Best of all was the slippery-slip, a slide running in the middle of the tree which when it was time to go home, you select a plump cushion and slide all the way down to the bottom. The land changes regularly and the children have lots of adventures, some good, some bad in the lands which include the aforementioned Land of Magical Medicines, the Land of Presents and the Land of Bad Tempers.Īs I turned each page, memories came flooding back: the fact that the Magic Faraway Tree grows different fruits at any one time, the sound of the leaves in the Enchanted Wood (wisha-wisha), and the other characters, Dame Wash-a-lot, the Angry Pixie and Whatzisname. At the very top of the tree is a ladder leading into a cloud where a land will be. 3 children visit their friends, Silky, Moon-face and Saucepan Man, who live in the Magic Faraway Tree. The Magic Faraway Tree is a wonderful book. As soon as I heard the latch on the staircase, I would hurriedly take out my book and start reading. I used to read after my Mum and Dad had said goodnight, hiding the books under my pillow. It had no central heating and on odd days Jack Frost would appear in the windows. I remember reading this in our family's 200 year old cottage.
Flicking through the novel I saw the same illustrations that had delighted me as a child. I quickly purchased it and was delighted to receive it quickly.īooks can be so powerful. I hopped onto Ebay and as if by magic the exact edition I had a child was for sale. Last week, we were Quizmaster and whilst researching questions came across a question about the Land of Magical Medicines and at the risk of going all Alan Bennett, my mind was cast back to being a 5 year old child reading the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. Once a week our family members get together for a virtual pub quiz.
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