Are you among the people who has grown up with or is growing up with Enid Blytons?
Have you experienced the magic of Blyton’s world? Have you been lost in the worlds atop the Faraway Tree or imagined yourself in Malory Towers or St Clare’s? Have the escapades of Famous Five or Secret Seven left you wishing for similar adventures?
Tell us why you love Enid Blyton and win your favourite Enid Blyton book. 
Yes, share with us (and other Blyton fans) your favourite Enid Blyton book, character or even incident. Tell us about a prank or incident inspired by her works or simply tell us how she made a difference to your life (howsoever small or big). Write about your first experience with Enid Blyton or your kid’s first experience (if you are a parent). Look into your heart and let your imagination run wild.
The top 3 entries (judged by our Review Panel) will win a copy of one of Blyton’s classics. So hurry! Share your book love and win some great books 
Contest Rules
No great rules. Too many restrictions always inspire rebellion as Blyton would show.
So in the true Blyton spirit, we have kept the rules very very simple. Just send you entries before midnight (IST) on March 20, 2011.
Make sure they are your own, not plagiarised. Remember it is the experience that counts; we are not testing your writing skills here.
You can use any medium to express your Blyton love. Colours, visuals, words. Let your imagination run wild.
If you are an INDIAreads employee (or family member of an INDIAreads employee) or on our Review panel (or family member of our review panel) you cannot participate in the contest. Everyone else can. Age no bar, sex no bar, profession no bar. Just makes sure you are staying within India.
You can leave your entries as comments to this post, paste them on the INDIAreads facebook page or simply send them via email to ls.puia@indiareads.com
Do send us your full name and email id.
Names of the winners will be announced on March 22, 2011. The winners will be sent a list of Blyton titles that they can choose from.
That’s it! Like we said, we are keeping it simple in the true Blyton spirit.
February 24th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Hi, I am Rupal Shah from Mumbai
I read my first Enid Blyton in class 3. Actually it was the first book I ever read. I mean first book aside from the usual AbCs and school books. It was some Noddy title. Do not ask me which one, I do not remember. I hated books. The only reason I started reading that Noddy was because it was a gift from my favorite uncle. He had promised to take me out for ice creams for every weekend for the next one month if I finished the book. Which 7 year old could resist the offer? It took me a week to finish the book and won me lots of ice creams. But it won me something much bigger too. The love of reading. After that I devoured every single Noddy that I could find and then graduated to other books. I read many books over my school years but I made sure to never let any Enid Blyton pass. Thanks Montu Uncle. I am sorry I lost the Noddy book but this post is especially for you.
February 24th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
The Faraway Tree…It’s magic!!!
February 25th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Good idea! Yeah Yeah Enid Blyton!
February 28th, 2011 at 11:36 am
I hv a whole lotta Blyton experience to share but then your contest seems restricted. If stay in New Zealand. Can I participate? Am sure you guys will love my stories.
February 28th, 2011 at 11:36 am
I had sent in my entry last Friday to your email id. Just wanted to confirm if you have recd it?
March 1st, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Hey Cameroon,
We would love to hear of your Blyton experiences but unfortunately you can’t participate in the contest. It’s only for people staying in India. But do share your Blyton stories
March 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 am
I love Enid Blytons for their simplicity. I think her charm lies in the fact that she teaches you to enjoy the small things in life….to not live for those big glorious moments to be happy. I think that’s a lesson we have all forgotten in today’s world. We have become too materialistic. Being ambitious is not a bad thing, neither is earning money. But often we get so caught in this drive to be on the top that we forget to enjoy the little moments that lead up to it. Life i full tiny treasures – there are enough moments and things to cherish, one only has to see them. For me that is the joy of an Enid Blyton. She taught me how to smile. I am well into my middle age but even today when I am feeling low, I just pick up an Enid Blyton and by the end of it life seems less blue.
March 5th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Enid Blyton was all I ever read while I was growing up. Now that I think about it, I did not actively seek out her books, but when I was let loose in the library, every title or book cover that caught my eye, just happened to be a book by Ms. Blyton. I remember finishing the last paper of my Class 4 exams and running all the way to the library. I picked up the Faraway Tree, and ran home to start reading. I still remember how much I laughed while reading that book. Her books are never violent, never silly. Her children have their faults, they are naughty, they are repentant, they may lie, they may hurt each other, but they all learn how to be honest and kind. It isn’t just the children, everyone learns something in her world. And Ms. Blyton could write for children of all ages! How did she do that! What a wonderful, patient, kind person she must have been. Yes, she is an inspiration.
March 8th, 2011 at 12:33 am
Enid Blyton taught me how to eat and quite literally so. She made simple things like bread, butter, jam, fresh eggs, cream, milk sound like the biggest treat on planet earth. I used to hate these as a child. But everytime I would read a famous five or one of her stories, I would eat these same food with a great deal of enthusiasm. She added flavpur to my life, and quite literally so.
