I wrote my original wishlist in 2015, and I thought it was about time I revisited it to see how many of those gaps I have filled since then.

While there are many books I don’t have these were – at the time – my ‘top priority’ ones.

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Collections complete

Noddy

I had only begun collecting Noddy books when I wrote the list, and at that point I was missing

• Noddy Meets Father Christmas (#11)
• Noddy and Tessie Bear (#12)

I am happy to say that I now have those, though I am possibly not finished with the series!

At the time two of my Noddy books were paperbacks, though,

• Noddy and His Car (#3)
• Be Brave Little Noddy (#13)

I have since managed to replace Noddy and his Car with a hardback, but not Be Brave Little Noddy. A couple of my hardbacks are also the slightly later hardbacks with the different title font (like Noddy and Tessie Bear, above), so I may try to replace those. I probably won’t try very hard – many of my Noddys don’t even have spines – but if I saw one going cheaply I might get it.

The Holiday Books

I had started this collection a long time ago but was missing

• The Enid Blyton Holiday Book
• The Third Enid Blyton Holiday Book

Number 3 was easy enough to get, but number 1 can be tricky. The Second Holiday Book was reprinted as with the same title as the first, so unless sellers show the contents page it is hard to know which book you would be getting.

Macmillan Story Readers

I was frustrated to have seven out eight in this series but I have managed to get the last one – The Magic Knitting Needles and Other Stories.

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Collections added to

Foyle Flower Story Books

You have to be careful with buying these too as there are abridged later editions around.

In 2015 I had four of the eight so was in need of

• Poppy
• Snowdrop
• Water-Lily
• Foxglove

I have since managed to get Water-Lily, Foxglove and Snowdrop.

However, my copy of Daffodil is the abridged one (it contains a whole 9 stories compared to the original 40!) so that actually remains on the list.

Macmillan Nature Readers

There are five of these, and in 2015 I had three. I was in need of

• The Rabbit’s Party & Other Stories
• Susan and the Birds & Other Stories

I have since managed to get The Rabbit’s Party (for a bargain £3.89 no less – yes I keep note!), but haven’t found Susan and the Birds at a reasonable price. I have seen it for sale a few times but it’s always priced far higher than the others in the series.

The cheapest I can find right now is £19 and there’s no picture on the listing.

Minute Tales

I only had one of these, so hardly a collection! I had Twenty Minute Tales, so still needed

• Five Minute Tales
• Ten Minute Tales
• Fifteen Minute Tales

Now all I need is Five Minute Tales.

Enid Blyton Society Journals

I had 40 of these and my needed list was 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 14-18 23 and 27. I have since managed to get ONE of these – number 16.

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Collections I have clearly forsaken

Famous Five Adventure Games

I had four of eight in 2015… and I still have four of eight. I haven’t even read or played them – so much for top priority! 

If I saw any of these in a charity shop or second hand bookshop (and they weren’t expensive) I’d grab them, but I don’t feel the urge to go hunting for them.

The Faraway Tree Series

I’m no further forward with this series, either. I was lacking Up the Faraway Tree then, and I still am now. However I have at least read The Enchanted Wood and The Magic Faraway Tree, when I hadn’t before.

Brer Rabbit

I had just bought my first Brer Rabbit book in 2014, and I haven’t bought any more since then. I noted that I didn’t have a list of them to work from, and I still don’t. I haven’t even read the one I bought ten years ago. Again, so much for top priority!

Happy House Children

This was always a long shot as Benjy And the Others is rare and expensive. A copy went for £500 recently, then another for £100, both far more than I’d want to pay for a book!

Miscellaneous

In 2015 mentioned a load of other things I had one or two of, but I haven’t bought a single thing to add to them.

• Treasure Trove Readers 1/3
• Marks and Spencers Books 1/3
• Wheaton Musical Plays 1/6
• Enid Blyton Nature Readers 1/35
• Pitkin Pleasure Series 1/14
• Brockhampton Little Books Series 1/18

Then I have 0/4 in the O’Clock Tales.

A few stand-alone titles I highlighted were The Birthday Kitten, The Adventures of Scamp, The Land of Far-Beyond and Tales of Green Hedges and I haven’t bought any of these either.

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Have I added anything to the list?

Thankfully my list has gotten a little shorter as I’ve bought 11 titles from it in ten years. (Maybe I should be rewarded for restraint here?)

The only thing I have added is the Enid Blyton’s Magazines that I am missing, as I wasn’t actively collecting them then.

I actually only need four of these – 2.15, 4,23, 4,24 and 7.12 but apart from 4.24 (which one seller keeps listing at £15 over and over without selling it,) I haven’t seen any of these for sale. I keep this picture on my phone, though, to help me remember which ones I still need.

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What does your Enid Blyton wishlist look like? Are you hoping to get everything she’s ever written? Do you like to buy multiple different editions of the same book(s)? Let me know in the comments!