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Noddy #14
Noddy and the Bumpy Dog
The 14th Noddy book introduces a new character — the dear little Bumpy Dog and he appears as the result of a road accident. Noddy has a busy morning carting various passengers around in his little car and he's more than ready for an ice-cream when it's offered to him.
62 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1957
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Enid Blyton
5,122 books6,283 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 6, 2020
Noddy and the Bumpy Dog is the 14th Noddy book out of 24, and it introduces a new character, a friendly little dog. Bumpy Dog is so-called, because he is so energetic and bouncy, jumping up and bumping into everybody. Noddy has had a busy morning carting various passengers around in his little taxi and he’s more than ready for an ice-cream when it’s offered to him. He has met lots of his friends: Miss Rabbit, Tessie Bear, Mr. Wobbly Man, and Katie Kangaroo, and at Noddy’s suggestion, they all decide to go off to Toy-Dog town:
When they arrive at Toy-Dog town Noddy explains that:
“Dogs don’t eat like us — they gulp! So if you ever want large ice-creams, go to Toy-Dog Town!”
But before they can get really stuck into their enormous ice-creams, they hear a great big CRASH! They can hear barks and shouting, so it’s not too difficult to guess what’s happened. Outside in the road a toy dog has been run over by a bicycle, and the rider, a sailor, is not at all sympathetic. After all his shouting he just rides off, leaving the little dog in the road.
The poor dog has a damaged paw but Noddy bandages the paw with his nice clean handkerchief. The dog is very grateful and prances around on his three good legs wagging his tail, and almost knocks them all over. The friends think it might be safest to jump into Noddy’s taxi, and go home before the dog can bump into them again.
After he has dropped his friends off, Noddy calls on his best friend Big-Ears: a very wise brownie who lives in a toadstool house. Big-Ears is doing his washing, and asks Noddy to help him to peg out the washing on the line. Of course Noddy does so, and starts to tell Big-Ears all about his day, and the adventure with the Bumpy Dog. But Noddy is not very good at pegging out, and so very many things seems to go wrong (and it’s all so funny) that he wisely decides to go home, and leave it until another day, when Big-Ears is not so busy.
A couple of days later, Noddy is cleaning his car when who should turn up but Bumpy Dog, who is ecstatic to see his friend. An hilarious time follows as Noddy tries to be a good host, and offers Bumpy Dog a piece of bread and butter. It’s clear to Noddy though, as the dog swallows it with one big gulp, that Bumpy Dog needs a lesson in table manners! Noddy is quite shocked at his behaviour, and although he likes Bumpy Dog, he sends him home so he can go off for a drive in his taxi, to look for some passengers.
When he gets to the middle of Toy-Village, he sees Mr. Plod in the middle of the road, so decides to drive round and round him for a joke, singing a little song that he’s just made up about the policeman himself. Gilbert Golly and Master Tubby Bear laugh so loudly at the funny song that Mr. Plod gets cross with them all.
Little Noddy gets plenty of passengers and makes a lot of money that day, so then he sets off for home. But Mrs. Tubby, his next door neighbour, warns him that he’d better be careful and look after it, because there are thieving goblins about.
Halfway through Noddy’s tea, who should arrive, scrabbling and barking at the door, but Bumpy Dog again! Bouncing in, and leaping about he knocks Noddy to the floor. There’s a lot of hilarity involving a potted meat sandwich … and a piece of chocolate cake … and Bumpy Dog is in disgrace. Still Noddy quite likes him, until Bumpy Dog goes a little bit too far, and jumps on Noddy’s bed (just as the front cover shows).
Quick as a flash, out of the door he goes. Noddy will not stand for that! But in the morning a terrible thing has happened. The money that Noddy has worked so hard for, is no longer there. A bad goblin must have taken it, and Noddy can see their muddy footprints leading to the cupboard.
Mr. Tubby and the policeman try to help, but all they do is confirm that a goblin from the Dark Wood has made off with the money. It could be buried anywhere, really.
“Poor Noddy’s in tears
Then Bumpy appears“
There’s more pandemonium as Bumpy Dog tries to find Noddy’s money by digging everywhere he can think of.
Of course it all ends happily.
Everyone thinks this is a wonderful idea, and Bumpy Dog is enormously happy too. The story ends, as always with a song by Noddy:
“You’re waggy and licky
And noisy and rough
But I love you, dear Bumpy
So, WUFFY-WUFF-WUFF!“
photos from Enid Blyton Society website
This cute story dates from 1957, but is still a feel-good story for tiny children today. It does need to be read aloud, as there are 8 chapters, and the print size is not suitable for children, despite the language being fairly simple. There are colourful illustrations on every page, this time by Robert Lee and Robert Tyndall, although the style is based on Beck’s original designs.
When they arrive at Toy-Dog town Noddy explains that:
“Dogs don’t eat like us — they gulp! So if you ever want large ice-creams, go to Toy-Dog Town!”
