The Magic Faraway Tree (Enid Blyton)

'What a strange noise the leaves of the tree make', (Rick) said.
'It's as if they were talking to one another - telling secrets'.
'They are telling secrets', said Beth.
'And do you know Rick - if the trees have any message for us,
we can hear it by pressing our left ears to the trunks
of the trees!
Then we really ​hear what they say'.

~ The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton  (1943 - this edition printed 2007) ~

What was your favourite book when you were younger? I was absolutely OBSESSED with The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton - the characters, the magic and mystery, the ability of the books to ignite my young imagination and make me believe that anything was possible.

​I can still see the images in my mind of the ladder reaching the clouds and all the quirky inhabitants that lived there!