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Tag Archives: Noddy
Locked down library book displays 2
I shared photos of my first week of displays here and now I’m back with what I did back in week 2 (it’s currently week 6…). Day #8 Treasure Fairly straightforward – books about treasure of some kind. From back … Continue reading
Blyton by others: A guide to prequels, sequels and continuations
While writing a guide to our recommended authors if you like Blyton, I had jotted down some other names. These names were of people who had written books featuring Blyton’s own characters, and in the end I decided that these … Continue reading
Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Anne Digby, Bruno Vincent, Claude Voilier, Malory Towers, Noddy, Pamela Butchart, Pamela Cox, Sophie Smallwood, St Clare's, Sue Welford, The Adventures with George and Timmy, The Adventurous Four, The Famous Five, The Faraway Tree, The Naughtiest Girl, The Secret Seven, The Wishing Chair
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Monday #344
Noddy is 70 years old this month! His first book, Noddy Goes to Toyland was published in November 1949. I thought we would have a bit of a Noddy theme today and a review of a Noddy book on Wednesday … Continue reading
My twenty-fifth Noddy book: Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle
Back in 2016 I reviewed my twenty-fourth Noddy book and proclaimed it my last. I wasn’t in a strop with Noddy, as irritating as he can be at times, I had come to the end of the main series. There … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors
Tagged Continuation books, Noddy, Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle, Sophie Smallwood
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Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates
Noddy and the Case of the Hiding Pirates is a soft cover children’s book, based on the latest TV series. It was published by Hodder in 2017, and is the second Noddy tie-in book for that series, though it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV, Book reviews
Tagged Noddy, Noddy Toyland Detective, The Case of the Hiding Pirates
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Monday #309
Malory Towers covers through the years and Short stories from Enid Blyton’s Happy Story Book “Oh? You’ve got some brains then? That’s good hearing, that is. But I’m busy now, and can’t stop to talk about your brains, Master Frederick. … Continue reading
2018 Birthday and Christmas present round up
As always I got spoiled for my birthday and Christmas. Every year my nearest and dearest manage to come up with something Blyton-y to give me, so here’s what they did this year. 1. Enid Blyton t-shirt How often do … Continue reading
Monday #302
I treated myself to the Enid Blyton edition of This Is Magazine and it arrived this week. It has a lot of freebies with it and I plan to review it all soon. Christmas and birthday present round up and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged January, Lucian, Monday, Noddy, Noddy and His Car, The Ship of Adventure
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Monday #285
The Valley of Adventure Holidays, 2018 and Miss Grayling’s Girls part 3 – the in-betweeners After writing a travel brochure for it recently, this week’s location has to be Demon’s Rocks. Demon’s Rocks is around the coast from Kirrin, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Monday, Noddy, Noddy and the Magic Rubber, September, The Famous Five
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Modern Noddy in Fuzzy Felt Toyland
A while back I did a post about the vintage Noddy Fuzzy Felt set I had bought. Well, I’ve just bought another Noddy Fuzzy Felt set, but this one is quite a bit more recent. The first one is from … Continue reading
Monday #279
Ten facts about the Adventure Series and me and Five Go Adventuring Again Amelia Jane had a lovely time all by herself. She snipped a hole in the curtains, and then she snipped another! Then she went to the hearth-rug … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Amelia Jane, August, Monday, Naughty Amelia Jane, Noddy, Toyland
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Noddy and the Case of the Toyland Mischief Maker
A while back I watched an episode of this show Noddy and the Case of the Broken Crystal Memory Game and wrote a bit about the series in general. Then this week I happened to be browsing the children’s channels … Continue reading
Another load of search terms (#6)
Every time I look at our search terms there is something interesting, strange, or just completely baffling. Here’s the latest collection! (As usual all capitals are mine, and this is done is gentle jest meaning no malice to whoever is … Continue reading
Even more search terms (#5)
This really is the blog idea that just keeps on giving. Every so often I browse the search terms that have led people to our blog and there’s always something interesting or amusing to see. Here’s the best of the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Google, Mr King, Noddy, Search Terms, St Clare's, The Caravan Family, The Rockingdown Mystery
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Monday #265
The Secret of Cliff Castle and Blyton’s most comforting reads Go away, sea! Go away, I tell you! Do you hear me? Big Ears, who has never heard of high tide, or tides at all, tries to keep the sea … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged April, Big Ears, Monday, Mr Potts, Noddy, Noddy at the Seaside, The Treasure Hunters
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Monday #258
Our topics this week are: Blyton’s mothers and Favourite locations Malory Towers, a big stone building almost castle-like with its four towers (possible based on Lulworth Castle) is grand enough but its surroundings are even better. It is located on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Lulworth Castle, Malory Towers, March, Monday, Noddy, Noddy Goes to Toyland
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The future of Blyton on screen?
The news that the Faraway Tree Series adaptation for the big screen has made some progress got me thinking. Blyton wrote so much, so what else could be adapted? WHAT HAS ALREADY COME TO PASS Obviously there are a fair … Continue reading
Make Way for Noddy Episode #76 Noddy Loses His Bell
It’s the start of February right now and in the hope of me having some maternity leave from blogging I have sat down to do what I thought would be some quick and easy TV reviews. Oh how wrong I … Continue reading
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