The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. The Garage 'box' is Very Good and Complete, with a pencil 2/6 on the front top corner, and an old gift note on the top rear in ink. Some light childs colouring to a couple of the illustrations here and there in each book, but most illustrations untouched.

Wrapper is creased with fading to spine and a couple of edges; some tears with tape repairs; a little loss. There have been a number of Noddy board games, jigsaw puzzles and card games over the years, including the jigsaw puzzles produced by BeStime as part of their numbered series throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The Noddy Book series follows fictional character Noddy, who was created by English children's author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963.Toytown was a BBC radio series for children, broadcast for Children's Hour on the Home Service from 1929. Cloth "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.

Here, you'll discover not just the publication year, which is essential for understanding the context and evolution of the series, but also a succinct summary that teases the story without spoiling any surprises. They are all published by Sampson Low (though there are other names listed there too, which vary slightly). The first title Noddy Goes To Toyland was first published in 1949 by Sampson Low, and the last Noddy and the Aeroplane was published in1964. Everything else stayed the same, or, changed in the same manner as before, re the colours and the passengers on the train. On rare occasions, however, Big Ears finds himself in trouble, in which case Noddy comes to his aid.On occasion, Noddy will allow people to make his head nod, in exchange for small items such as his morning milk. Big Ears, a wise, bearded gnome who lives in a toadstool house outside of Toyland and is Noddy's helper and father figure, as well as his best friend. As he wanders through the woods naked, penniless, and homeless, he meets Big Ears, a friendly gnome. Dust jacket by Robert Lee and Robert Tyndall Tyndall/Wienk on the left and Tyndall/Lee on the right. PC Christopher Rhone whom Blyton met while he was on the beat came to be immortalised as PC Plod in the Noddy books, and the national archetype of a flatfooted copper.

Additionally, we occasionally include insights into the writing process, thematic elements, or how each book fits into the larger tapestry of the series. Five small format paperwrap books contained in shaped pictorial slipcase with opening doors at front.Noddy is kind and honest, but he often gets into trouble, either through his own misunderstandings or because someone, usually one of the naughty goblins Sly or Gobbo, has played a trick on him.

I would guess that that puts them in the 70s as I have various paperbacks from the 80s and 90s and they were more expensive than that. Golly who ran the Toyland garage was replaced by Frenchman Monsieur Polly in the 1975 series, and, during the 1992–2000 series, by Mr. Six small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial slipcase shaped like a house with opening door at front. He, Bruiny Bear and Bumpy-Dog pay them a visit and the little toots persuade him to bring his little car around to drive them about. The [book covers] have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

Sales of Noddy books are large, with an estimated 600,000 annual sales in France alone, and growing popularity in India, a large market for Blyton books. In Britain the word plod became a derogatory term to describe a police officer due to the success of the Noddy franchise, and its character PC Plod.