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Noddy #9
Noddy And The Magic Rubber
Noddy and the Magic Rubber is the ninth story about Enid Blyton's timeless character, and is illustrated with the original drawings. When a magic rubber goes missing in Toyland, Noddy and Bert Monkey have got a real challenge ahead of them. In the wrong hands, the rubber could rub out half of Toy Town! Will Noddy save the day and rescue the rubber before it causes too much trouble?
56 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1954
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Enid Blyton
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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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April 18, 2019
The ninth book in Enid Blyton's The Noddy Library, a series of brightly illustrated chapter-books recounting the adventures of a wooden toy with a nodding head, Noddy and the Magic Rubber follows our hero on a wild goose chase, as he and Bert the Monkey attempt to track down the magic rubber given to Bert by his grandmother. With the power to erase anything it touches, the magic rubber has great potential for misuse, something Noddy and Bert discover when they finally track it down to the Tubby Bear home. Can they recover the rubber in time, or will little Master Tubby erase his entire house...?
As mentioned is previous reviews, there is some controversy attached to these books, due to the inclusion of black-faced wooden dolls - called golliwogs - in the original editions. My copies were printed in 1996 however, and must be revised editions, as I encountered no golliwogs. Be that as it may, I would nevertheless hesitate to recommend this series to any of the young readers of my acquaintance, as they are so mawkishly sweet and sentimental.
As mentioned is previous reviews, there is some controversy attached to these books, due to the inclusion of black-faced wooden dolls - called golliwogs - in the original editions. My copies were printed in 1996 however, and must be revised editions, as I encountered no golliwogs. Be that as it may, I would nevertheless hesitate to recommend this series to any of the young readers of my acquaintance, as they are so mawkishly sweet and sentimental.
March 16, 2020
This title was published in 1954, but the first book in the series came out in 1949.
An eraser (rubber) that doesn't just erase, it makes things disappear! That would have appealed to me as a child. And I might have liked the story, but with talking animals and toys numbering among Noddy's friends, it probably wouldn't have been a favorite.
This was in one of the little library boxes. It's in poor condition but it is the original British publication. I took it home because I'd heard of Blyton but hadn't read anything by her.
An eraser (rubber) that doesn't just erase, it makes things disappear! That would have appealed to me as a child. And I might have liked the story, but with talking animals and toys numbering among Noddy's friends, it probably wouldn't have been a favorite.
This was in one of the little library boxes. It's in poor condition but it is the original British publication. I took it home because I'd heard of Blyton but hadn't read anything by her.
January 28, 2023
It was an interesting book as it was funny at several instances. I even liked the illustrations they were very cute. I liked bird monkey the most. He had a very annoying tail. Then it found a magical rubber and it got lost so to find it both of them (Noddy and the bird Monkey) set off around the town. It's really interesting to see them struggle for the magic rubber.
March 9, 2019
I am so shocked by this book. I always pictured Noddy as such a fine, friendly fellow who was an upstanding citizen of Toy Town. He was so naughty and mischievous in this book. I’m a little disappointed with you Noddy. 😂
December 3, 2023
Awww what a cute lil book for children, can't believe i've had it on my bookshelf for several years now. Noddy and his friend Bert are totally fun and adorable, as well as all of the characters in the book. I have another Noddy book and will definitely read it very soon!
July 7, 2018
Fun read!
March 12, 2020
This book is very good and Noddy had lots of adventures to find the magic rubber.
November 9, 2023
An excellent series for toddlers (5+) with many lessons about real life and building good habits!
September 3, 2023
A charming, classic novella from the gloriously entertaining children's series by Enid Blyton. This instalment finds Noddy and Bert Monkey searching for a missing magical rubber that seems increasingly ilusive as the adventure continues. Through bouts of mischief, visits to different parts of Toyland and a confrontation with the naughty Master Tubby Bear, this story wonderfully entertains through Blyton's whimsical prose.
January 2, 2017
Every year I start with Children's books, to "train myself" (having a Grand Daughter who is almost one year old).
How much havoc can a magic rubber create? One that deletes things or even tails????!!!
That's what Noddy is going to find out and then, he has to get the magic rubber back, so as to get everything back to its natural order!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 2 January 2017
How much havoc can a magic rubber create? One that deletes things or even tails????!!!
That's what Noddy is going to find out and then, he has to get the magic rubber back, so as to get everything back to its natural order!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 2 January 2017
September 12, 2018
I had a bunch of Noddy books even before I could read. My mom would read them to me and there was a phase where I wouldn’t eat until my mom read out a Noddy Book or so I am told. There were a couple of books that I knew by heart and would pretend to read out from them.
Noddy is a fun pal to have as a child.
Noddy is a fun pal to have as a child.
September 20, 2007
simple but meaningful
June 20, 2022
Classic, harmless, innocent fun, Noddy is a classic book that has been around for years.
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April 25, 2019This was pretty good. The magic rubber is an eraser that erases physical things (matter).
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