Enid Blyton - Mason Willey's Collectors' and Enthusiasts' Guide to First Editions
Religious works

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Enid Blyton set great store by religion in children's lives, and tried to instil a strict moral and ethical code into her young readers. Yet she was never a regularly practising Christian herself, and no religious works were published until 1942, well into her career.

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Published by Methuen
 
The Land of Far Beyond (ill. by Horace Knowles)
     (Revamped version of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) 1942
The Children's Life of Christ (ill. by Eileen A. Soper)1943
Tales From the Bible (ill. by Eileen A. Soper)         1944
The First Christmas (photos by Paul Henning)           1945
 

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Published by Macmillan
 
The Christmas Book (ill. by Treyer Evans)              1944
 
Bible Stories - Old Testament (16 vols.)               1949
Bible Stories - New Testament                       1952-53
(The above were accompanied by a set of pictures
each for OT and NT painted by John Turner)
Reference Book to Bible Stories and Pictures - OT      1949
Reference Book to Bible Stories and Pictures - NT      1953
 
A Story Book of Jesus (ill. by Elsie Walker)           1956
New Testament Picture Books (nos. 1 & 2)               1957
Old Testament Picture Books (nos. 1 & 2)               1960
The Little Daughter of Jairus                             ?
 
Published by Latimer House
 
Before I Go to Sleep (ill. by Grace Lodge)             1947

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A Grace Lodge dustwrapper

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Published by Lutterworth
 
The Boy With the Loaves and Fishes
     (ill. by Elsie Walker)                        1948
The Little Girl at Capernaum
     (ill. by Elsie Walker)                        1948
The Boy Who Came Back
 (ill. by Elsie Walker)                            1965
The Man Who Stopped to Help
 (ill. by Elsie Walker)                            1965
 

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Elsie Walker's 1948 dustwrapper

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Published by Muller
 
The Children's Book of Prayers
     (Chosen by Enid Blyton)                       1953
 
Bible Stories From the New Testament
     (ill. by Grace Lodge)                         1955
Bible Sories From the Old Testament
     (ill. by Grace Lodge)                         1955
These two titles were later combined in one edition
as Bible Stories.
 

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The combined edition

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Published by Johnston
 
Old Testament Stories                                  1952
New Testament Stories                                  1952
These books are part of the Old Thatch series.

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Published by Hamish Hamilton
 
Enid Blyton's Christmas Story (ill. by Fritz Wegner)
     (Advent Calendar plus text)                   1953
 

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A charming advent calendar from less PC times

Published by The British and Foreign Bible Society
 
The Greatest Book in the World (ill. by Mabel Peacock) 1954

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