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Famous Five Colour Short Stories: George's Hair Is Too Long
Famous Five: Short Stories (Book 2)
- Narrator
- Nikki Patel
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Publish Date
- 23 July 2026
- Run Time
- 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Borrowing some scissors is the beginning of an adventure for the Famous Five, as George manages to get mixed up with some burglars. The others are too busy eating ice cream to realise that George is in trouble!
Will the Famous Five manage to catch up with the burglars and save the day?
In addition to the Famous Five novels, Enid Blyton wrote a clutch of short stories based on the characters. These
were published in magazines and collected in the Famous Five Short Story Collection (Hodder). For the first time, the complete and original text of George's Hair Is Too Long (1955) appears in an individual volume, illustrated with brand new colour art by Jamie Littler.
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Details
- Author
- Enid Blyton, illustrated by Jamie Littler
- Narrator
- Nikki Patel
- Duration
- 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781444988512
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories
Synopsis
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series. Borrowing some scissors is the beginning of an adventure for the Famous Five, as George manages to get mixed up with some burglars. The others are too busy eating ice cream to realise that George is in trouble!Will the Famous Five manage to catch up with the burglars and save the day? In addition to the Famous Five novels, Enid Blyton wrote a clutch of short stories based on the characters. These were published in magazines and collected in the Famous Five Short Story Collection (Hodder). For the first time, the complete and original text of George's Hair Is Too Long (1955) appears in an individual volume, illustrated with brand new colour art by Jamie Littler.
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