Yes Janine, Secret Seven were similar...a group of kids (and the obligatory dog) who had a secret club and exciting adventures.

Enid Blyton wasn't a snob particularly...you are making the mistake that so many people do when looking at things in the past, of seeing them through modern eyes. True if you wrote or thought like that NOW you would certainly be a snob, but in those days it's the way things were. Different attitudes, different social codes altogether.

Yes I read, and loved the Lone Pine books...I've been trying to get hold of them for my kids. I also loved the Monica Edwards books about Tamzin and Rissa and lots of horses and ponies.

Love Lynne