The Magical Far Away Tree by Enid Blyton is still a very popular book today.
In my local charity bookshop, they sell many copies of
Enid Blyton books per week and by far this one is a favourite with young
children along with parents and grandparents.
What is the magic spell that overtakes a child when
they are immersed in the world of Joe, Beth, and Frannie?
I suppose we can all look back and remember our
supernatural inquisitiveness within our own childhoods for the answer.
A trip to the woods for many children today is a rare treat. In my own kinder years, I grew up a few minutes away from miles of woodland that provided the backdrop to many adventures. Including lying on a thick carpet of leaves and experiencing dappled streams of light hitting your body through the vast canopy above.
Trees are swarming with life and to climb a large tree
and to be encompassed by its strength, its layers of branches, is to be held
surely in the cradle of life. To see the wildlife come and go is evocative of
another world. A whole tree that is literally the tree of life.
In the storylines, we have lessons about the journey of life. At the base of the tree, I mean the book, is a desire to escape to another land. But even when the children do climb into another world, awful things still happen, along with wonderful things, all at the same time. C’est la vie.
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