The Folk of the Faraway Tree is a children's novel in The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton. It was originally serialised in the Sunny Stories magazines and was first published in novel format in 1946. It is the third book in the series, in which Jo, Bessie and Fanny (updated in later editions to Joe, Beth and Frannie) introduce their mother's friend's daughter, Connie, to Silky, Moon-Face, Saucepan Man and all the rest of their friends in the Magic Faraway Tree.