Books like Adventures of the Wishing Chair

Wow, this book brings back memories. I'll be honest, I have never actually read an Enid Blyton book myself, as my mum used to read them to me as a kid. However, now that I am older and a little faster at reading, I gave it a go and damn, am I impressed.It's just a fun, fantastical adventure that is bound to make you smile every page you turn. And through Blyton's creative and innocent mind, she takes you down a well paced and thrilling journey in the likes of Alice in Wonderland. Honestly, after reading this book as a young adult, I wished I had read it as a kid myself, instead of something like Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.Peter and Mollie are great leads, and hopefully they return in the sequel. I may read some other books in the collection including the Faraway Tree series, however, I don't own too many. Even though the story is well paced and the subtle pictures offer a great image in your head, I feel this book is really a four star. I gave it five because of the powerful little thing, nostalgia!The only thing holding it back is its kind of like a kid's cartoon, where the two protagonists go on many adventures, however, each story doesn't link together all too well and there's no one cohesive story (just like episodes in some cartoons). So with this lack of depth, Blyton's adventure is indeed superb for a young child as they can absorb the book a chapter at a time, but I would have liked some more development from the obvious lessons founded by Peter and Mollie.All in all, Adventures of the Wishing Chairs is an amazing ageless story. It's almost fantastic, but the same could be said about other fantasy children's books. Plus, Chinky is the best part of the whole book!