The Folk of the Faraway Tree
core novel 1946 The Faraway Tree
Record
| First published | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.33 (18,879 ratings, collected 2026-10-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781405272216 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
When Connie, who does not believe in magic at all, comes to stay with Joe, Beth and Frannie, she is soon confronted with the wonders of the Enchanted Wood and the Faraway Tree, and of the ever-changing magical lands at its top, which the children explore with their friends among the tree's fairy-folk. The third story in the Faraway Tree series, first published in 1946 and one of the books that have kept the series in print for more than seventy-five years.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Faraway Tree
- Series: The Faraway Tree core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Enid Blyton
Notes
- First published by Newnes in 1946. First published by Newnes in 1946; the ISBN recorded is the Egmont paperback of 2014 (pre-ISBN rule).
- From the series record (The Faraway Tree): Enid Blyton's stories of the Enchanted Wood and the magic tree whose top leads to other lands.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Faraway Tree: position 3 of 4: previous The Magic Faraway Tree (1943) · next Up the Faraway Tree (1951)
Sources
- Wikipedia (The Faraway Tree)
- Series page on the rating platform (ratings with titles)
- Bookroo (summary)
- Scholastic UK (Egmont edition listing)
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