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Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton. Roald Dahl. Anne Fine. Dick King-Smith. Michael Morpurgo. Terry Pratchett. Philip Pullman. Why do you think these people are significant children’s authors? What is it about their work that makes them so popular?. Who is your favourite author?

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Enid Blyton

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  1. Enid Blyton

  2. Roald Dahl

  3. Anne Fine

  4. Dick King-Smith

  5. Michael Morpurgo

  6. Terry Pratchett

  7. Philip Pullman

  8. Why do you think these people are significant children’s authors? What is it about their work that makes them so popular?

  9. Who is your favourite author? What is it that you really like about their books?

  10. See if you can work out which story openings are description of characters, description of setting, action, dialogue or a question.

  11. I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday. Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

  12. When I was four months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left to look after me all by himself. Danny The Champion Of The World by Roald Dahl

  13. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

  14. The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

  15. A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a Firework-Maker called Lalchand and his daughter Lila. The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman

  16. Peter crouched over the fire, stirring the embers so that he sparks swarmed up like imps on the rocky walls of hell. Count Karlstein by Phillip Pullman

  17. “I’m going shopping in the village,” George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning. “So be a good boy and don’t get up to mischief.” George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

  18. Ever had the feeling your life’s been flushed down the toilet? The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence

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