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Noddy #16
You're A Good Friend, Noddy!
With revised illustrations, Enid Blyton's "Noddy Library series" has been updated to reflect today's non-sexist and multi-cultural society. These publications tie in with a television series.
62 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1992
About the author
Enid Blyton
5,266 books6,467 followersSee also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
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February 14, 2018
Reading Noddy gives a nostalgic feeling of all those times of my childhood. Really enjoyed the series.
January 2, 2025
""Where's my stick? Where's my stick, I say?"
Whack! What a dreadful surprise for the Bumpy Dog! He yelped and ran straight out of the house."
I can't see this part sneaking into the revised edition for sensitivity readers.
Whack! What a dreadful surprise for the Bumpy Dog! He yelped and ran straight out of the house."
I can't see this part sneaking into the revised edition for sensitivity readers.
November 7, 2021
What a selfless act on Noddy’s behalf. It’s impossible not to adore little Noddy throughout these beautiful little tales.
June 11, 2022
this charmed me. and then annoyed me. and then charmed me again. hm.
August 1, 2026
A lovely book for kids to read, with cute illustrations.
February 12, 2026
Brilliant book, lovely time in Enid Blyton world 😁
January 4, 2017
Every year I start with Children's books, to "train myself" (having a Grand Daughter who is almost one year old).
As usually, Noddy confirms his good nature and loyalty being the best friend ever!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 4 January 2017
As usually, Noddy confirms his good nature and loyalty being the best friend ever!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 4 January 2017
September 23, 2019
Pretty good.
November 7, 2021
What a selfless act on Noddy’s behalf. It’s impossible not to adore little Noddy throughout these beautiful little tales.
Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews