Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree series is one of the most beloved series of children’s books, for readers 5+.
The books tell the story of Joe, Beth and Frannie - three children who move to a new home and discover an Enchanted Wood on their doorstep. Climbing the Faraway Tree, they find a new world of magical adventures, with a new land at the top of the tree every day – the Land of Birthdays, the Land of Toys, the Land of Sweets and so many more.
The fantastical Faraway Tree characters, like Moonface, Saucepan Man, Silky and Dame Washalot make the books, with details like Silky’s pop cakes and Saucepan Man’s rhymes. The magical setting sparks young imaginations and the books are quoted by many children’s authors as some of the most influential books from their childhood.
A Faraway Tree film was announced in 2017 written by Simon Farnaby, the writer of Paddington 2 but has been delayed until at least 2022.
These are great first chapter books, either to read aloud or independently, and we also recommend the brilliant audiobooks, narrated by Kate Winslet.
They can be read in any order but it’s best to start with book one: The Enchanted Wood.
You may also enjoy the new series of Magic Faraway Tree picture books inspired by the Enid Blyton stories and written by Jeanne Willis, with illustrations by Mark Beech and Jacqueline Wilson's retelling The Magic Faraway Tree: A New Adventure.
All Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree books in Order:
Book 1: The Enchanted Wood (1939)
Book 2: The Magic Faraway Tree (1943)
Book 3: The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946)
Book 4: Up the Faraway Tree (1951)
Stand-alone: The Adventures of the Goblin Dog (1952)
More The Magic Faraway Tree books:
Silky's Story by Jeanne Willis (2020)
Moonface's Story by Jeanne Willis (2021)
The Magic Faraway Tree: A New Adventure by Jacqueline Wilson (2022)
The Magic Faraway Tree: A Christmas Adventure by Jacqueline Wilson (2023)
I really enjoyed the book as the characters are really fun and it has lots of pictures in it which make it easy to read. It was a lot like the origin...
This is a lovely magical fantasy for young readers. I think it lacks excitement for more able readers. As the new lands arrived the excitement did s...
[b]I read this book after the movie if the magic faraway tree came out. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very good. The book is about three chil...