But before they can get really stuck into their enormous ice-creams, they hear a great big CRASH! They can hear barks and shouting, so it’s not too difficult to guess what’s happened. Outside in the road a toy dog has been run over by a bicycle, and the rider, a sailor, is not at all sympathetic. After all his shouting he just rides off, leaving the little dog in the road.
The poor dog has a damaged paw but Noddy bandages the paw with his nice clean handkerchief. The dog is very grateful and prances around on his three good legs wagging his tail, and almost knocks them all over. The friends think it might be safest to jump into Noddy’s taxi, and go home before the dog can bump into them again.
After he has dropped his friends off, Noddy calls on his best friend Big-Ears: a very wise brownie who lives in a toadstool house. Big-Ears is doing his washing, and asks Noddy to help him to peg out the washing on the line. Of course Noddy does so, and starts to tell Big-Ears all about his day, and the adventure with the Bumpy Dog. But Noddy is not very good at pegging out, and so very many things seems to go wrong (and it’s all so funny) that he wisely decides to go home, and leave it until another day, when Big-Ears is not so busy.
A couple of days later, Noddy is cleaning his car when who should turn up but Bumpy Dog, who is ecstatic to see his friend. An hilarious time follows as Noddy tries to be a good host, and offers Bumpy Dog a piece of bread and butter. It’s clear to Noddy though, as the dog swallows it with one big gulp, that Bumpy Dog needs a lesson in table manners! Noddy is quite shocked at his behaviour, and although he likes Bumpy Dog, he sends him home so he can go off for a drive in his taxi, to look for some passengers.
When he gets to the middle of Toy-Village, he sees Mr. Plod in the middle of the road, so decides to drive round and round him for a joke, singing a little song that he’s just made up about the policeman himself. Gilbert Golly and Master Tubby Bear laugh so loudly at the funny song that Mr. Plod gets cross with them all.
Little Noddy gets plenty of passengers and makes a lot of money that day, so then he sets off for home. But Mrs. Tubby, his next door neighbour, warns him that he’d better be careful and look after it, because there are thieving goblins about.
Halfway through Noddy’s tea, who should arrive, scrabbling and barking at the door, but Bumpy Dog again! Bouncing in, and leaping about he knocks Noddy to the floor. There’s a lot of hilarity involving a potted meat sandwich … and a piece of chocolate cake … and Bumpy Dog is in disgrace. Still Noddy quite likes him, until Bumpy Dog goes a little bit too far, and jumps on Noddy’s bed (just as the front cover shows).
Quick as a flash, out of the door he goes. Noddy will not stand for that! But in the morning a terrible thing has happened. The money that Noddy has worked so hard for, is no longer there. A bad goblin must have taken it, and Noddy can see their muddy footprints leading to the cupboard.
Mr. Tubby and the policeman try to help, but all they do is confirm that a goblin from the Dark Wood has made off with the money. It could be buried anywhere, really.
“Poor Noddy’s in tears
Then Bumpy appears“
There’s more pandemonium as Bumpy Dog tries to find Noddy’s money by digging everywhere he can think of.
Of course it all ends happily.
Everyone thinks this is a wonderful idea, and Bumpy Dog is enormously happy too. The story ends, as always with a song by Noddy:
“You’re waggy and licky
And noisy and rough
But I love you, dear Bumpy
So, WUFFY-WUFF-WUFF!“
photos from Enid Blyton Society website
This cute story dates from 1957, but is still a feel-good story for tiny children today. It does need to be read aloud, as there are 8 chapters, and the print size is not suitable for children, despite the language being fairly simple. There are colourful illustrations on every page, this time by Robert Lee and Robert Tyndall, although the style is based on Beck’s original designs.
January 3, 2017
Every year I start with Children's books, to "train myself" (having a Grand Daughter who is almost one year old).
Little Noddy finds a very "bumpy" dog... He is adorable, but with his unruly enthusiasm he keeps bumping people and things and getting Noddy into trouble! But at the end everything ends well when dog finds the money that was stolen from Noddy's house and Tessie the bear decides to keep Bumpy!!!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 3 January 2017
Little Noddy finds a very "bumpy" dog... He is adorable, but with his unruly enthusiasm he keeps bumping people and things and getting Noddy into trouble! But at the end everything ends well when dog finds the money that was stolen from Noddy's house and Tessie the bear decides to keep Bumpy!!!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 3 January 2017
February 20, 2024
Well in 1957 Mr Tubby-Bear was going to give the Bumpy Dog a whipping and Mr Plod suggested taking him into the Dark Wood and abandoning him there. But by the time the 1987 edition arrived there was no talk of whipping and Mr Plod only suggested taking Bumpy for a long walk in the woods, just while he conducted his investigations.
November 6, 2019
I quite liked this one. Such a cute story about such a loving, yet frustrating little dog that deserves a home like any other good doggie.
September 8, 2023
A joy to re-read.
May 2, 2016
the book is very interesting!I like it very much!I hope I could read it again!
Want to read
June 23, 2014nice collectoin
August 8, 2016
"Quite Shocked at such unkindness " ..
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