This is a first edition of the first Noddy book, internally in very good condition with a good, only, dustwrapper. Confusingly my copy of School has a dustjacket with the original title style – I wonder if this is a mistake made by whoever sold it and it’s a jacket that should have gone on an earlier edition.

In 1963, Noddy was featured in the animated short film Noddy Goes to Toyland, it was produced by Arthur Humberstone for Enid Blyton. Around the same time, softcover editions were also available – similar images but a lot less impressive. In Alan Moore's series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Toyland is a real nation located in the Arctic Circle. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. 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.Even today, 60 years after his 'birth' and just over 40 years after his creator's death, he is probably the main character to be associated with the name Enid Blyton. Noddy being associated with small children's reading has led to "Noddy" being sometimes used as an adjective meaning "petty or trivial" (compare with " Mickey Mouse"), for example, in computer programming: " This simultaneous linear equation subroutine crashes out on the Noddy case when n = 1, but otherwise it works.

The other toys can hear him coming by the distinctive "Parp Parp" sound of his car's horn and the jingle of the bell on his blue hat. When a child wasn't actually reading it was possible to have a full Noddy day from the moment they rose in the morning and washed with Noddy soap, before cleaning their teeth with a Noddy toothbrush and toothpaste, to bedtime at night, when they slept in a Noddy nightdress or pyjamas, tucked in with Noddy sheets, beside a Noddy bedside light, which if turned on would reveal both Noddy wallpaper and curtains. These interstitials, entitled Say it with Noddy, feature Noddy learning words in a variety of foreign languages. Creasing to the bottom of the rear covers of two books and to a couple of inner pages of another book. Noddy in Toyland (2009) - The second Noddy series to be made in CGI for the 60th anniversary of the franchise.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. I swithered (more than was probably reasonable as it really isn’t very important) over how to present the information regarding who illustrated what.

On one occasion, Tubby gets tired of always being bossed around and being punished and decides to run away to sea. com Limited is an Appointed Representative of Compare The Market Limited who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. On occasion, Noddy will allow people to make his head nod, in exchange for small items such as his morning milk. The finale was a scene at the "Faraway Tree", with many of the children dressed as fairies, flying on wires. Dustwrapper is edge torn with magic tape repairs on verso, small peice torn and missing from top edge of front panel.The Noddy Strip books were a reflection on the popularity of the original novels, with the included four being early examples of these popular stories. All books in Good to VG condition, with coloured pictorial covers and illustrated throughout in b/w by BEEK. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. The train is always present but the carriages change colour, again, probably depending on the background.

The marketing people did an excellent PR job as not only was there a wealth of merchandise to enchant the small child, numerous books of all shapes and sizes were produced — strip, tall, giant, tiny, pop-up, big and board — all took their place alongside the main Noddy Library. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Mr Tootle promises to have it pulled out by the garage but it isn’t done by Noddy’s bed time and so he goes home without his car.These stories are a taste of nostalgia being highly collectable and super illustrations in full colour by Beek who only illustrated Noddy books up to 1953. Six small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial slipcase shaped like a house with opening door at front. Remember, the journey through a book series is not just about reaching the end but also about the memories created along the way.