He experiences much the same as the children did when they first climbed up and he gets the same treatment as Bessie from the first book did when she peeped in at one of the windows set in the tree-trunk. Next day they are off to the Enchanted Wood and Dick hears the leaves on the trees making a soft sound in the breeze - 'Wisha, Wisha, Wisha!' as he is led to the spot where the Magic Faraway Tree is located. When he is told about the Faraway Tree he's naturally skeptical but they manage to convince him they're on the level and then he can't wait to see it. Jo, Bessie and Fanny have a cousin staying with them and his name is Dick. There's a round-faced man called Moon-Face not to mention another gentleman who is a little hard-of-hearing and who sells saucepans which he wears all round his body and you can hear him coming a mile away. They have also been to Nursery Rhyme Land, the Land of Enchantments, and the Land of Treats and they have made friends with several fairy people who actually live in little dwellings carved out of the tree itself. The children often enter the wood to climb this Faraway Tree right up to where the Fairy-Tale places are and one place they visited was Rocking Land and it was rather unpleasant because whilst you are there the ground tips up and sideways and you keep falling over.

This tree grows so high that it reaches special clouds that contain magical lands which visit every now and again and rest on the top-most branches. They are extremely fortunate because they live near an enchanted wood in which there is a gigantic tree. Where have they gone, and why are people from the Land of Tempers living in the tree instead?ĭeep in the country live three children who are named Jo, Bessie and Fanny. With Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the pixie, they explore the amazing lands to be found at the top of the tree – the Land of Spells, the Land of Toys, and the tempting Land of Goodies, but then one day Moonface, Silky and Saucepan Man disappear mysteriously. Review by Terry Gustafson Brief Summary by Robert Houghton: Cousin Dick comes to stay with Jo, Bessie and Fanny and together they share many more wonderful adventures up the Faraway Tree.

The magic faraway tree book