Noddy Goes To Toyland (Noddy Classic Collection, Book 1): v. 1

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Fuenf Freunde", Festival Focus, archived from the original on 12 March 2014 , retrieved 11 March 2014 This is an excellent opportunity for Noddy to return a few of the favours that Big-Ears has done for him in the past and no time is wasted. He takes the brownie home with him and bundles him into his own bed because he's going to look after him until he's better. Big-Ears is a little plump to fit comfortably into a pair of Noddy's pyjamas but he manages after a fashion and then the doctor is called and his advice is for Big-Ears to stay in bed and NOT TO WORRY! That's all very well but how can he not worry when his precious bicycle is ruined? Master Tubby Bear is given a new drum on his birthday, but when the Goblins cast a Can't Stop spell on him and he can't stop playing it, the noise starts to drive everyone mad! In her leisure time Blyton led the life of a typical suburban housewife, gardening, and playing golf or bridge. She rarely left England, preferring to holiday by the English coast, almost invariably in Dorset, [72] where she and her husband took over the lease of an 18-hole golf course at Studland Bay in 1951. [73] a b c d e Alderson, Andrew; Trump, Simon (20 October 2002). "Adulteress Enid Blyton 'ruined her ex-husband' ". The Telegraph . Retrieved 23 January 2014.

Flood, Alison (22 September 2010). "Rare Enid Blyton manuscripts acquired by Seven Stories museum". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 June 2014. Noddy's Car (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert in both the United Kingdom and American/Canadian dubs) is the yellow car with red decals which Noddy drives; it parps its horn and sways on its chassis to indicate emotion. 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. The Noddy character was formerly owned by Chorion, who sold the rights on to DreamWorks Classics (a part of DreamWorks Animation which now a subsidiary of NBCUniversal) in 2012. In 1954 Blyton adapted Noddy for the stage, producing the Noddy in Toyland pantomime in just two or three weeks. The production was staged at the 2660-seat Stoll Theatre in Kingsway, London at Christmas. [163] Its popularity resulted in the show running during the Christmas season for five or six years. [164] Blyton was delighted with its reception by children in the audience, and attended the theatre three or four times a week. [165] TV adaptations of Noddy since 1954 include one in the 1970s narrated by Richard Briers. [166] In 1955 a stage play based on the Famous Five was produced, and in January 1997 the King's Head Theatre embarked on a six-month tour of the UK with The Famous Five Musical, to commemorate Blyton's centenary. On 21 November 1998 The Secret Seven Save the World was first performed at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. [1]

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Blyton capitalised upon her commercial success as an author by negotiating agreements with jigsaw puzzle and games manufacturers from the late 1940s onwards; by the early 1960s some 146 different companies were involved in merchandising Noddy alone. [92] In 1948 Bestime released four jigsaw puzzles featuring her characters, and the first Enid Blyton board game appeared, Journey Through Fairyland, created by BGL. The first card game, Faraway Tree, appeared from Pepys in 1950. In 1954 Bestime released the first four jigsaw puzzles of the Secret Seven, and the following year a Secret Seven card game appeared. [48]

He added: “Sorry if it puts a dent in your childhood memories (I loved her books too) but there are reams of publicly available material out there that, put together, make a pretty watertight case that Enid Blyton was a nasty piece of work.” Bumpy Dog (vocal effects performed by Jimmy Hibbert in both the United Kingdom and American/Canadian dubs) is Noddy's constant companion and Tessie's pet dog. Bumpy is highly excitable and will rush at friends, but is loyal, and has sensitive feelings if scolded by Noddy or anyone else. Responses on social media have been polarised, with many people arguing whether it is fair or not to judge her by modern standards. Be Brave Little Noddy— that's the title of Chapter Three. Noddy leaves his car for repairs which will be expensive and trudges off to find Big-Ears whom he hopes will comfort him. His brownie friend is very constructive and immediately put things into perspective. Noddy could have been injured. He wasn't. He might have been told to pay for the fruit he messed up. He wasn't. Mr. Plod might have put him in prison. He didn't, and then Big-Ears tells Noddy he can find other jobs to do and advises his little friend to make up a Brave Song. Noddy doesn't want to but Big-Ears encourages him and tries to start one off but he hasn't Noddy's talent for composition so the Master takes over and comes out with a sixteen line song straight off the top of his head. There's a picture of him singing it with a very determined look on his face and his audience of two (Big-Ears and Whiskers the cat) look as if they're really enjoying his efforts to overcome this unexpected low-point in his life. The first book explains Noddy's origins. He is made by a woodcarver in a toy shop but runs away after the man begins to make a wooden lion, which scares Noddy. As he wanders through the woods naked, penniless, and homeless, he meets Big Ears, a friendly brownie. Big Ears decides that Noddy is a toy and takes him to live in Toyland. He generously provides Noddy with a set of clothing and a house. While Noddy is quite happy to be a toy, the citizens of Toyland are not sure that he actually is one. They put Noddy on trial and examine whether he is a toy or an ornament. Eventually, Noddy is declared a toy, but still has to convince the court that he is a good toy. The judge accepts that Noddy is good after a doll tells the court that he saved her little girl from a lion, and he is allowed to stay in Toyland. Noddy gets his car in the second book. It is given to him after he helps solve a local mystery.

When Mr. Tubby Bear gives Noddy a piece of rope, little does he know how useful it will be to Mr. Jumbo, Dinah Doll and Mr. Wobbly Man. Mr. Tubby Bear (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert in the United Kingdom dub, and Benedict Campbell in the American/Canadian dub) is Noddy's next-door neighbour. His first name is John. Series 1 and 4 episodes share the title "Noddy and the Goblins": the former opens with "It had been a busy day in Toyland", while the latter opens with "It was a quiet morning in Toyland". [5]