2006-10-28 04:11:47 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I loved all of the Famous Five books when I was younger; they are classics which I could read over and over again. I think the Harry Potter books are awful and cannot be compared to the great books written by Enid Blyton.
2006-10-28 04:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think you can compare the two to be honest, both are good in there own way.
Saying that however, the Famous Five books were written during the 1940's when the world and children in particular were very different. The majority of today's children see these books as being old fashioned and the characters as being terribly 'goody two shoes'.
I work in a library and although Blyton's books do still go out, they usually only go out to children who are well educated and live with / have been brought up by older parents / grandparents.
Whereas kids who would never even usually look at a book will go mad for the new Harry Potter and will actually read it and will often go on to read other books in the same genre and then on to other topics.
Harry Potter encourages ALL children to read and develop a love of reading and books that the out dated style of Enid Blyton just does not have the power to do any longer.
2006-10-28 08:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rosalind 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a child I loved The Famous Five,Secret Seven and Mallory Towers books written by Enid Blyton. She and many other authors would be a hard act to follow, but J K Rowling did it she has produced brilliant books and she follows in the footsteps of Blyton, Tolkien, Dahl etc. All great authors.
Where did the 'Famous Five are the top of british child literature(Blyton)' information come from?
2006-10-28 06:26:21 · answer #3 · answered by Andrea P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter and Enid Blyton's could be compared in that they both that the reader away to a fantasy place. I'm not a fan of the Famous Five but I loved The Magic Faraway Tree because it took me to unbelievable places, and in a way Harry Potter does too. Also, the children police themselves and the adults are secondary figures, which is pleasing to the young reader.
I *love* Harry Potter, I vowed not to get sucked in but I did :-D
2006-10-28 04:28:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing; I think the top childrens authors are Tolkein (the Hobbit), Lloyd Alexander (the Taran Wanderer series), CS Lewis (the Narnia series) Joan Aiken, (Black Hearts of Battersby) EB White (Charlote's Web, Stuart Little, the Trumpeter of the Swan), EL Konisburg (from the Mixed of Files of Mrs.Basil E. Frankwheiler); Esther Forbes (Johnny Tremain), Scott O' Dell (Island of the Blue Dolphins), Andrew Lang (the various fairy tale series), Madelein L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time) , Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden)....the list goes on and on...Harry Potter...pure rubbish compared to the greats of children's literature
2006-10-28 05:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by whenharrymetsally 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the main reason is that the Harry Potter books are read by a large proportion of todays youth, just like the Famous Five books were back in their day. Yes i have read both!
2006-10-28 07:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're not really comparable as they are aimed at different age groups. Having said that, Yay Enid Blyton!
2006-10-28 04:13:35 · answer #7 · answered by f0xymoron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might be a bit of a shock to you but unfortunatley children today look around them and then look at the harry potter books and think that such a fantastical story says more about their own life than the famous five books do.
Harry potter a book about an evil megalomaniac tyrant trying to take over the world and the plucky young heros trying to defeat him... you really think this is a bad thing?
2006-10-28 08:10:15 · answer #8 · answered by isildurs_babe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read both Famous Five and Secret Seven. I preferred the Famous five.
Never did get to see any of the TV series though.
2006-10-28 04:32:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all blyton's books are classics
can be enjoyed anytime & any where
they ease a troubled mind
sprout wings of imagination
and revives the childhood in anyone's mind
but potter books are read loved and forgotten soon
2006-10-28 15:37:30 · answer #10 · answered by elizah r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