Fairy Folk & Enchanted Woods

We have just finished reading over 500 pages of the Faraway Tree and Genevieve is begging for more!  This trilogy, which includes The Enchanted Wood; The Magic Faraway Tree; and The Folk of the Faraway Tree, is all about 3 kids who live at the edge of the Enchanted Woods – where the trees whisper secrets and the dearest fairy folk live.

Jo, Bessie and Fanny have many adventures in these woods and in particular up the huge tree, which houses folk like the Angry Pixie, Dame Washalot, and Mr Saucepan Man who lives with Mr Watzisname.  The children are especially good friends with Moon-Face and little Silky, who are always willing to share delicious Pop Biscuits and Google Buns – not to mention toffee shocks!  Moon-Face’s home, near the top of the tree has a slide spiralling down the centre of the tree to the very bottom– called the slippery-slip.

What’s more is that the children’s adventures take them further up the Faraway Tree, above its highest branches to explore the lands above.  Image places called the Land of Take-What-You-Want, the Land of Topsy-Turvy, and best of all the Land of Birthdays! It’s enchanting to know that books that were originally written in the 1930’s are still favourites in our bustling world of superheroes.