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Noddy #17
Noddy Has an Adventure
With revised illustrations, Enid Blyton's "Noddy Library series" has been updated to reflect today's non-sexist and multi-cultural society. These publications tie in with a television series.
62 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1958
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About the author
Enid Blyton
5,130 books6,332 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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November 7, 2021
Such a cute little book. Excellent for youngsters as a first mystery book.
July 12, 2019
The plots of the Noddy books are a bit variable - this is one of the best ones.
January 4, 2017
Every year I start with Children's books, to "train myself" (having a Grand Daughter who is almost one year old).
Even for such small children, Enid Blyton manages to write in an exciting and alluring way. Always some semblance of a mystery to spice things up! I love her books for that, even though the ones for older kids are more complex and fun (such as "Famous Five" or the "Adventure" Collection).
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 4 January 2017
Even for such small children, Enid Blyton manages to write in an exciting and alluring way. Always some semblance of a mystery to spice things up! I love her books for that, even though the ones for older kids are more complex and fun (such as "Famous Five" or the "Adventure" Collection).
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 4 January 2017
September 23, 2019
Pretty good.
November 7, 2021
Such a cute little book. Excellent for youngsters as a first mystery book.
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