New book marks Noddy birthday

Oct 29 – A new Noddy book is published to mark the 60th anniversary of the classic children’s character created by English author Enid Blyton.

Anna McIntosh reports.


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New book marks Noddy birthday

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  1. Noddy has just had his 60th birthday.
  2. Enid Blyton’s books are being re-published to mark the anniversary.
  3. Big Ears and Mr Plod feature in the new Noddy book.
  4. The book has been written by Enid Blyton’s daughter.
  5. The book has been written to honour Enid Blyton.
  6. Enid Blyton stopped writing Noddy books in 1963.
  7. The illustrator has been drawing Noddy for almost 50 years.
  8. One character has been removed from the book.
  9. Children are no longer interested in Noddy stories.
  10. More than 2 million copies of the Noddy stories have been sold world-wide