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I feel they filled that generations need for an Enid Blyton-style series of kids getting into scrapes, nothing more.

I am going to piggyback and drop an interesting bit of trivia: Enid Blyton's infamous Brer Rabbit is actually an African-American.

Sometimes this causes unexpected issues the other way round, such as with old English children's books by authors like Enid Blyton that these days are much more popular in Indonesia.

Take a look at any recent Enid Blyton book: there's lots of references to the trademark but no claim that the text was written by a natural person with that name.

Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Enid Blyton, Alistair Maclean, Desmond Bagley, Frederick Forsyth etc.

Two book series that hit the nail for us are the series of Enid Blyton, like Famous Five, (we read to them at age 8-9) and Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid (they read by themselves).

This reference to Enid Blyton in that article seems somewhat misleading: "A month later, it was announced Enid Blyton's works would be expurgated as well." It's my understanding that the books released under the Enid Blyton trademark have been continuously revised ever since they were first published, which was long before 2023.

Some of the books may have been ghostwritten and the Wikipedia article on "Enid Blyton" says: "updated versions of her books have continued to be popular since her death in 1968".

Start with small novels if you want(Enid Blytons,Franklin W Dixon etc) and move your way up.

Enid Blyton has been a brand for decades.