New Releases by Enid Blyton

Staying at Kirrin Cottage, it doesn''t take long for the Famous Five to come across a mystery. Kirrin Cottage is a rambling old house, with secret hiding places, and even an underground tunnel. The Five aren''t the only ones to make this discovery.

Este libro es el Libro 6 de la Colección IV（Famous Five） del Proyecto de Lectura de un Millón de Palabras en Inglés (the Million-Word Reading Project, MWRP), una serie de lecturas en inglés de nivel intermedio. Está dirigido a lectores que ya poseen un vocabulario básico de 1500 palabras en inglés. El Proyecto de Lectura de un Millón de Palabras en Inglés (MWRP) es un programa de mejora de la lectura en inglés diseñado específicamente para estudiantes que aprenden inglés como segundo idioma o lengua extranjera (ESL/EFL). Está orientado a lectores que ya dominan un vocabulario básico de aproximadamente 1500 palabras (equivalente a un nivel básico de inglés). Con unos 15 minutos de lectura diaria durante dos años, los lectores pueden alcanzar un nivel intermedio de inglés, dominar más de 3500 palabras y una gran variedad de expresiones, así como adquirir soltura en diversas estructuras oracionales y desarrollar la capacidad de leer obras literarias en inglés de nivel general. La siguiente tabla proporciona información detallada sobre las estadísticas del texto como referencia para el lector: Estadísticas del texto Valor de legibilidad || 87,21 Número total de palabras || 38.829 Número de palabras fuera de las 1500 || 1.941 Tasa de palabras nuevas (%) || 5 Tasa de repetición de palabras nuevas || 3,65 Resumen del Contenido This book is rewritten from Book 6 of THE FAMOUS FIVE - Enid Blyton’s most popular adventure series. The “Famous Five” are Georgina (preferred name George) and her dog, Timmy, with her three cousins, Julian, Dick and Anne. The Five hope to spend some fun time on Kirrin Island. But George’s father, Uncle Quentin, has borrowed their beloved island. He is doing some very secret experiments and he wants to be all alone on the island. He won’t let anyone visit - not even George and the rest of the Famous Five. But is Uncle Quentin really alone on the island? Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books have been translated into over 90 languages and are still enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

Twinkle the elf fears nothing - until he play a trick on Snorty the dragon and gets the fright of his life And while Janet and Malcolm go on a thrilling train journey, Tuffy the clown tries to be a hero and Pixie Pinnie paints a cow.

Join Sneaky the elf as he steals a growing spell and gets a terrible fright; or Snip and Snap the brownies as they play a trick on the REd Goblin; or lazy Kate as her bed takes her to school

The Famous Five investigate the creepy stories surrounding Whispering Island and discover they are not alone.

Features a contemporary cover treatment that brings The Famous Five into the 21st Century.

A collection of adventures in which a brave scarecrow saves Princess Peronel from kidnap; two naughty children eat some magic shrinking sweets, and Mollie pays a visit to a very special woman who makes her doll come to life.

Darrell Rivers is off to boarding school for the first time. She quickly settles down and makes new friends. But the first term is not all fun and Darrell has some tricky problems to cope with.

The Upper Fourth promises to be another exciting year at Malory Towers. This year there is the tension of exams but there is all the fun of the summer term as well, and the high spirits of a lively and imaginative form of girls.

Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep! And in the wood stands the magic Faraway Tree, and in that tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends - Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man. Together they visit the strange lands (the Roundabout Land, the Land of Ice and Snow, Toyland and the Land of Take What You Want!) which lie at the top of the tree and have the most exciting adventures - and narrow escapes!

When spook trains in the dead of the night in a tunnel, camping on the high moors turns into a thrilling seventh adventure for the famous five - Julian, Dick, George (Georgina), Anne and Timmy the dog.