2008-09-10 The best Childrens Book of all Times

By the time I was 10 years old and a friend gave me this (first) Blyton book, I already had read hundreds of Swedish, American, French and German childrens books, good ones and boring ones, but "Five on a Trasure Island" was totally different.
I had read "Robinson Crusoe" before, but never had read anything about secret tunnels or small islands with castles on it.
Enid Blytons books inspired my imagination much much more than other books (even Astrid Lindgren or Arthur Ransome or Nesbitt) did.

Til this day when I cannot fall asleep, I imagine being in Dorset, walking down to the beach at Kirrin Bay on a sunny day and rowing the boat to Kirrin Island. This always does the trick and makes me fall asleep in the end. Thank you, Enid Blyton, for having me provided with the most beautiful book setting imagineable.