March 10th, 2011 at 11:09 am
Hello,
My name is Kripa Asthana. I study in class 5. I love enid blyton books because I got my pet because of them. I used to be afraid of animals, especially dogs. I thought they would bite me. I hated it when they barked. Krisabh, my elder brother always wanted a dog but my mother always said no because of my fear. On my birthday last May Krisabh gave me 3 Famous five novels. I loved Timmy. I realized dogs are lovely and good friends. so i asked my mom for a dog like Timmy for my birthday. Mom got me Bozo and I have never been afraid of him. I love him. He is my best friend.
March 10th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
hi,
m tanvi.
God, i must have been living under a stone, to not have known about Enid Blyton.m real sorry when i say that m a booklover but have never read even a single Enid Blyton.it will be surprising to the readers of my comment that when i have never read even one EB then why am i writing this.after reading the comments from EB lovers i couldn’t help but write.from the comments i made out that EB is for kids n teens.now m more a kid or a teen but m gonna make sure that i read EB myself n pass on the legacy to my kids,when i have them.
March 10th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
I love Enid Blyton because she has been an enigma and really had the way with her pen. Her plethora of childrens books ranging from topics in adventure, mystery to crime story to simple fantasies, We as children really couldn’t have asked for something better, where children were taken into a magical world with elves and fairies to give company rather than parents. They lived at their own will and created their own rules and finally the characters and the plot got attached in our minds for a long long time. It even had an impact on our growing up as we read more and more of her books, it taught us to become self-sufficient and gave a confidence in all our activities without having any fear or hesitation. Enid Blyton really shaped in building our character and in becoming what we actually are today!
March 11th, 2011 at 11:29 am
This post is by a designer from Mumbai. She requested that her name not be used because it could hurt a few people. Sandhya (name changed on request)on Blyton:
If I think of my mind as a canvas, then Blyton filled it with colours. I am an adopted child. I lost my parents when I was 7 years old and lived in a big joint family. They were loving but very traditional. Everything I did had to be measured, according to everyone’s wishes. In a sense, I never had a life of my own. Don’t get me wrong, my childhood wasn’t sad or abused. I was loved but there were way too many restrictions and then there was my own fear of being thrown out. I used to hide my library books in my clothes and once everyone was asleep, slip into the bathroom and read. I read many books but the reason I will never forget enid blytons is because I lived vicariously through her characters. All the stunts I wanted to engage in, pranks I want to pull, dreams I wanted to dream were through her. Her books made my mundane existence bearable. They added sparkle and shine to my life. Everytime I wanted to do smthg that I could not I would imagine one of her characters doing it. Like I said, Blyton added colour to my life. She taught me to dream, imagine. My first illustrations were of her characters. How I saw them in my mind’s eye? Today I illustrate children’s books. I think that is my Blyton legacy.
March 20th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
The first book of Enid Blyton which i read in class third was Tales of Toyland and other stories and that was the beginning of my lifelong love for books.Reading became a habit for me and i would make a list of all the books written by Enid Blyton and try to get them anyhow.After reading The Secret Island,I became the official story teller in my classroom and in later life for my niece.I am grateful to the writer of such interesting books for making me live in a dream world of adventures,mysteries,secrets,hostel life.I only wish people would read out aloud her stories to their children and great grandchildren to woo them away from the world of hatred and violence.
March 21st, 2011 at 12:02 am
My favourite Enid Blyton book remains Tales of Betsy May and sadly there were no sequels to it. I was Betsy May’s age when my mum read it to me, five, almost six and the best part was that I was doing the same things back then that she did in the book. Like post a letter on her own or attend dance classes or go to a beach for the very first time. It is one of those Enid Blyton books that remains magical without there being any literal ‘magic’ in it
March 22nd, 2011 at 10:22 am
The winners of the Enid Blyton INDAIreads Contest are:
Sandhya from Mumbai
Kripa Asthana from Pune
Rajeev Jain from Delhi
Kashish Verma
Ahalya
Deciding the winners was very difficult. How does one rate personal experiences and feelings? We couldn’t do it. So in the end we asked a group of Blyton lovers – and her target audience- people in the 10-18 years age group to rank their favourites from among our top 15 entries. This is their choice and their voice. They told us that they chose entries that struck a chord with them. Thank you panelists. We know some of you just got over with your exams while others were getting ready for it. And yet you took out time for this.
And thank you everyone for the overwhelming response. We recd some great entries and in fact now that the contest is over, it seems like our mailbox will not opening the mailbox and finding it flooded will be weird.
We will post the winning entries soon.
Meanwhile may we request all winners to kindly send us their Postal addresses, phone numbers. We will send you the list of books to select from soon.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:29 am
Wow. I won
I love Enid Blyton. How do I get my prize? I know exactly the book I want
January 17th, 2012 at 9:43 am
Enid Blyton – even today I try not to miss out anything on her. Great to see her here.