The Coral Island are, in his own words, "adventure stories for young folks", and "The Coral Island" is no exception. It is a Robinsonade, a genre of fiction inspired by Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), one of the most popular of its type, and one of the first works of juvenile fiction to feature exclusively juvenile heroes. Susan Maher, professor of English, notes that in comparison to "Robinson Crusoe" such books generally replaced some of the original's romance with a "pedestrian realism", exemplified by works such as "The Coral Island" and Frederick Marryat's 1841 novel "Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific".
The Famous Five (novel series) Blyton's birth with the title "The Famous Five" and later released on DVD as "The Famous Five – Smuggler's Gold – The Musical". Principal actors: Elizabeth Marsland, Lyndon Ogbourne, Matthew Johnson, Vicky Taylor, Jon Lee, Director: Roz Storey and also in the five A brand new musical adaptation was premièred at the Tabard Theatre on 8 December 2009 and played until 10 January 2010. Two sets of gamebooks in a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style have been published. These books involve reading small sections of print and being given two or more options to follow, with a different page number