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From: chris@ada-uts.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Query regarding author.
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 09:16:00 EDT
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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.
She was certainly very prolific with many more than 20 Famous fives,
as many Secret sevens, and various other fairy tale type books for young
children.  Now that I come to think of it, I think she may have had
another series of young detectives that called themselves "the finder-
outers" or something like that and the books were always called
"The mysterious ____".  As an aside, I think for some time her books were
frowned upon as being a bad influence on children because the characters
would sometimes use slang common at the time.
Also, she was British.

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