Many dangerous, fascinating and even hilarious situations occur as we accompany the children on their adventures and sometimes a visit to the tree will become so involved that it may take up two or more chapters during which the characters stray into deeper and darker circumstances.

The plot follows two new children, Robin and Joy, who have read The Enchanted Wood and want to join in the adventures. At the very top of the tree they discover a ladder which leads them to a magical land which is different on each visit, because each place moves on from the top of the tree to make way for a new land. 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.The Magic Faraway Tree: A Christmas Adventure by Jacqueline Wilson published in October 2023, continues the story of Milo, Mia and Birdy from Wilson's earlier book. Connie, a spoilt and stuck-up girl, comes to stay for the summer with the three children while her mother is sick. They go to the wood to meet Jo, Bessie and Fanny and meet some of the wood's residents, including Silky and Moon Face. Bake buns for about 20-25 minutes - they should be a nice golden brown on top and slightly springy to the touch. It belongs to the house of the Angry Pixie and his method of evening the odds when passers-by look in on him is to empty a kettle of water over the nosy-parkers.

To make the ‘egg’ wash’ simply combine the 2 tablespoons of milk and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup and brush over the tops of the uncooked buns. Dame Slap, who runs a school for bad pixies which, in some of the adventures, the friends accidentally land in.

I generally kind of tweak the recipe each time I make it by adding different things so the recipe below will be similar but not identical to theirs. Here are a few instances that feature in this particular book: Saucepan's nose grows as long as Pinocchio's. 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.