ![]() Generations of children have grown up in the company of the Famous Five - one of the best-selling children’s book series of all time. ![]()
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