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There have also been several film and television adaptations of the Famous Five: by the Children's Film Foundation in 1957 and 1964, Southern Television in 1978–79, and Zenith Productions in 1995–97. [7] The series was also adapted for the German film Fünf Freunde, directed by Mike Marzuk and released in 2011. [167] Bhimani, Nazlin (19 June 2012), "Enid Blyton, educationalist", Institute of Education, University of London, archived from the original on 2 May 2014 , retrieved 30 April 2014 Latin American Indian Literatures Journal. Dept. of Foreign Languages at Geneva College. 6: 10. 1990. {{ cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help)

I shut my eyes for a few minutes, with my portable typewriter on my knee– I make my mind a blank and wait– and then, as clearly as I would see real children, my characters stand before me in my mind's eye... The first sentence comes straight into my mind, I don't have to think of it– I don't have to think of anything. [68] Joel Chandler Harris 1845 or 48 -- 1908". Eaton Literary Festival. Eatonton, Georgia. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29 . Retrieved 2008-06-01. Short biography of Joel Chandler Harris with photograph The Enid Blyton Trust for Children was established in 1982, with Imogen as its first chairman, [113] and in 1985 it established the National Library for the Handicapped Child. [7] Enid Blyton's Adventure Magazine began publication in September 1985 and, on 14 October 1992, the BBC began publishing Noddy Magazine and released the Noddy CD-Rom in October 1996. [1] She felt she had a responsibility to provide her readers with a strong moral framework, so she encouraged them to support worthy causes. In particular, through the clubs she set up or supported, she encouraged and organised them to raise funds for animal and paediatric charities.

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Despite its name, the society provided accommodation for pre-school infants in need of special care. [87] From the mid-1950s rumours began to circulate that Blyton had not written all the books attributed to her, a charge she found particularly distressing. She published an appeal in her magazine asking children to let her know if they heard such stories and, after one mother informed her that she had attended a parents' meeting at her daughter's school during which a young librarian had repeated the allegation, [80] Blyton decided in 1955 to begin legal proceedings. [1] The librarian was eventually forced to make a public apology in open court early the following year, but the rumours that Blyton operated "a 'company' of ghost writers" persisted, as some found it difficult to believe that one woman working alone could produce such a volume of work. [81] Charitable work [ edit ]