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The Famous Five is the name of a series of children's novels written by British author Enid Blyton....

The Famous Five is the name of a series of children's novels written by British author Enid Blyton. The first book, Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children — Julian, Dick, Anne and George — and their dog Timmy. Blyton created several similar groups for her detective series, including The Secret Seven, The Adventurous Four and Five Find-Outers and Dog, but the Famous Five are the best-known and most popular of these. Blyton only intended to write about 6 to 8 books in the series but, owing to their high sales and immense commercial success, she went on to write 21 full-length Famous Five novels. By the end of 1953, more than 6 million copies of these books had been printed and sold. Today, more than two million copies of the books are sold each year, making them one of the biggest-selling series for children ever written. Nearly all of the novels have subsequently been adapted for television. Chorion, who now own the rights to Blyton's books and characters, have announced the Famous Five will return in the Famous Five's Survival Guide, a new book in which the grown-up characters revisit a case they failed to