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This tree grows so high that it reaches special clouds that contain magical lands which visit every now and again and rest on the top-most branches.
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Dame Washalot is her name and she gets rid of the spent water by simply emptying it down the tree so Dick learns another valuable lesson. How do you think books can inspire our imagination and take us to new places, even if we can't go there?The tree is so tall that its topmost branches reach into the clouds and it is wide enough to contain small houses carved into its trunk.
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In October 2014, it was announced that the books will be adapted for the cinema for the first time and are being developed for a live action film version by Sam Mendes' production company, Neal Street Productions. Even her older brother and sister are soon won over by the magic of the Faraway Tree and the extraordinary places they discover above it, including the Land of Unicorns. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Watzisname 'pummelling them as if he were beating carpets' and the Saucepan Man throwing his saucepans at them. They go to the wood to meet Jo, Bessie and Fanny and meet some of the wood's residents, including Silky and Moon Face.Jo has a rather trying time in one place they visit because it's the Land of Topsy-Turvy and when he is rather aggressive with a policeman he's immediately turned upside down and has to walk on his hands. Dame Slap, who runs a school for bad pixies which, in some of the adventures, the friends accidentally land in. Further up they meet the little elf known as Silky and Dick thinks she is the loveliest creature he has ever seen.
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton - BBC KS1 / KS2 English: The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton - BBC
Yes, the magical lands are enticing and varied and here's a few more to whet the appetite — the Land of Do-What-You-Please, the Land of Goodies and the Land of Tempers.
The Enchanted Wood (1939), The Magic Faraway Tree (1943) and The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946) are the original Faraway Tree books written by Enid Blyton.