Adventure series: The Island of Adventure (Series #1) (Paperback)

from DaveLaw

great series of books and its great to re-read after 30 odd years. The Island of Adventure is I think one of the weaker titles in the "adventure" series but it does introduce you to the characters that re-appear in the later titles.

from AbigailAdams26

The first in a series of eight books detailing the adventures of a group of children and their avian companion, The Island of Adventure (first published in 1944) introduces young readers to Philip and Dinah Mannering, Jack and Lucy-Ann Trent, and Kiki the parrot. When Jack and Lucy-Ann come to st...

from SilverThistle

I LOVED this book when I first read it all those years ago. LOVED! It was my favourite book, back in the day. I still have my cloth bound HB from back then and I can't see me ever parting with it.

from benfulton

One dimensional, formulaic, simplistic, class-conscious, yadda yadda yadda. That's what most reviewers say about Enid Blyton's books, but if you take them as they are, that is as childish fantasies, they're terrific. Secret passages, tunnels under the sea, castles, hidden rooms, every daydream a ...

from LibraryLou

I love this series of books and have recently been listening to them in the car, which has bought back lots of memories. I also found all of my original copies in the drawer at my Grandma's house, right where I left them when I was a child the last time I stayed over!