It was great for me to watch the highly anticipated movie "The Magic Faraway Tree", which was based on books by Enid Blyton, as one of my favourite writers when I was at primary school. In fact, I enjoyed her books so much that I read quite a few of her series before I reached 10 years old.
I took my youngest, and it was interesting to see how the movie had been translated into a more recent time, with the parents having more participation than in the book. I was also interested in seeing how each of the characters featured in the movie, and there were some changes but still translated well.
However, I did find it interesting that features of the tree were not demonstrated more in the movie. As I had bought a copy of three books in one and read it in Samoa before returning back to NZ at the beginning of the year in wanting to refresh my perspective of the book before watching the movie.
I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it for younger children as it still does have a magical quality about it, but not as much as in the books. So these school holidays, with only one more week to go, I might have a look and see what else is on offer for my youngest too...
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