- BOOKS -

BANANAS IN PYJAMAS And Other Nonsense
Words and music by Carey Blyton
A collection of 'nonsense poems', set to music, which appeal to readers and singers of all ages (although mainly young!).
Click here for a short poem 'The Axolotl'.
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

NOAH AND THE UNICORNS
A story by Carey Blyton
How the unicorn was almost lost to the world, and why they are never seen today - a lively and very funny story.
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

SWEENEY TODD THE BARBER
A Victorian melodrama for Narrator, Unison Voices and Piano
Words and music by Carey Blyton
A fun piece for schools, of about 17 minutes duration,
detailing the demise of 'the demon barber of Fleet Street'.
Click here for I'm Sweeney Todd, The Barber.
Publisher: Novello

DRACULA! or The Vampire Vanquished
A Victorian melodrama for Narrator, Unison Voices and Piano
Words and music by Carey Blyton
A work for schools based on Bram Stoker's book 'Dracula', duration about 30 minutes.
Click here for Count Dracula's Czardas.
Publisher: Novello

FRANKENSTEIN or A Bolt from the Blue
A Victorian melodrama for Schools
based on Mary Shelley's book "Frankenstein"
for Narrator, Unison Voices and Piano.
Words and music by Carey Blyton,
duration about 40/45 minutes.
Click here for Animal Biology (or Frankenstein's Song).
Publisher: Novello

COLLECTED SHORT STORIES and SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY
By Carey Blyton
Throughout his career, Carey Blyton has also been a writer of prose. This book collects together his complete short stories and also includes a fragment of autobiography dealing with his experiences as a wartime evacuee.
Publisher: Fand Music
Click here for 'An Unexpected Departure', the first chapter of 'Summer in the Country'
Click here for a complete short story 'Old Sam and the Acorns'.

COMPOSER INTERVIEWS:  Number One - Carey Blyton
An interview of Carey Blyton by Peter Thompson, Carey's one-time pupil and long-time friend. A fascinating insight into Carey's life and works - in his own words!
Publisher: Fand Music