The Magic Faraway Tree Collection contains all three much-loved books (The Enchanted Wood; The Magic Faraway Tree; The Folk of the Faraway Tree) in the Faraway Tree series by the world’s best-loved children’s author, Enid Blyton.
The Enchanted Wood
In the first novel in the series, Jo, Bessie and Fanny (edited to Joe, Beth and Frannie in revised editions) move to live near a large forest, which the locals call “The Enchanted Wood”. One day they go for a walk in the wood and discover it really is enchanted. They encounter a group of elves who have been robbed of important papers by a gnome. They chase the gnome and recover the papers, but the gnome himself escapes up a huge tree whose branches seem to reach into the clouds. This is the Faraway Tree.
The Magic Faraway Tree
Dick (later Rick), the cousin of Jo, Bessie and Fanny, comes to stay and he joins the secret adventures in the lands of the Faraway Tree. Dick is not interested at first, but later on he becomes interested and gets into mischief. Together they venture into many new lands and have a lot of fun. For example, in the Land of Goodies, some houses are made of chocolate.
The Folk of the Faraway Tree
Connie, a spoilt and stuck-up girl, comes to stay for the summer with the three children while her mother is sick. At first, Connie refuses to believe in the Faraway Tree or the magical folk who live in it, even when the Angry Pixie throws ink at her and when Dame Washalot soaks her. When the children visit the lands at the top of the tree, Connie gets a few surprises. The Saucepan Man’s mother decides to live in the tree, leaving her job as a baker in Dame Slap’s land. She sets up a surprising cake shop in the tree.
