Overly Long Name: Mr. Watizname's real name is Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo, as revealed in the Land of Secrets. It's probably not English. The film adaptation of the Famous Five may already be on the way, but now another set of Enid Blyton’s much loved characters are to make their way on to the big screen. Fanservice: Our heroes are captured by evil snowmen. Their solution is to stoke the fire in the room in which they're held prisoner. It gets so hot that Fanny wishes at one point that she could "take everything off". Cue the curiosity of young boy readers... Only One Name: You never find out the children's surname, and none of the Faraway Tree residents appear to have surnames. Or in the case of Mr. Watizname and Dame Washalot, any first names. Marlene Johnson, head of children’s books at Hachette, said: “Enid Blyton was a passionate advocate of children’s storytelling, and The Magic Faraway Tree is a fantastic example of her creative imagination.”

The deal for the film adaptation was signed with publishers Hachette, who acquired the Enid Blyton estate, made up of over 800 novels and short stories, in 2012. Once there were two children called Robin and Joy." This is how the fourth of the Faraway Tree series begins in Sunny Stories of July 23rd, 1948. It was in picture-strip form and there were four panels per issue. Due to the popularity of the previous Faraway Tree tales it was fairly obvious that Up the Faraway Tree might also be welcomed as a dedicated book and this took place in 1951. Because of the format the book might not be classed on par with the first three Faraway Tree volumes but that's purely a matter of how you see it. Robin and Joy initially distance the theme by a factor of one and viewed as a whole it might even be considered as a story within a story. The bonus is that the reader is inundated with a host of the lovely Dorothy Wheeler pictures and who could complain about that?In July, UK production company, Working Title, acquired the theatrical rights to the whole library of the Famous Five series, spanning more than 20 titles, with the intention of making a live-action film series based around the books. Old Vic Productions have also confirmed they had acquired stage rights to Famous Five and were looking to launch a musical version of the five’s adventures. The books themselves also underwent a “language update” in 2011, to make them more relatable for a new generation of readers. Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Angry Pixie is a pixie with a Hair-Trigger Temper, Dame Washalot is a woman who enjoys washing clothes to the point that she'll clean the leaves of the Faraway Tree if she has nothing else to wash, and Moon-Face is a man with a round, moon-like face. Punny Name: Most of the folks living in the tree; Moon Face has a face shaped like a round moon, Silky has fine silky hair, Mr. Wazitsname doesn't know his true name, and so on. Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.

Review by Terry Gustafson Brief Summary by Robert Houghton: Two children, Robin and Joy read a book of exciting stories about Jo, Bessie and Fanny and the wonderful Faraway Tree and determine to go and visit the children from the book and share in their adventures. So off they go and have fun climbing the tree, meeting the people who live there, and visiting magical lands like the Land of Roundabouts and Swings, the Land of Magic, and the Land of Castles as well as having a party in the Land of Cakes!Tomboy and Girly Girl: It's very subtle, but Fanny seems to be more of a Tomboy, and Bessie is more of a Girly Girl. Pippa Harris, who co-founded Neal Street Productions with Sam Mendes, said: “The Magic Faraway Tree is one of the most loved children’s books series from an iconic author whose work has been adored by generations. To be able to adapt these for the big screen is incredibly exciting.” Berserk Button: The Angry Pixie hates it when people look in his window when they're climbing up the Faraway Tree. In 1997, The Faraway Tree was adapted into the first season of Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands, an animated series created for the BBC by Cosgrove Hall. The Saucepan Man mishearing something due to carrying all that saucepan on him. And then getting into all sorts of hijinks that the other characters have to drag him out.

Slightly averted with the Saucepan Man; his land moves on while he's visiting the Faraway Tree, but he's more than content to move in with Mr. Watizname.Hair of Gold: Silky's hair is very blond and beautiful, and she's easily the sweetest person in the entire series. Some of the worlds in the Faraway Tree shows up in another Blyton book, The Wishing Chair. Such as Topsy-Turvy Land and the Land of Goodies. The Voiceless: The third book had Connie losing her voice after trying to eavesdrop in the Land of Secrets. The following adventure have the children trying to find a way to restore her voice in the Land of Enchantments. Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Blyton, Enid (illustrator). Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to inside corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; One day, Robin and Joy read about the Magic Faraway Tree in a book and decide to go meet Joe, Beth and Frannie themselves. The five children have all sorts of exciting adventures together, including being captured by the Enchanter Red-Cloak in the Land of Castles, a birthday treat for Joy in the Land of Wishes, and a delicious visit to the Land of Cakes! Discover a magical new world with Moon-Face, Saucepan Man and Silky the Fairy. - from the cover. The Saucepan Man showed up in another Blyton book, The Book of Brownies, where he befriends the three brownies after they escape from an evil dwarf sorceror. It's implied that Brownies is set before any of the Faraway Tree books.