Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle - Hardcover

Smallwood, Sophie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007318014 ISBN 13: 9780007318018

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2009

Synopsis

Exciting news for Noddy and Enid Blyton fans, the first Noddy Classic book in 46 years has arrived!

Noddy's back and those naughty goblins are up to their old tricks again. In this exciting new adventure they sneak onto the farm and cause mayhem! They turn the cows blue, make the pigs woolly, free the animals and drive the tractor into the pond. But thank goodness for Noddy as he comes to the rescue, rounding up the animals and making sure that the goblins right their wrongs. The story also includes a hilarious train journey with animals spilling out of the carriages on their way back to the farm! This delightful picture book is beautifully written by the late Enid Blyton's granddaughter, Sophie Smallwood, and coincides with Noddy's 60th anniversary. The new book, will be the first new Noddy classic title to appear since 1963. Beautiful illustrations throughout the book are by Robert Tyndall, who has drawn the much-loved characters since 1953. The book is a beautiful gift edition in hardback with foiled dust jacket. Noddy fans young and old will love this great new adventure

About this title

Review:

Praise for Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle:

‘Purists don't need to worry, it reads just as it did 45 years ago! Retro heaven' Angels & Urchins

About the Author:

Enid Blyton was born in 1897. She is the author of over 700 books for children and creator of a host of legendary characters, including ‘The Famous Five, The Secret Seven’ and, most famously, ‘Noddy’, Big Ears’ and the other inhabitants of Toyland.

Sophie Smallwood is the granddaughter of Enid Blyton. She lives in West Sussex and, as well as being a writer, is a teacher in a Montessori-based nursery.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007318014
• ISBN 13: 9780007318018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Tyndall Robert