Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Re: Query regarding author. Message-ID: <478@baylor.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 11:15:55 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.478 Posted: Mon Aug 19 11:15:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:41:35 EDT References: <751@asgb.UUCP> <8500008@ada-uts.UUCP> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 14 > The author's name is indeed Enid Blyton, and while growing up in England > I read all her famous five books and numerous Secret seven. She > seemed to be quite popular at the time, but I have no idea how she is > faring now. If I remember rightly she also wrote the Noddy series > which was for very young children. I don't think I've ever seen any of > her books here in the United States, but I think they may have them in > Canada. I don't know about her other books but Noddy was "banned" in the US because it was "racist". I don't remember it well enough to comment further. -- Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076