a b "The misadventures of Enid Blyton". The Malay Mail. 31 May 2000. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 . Retrieved 28 March 2014. It should be noted in US releases of Series 3 was split into the 3rd and 4th seasons, and Series 4 was released as the 5th season in the US.

a b Horn, Caroline (25 July 2010), "Enid Blyton Lingo Gets an Update", The Publisher , retrieved 25 April 2014 Briggs, Julia; Butts, Dennis; Orville Grenby, Matthew (2008), Popular Children's Literature in Britain, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84014-242-6 On 17 November 2008, it was announced that Enid Blyton's granddaughter, Sophie Smallwood, was to write a new Noddy book to celebrate the character's 60th birthday. Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle (2009) was illustrated by Robert Tyndall, who has drawn the characters in the Noddy books since 1953, [3] ever since the death of the original illustrator, Harmsen van der Beek.Geoghegan, Tom (5 September 2008). "The Mystery of Enid Blyton's Revival". BBC News Magazine . Retrieved 10 April 2014. The first book explains Noddy's origins. He is made by a woodcarver in a toy shop but runs away after the man begins to make a wooden lion, which scares Noddy. As he wanders through the woods naked, penniless, and homeless, he meets Big Ears, a friendly brownie. Big Ears decides that Noddy is a toy and takes him to live in Toyland. He generously provides Noddy with a set of clothing and a house. While Noddy is quite happy to be a toy, the citizens of Toyland are not sure that he actually is one. They put Noddy on trial and examine whether he is a toy or an ornament. Eventually, Noddy is declared a toy, but still has to convince the court that he is a good toy. The judge accepts that Noddy is good after a doll tells the court that he saved her little girl from a lion, and he is allowed to stay in Toyland. Noddy gets his car in the second book. It is given to him after he helps solve a local mystery. Sherine, Ariane (24 September 2016). "Stop censoring Enid Blyton". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016.

In 2005, a set of 100 new two-minute TV interstitials were created by Chorion. These interstitials, entitled Say it with Noddy, feature Noddy learning words in a variety of foreign languages. They also introduced Noddy's new friend Whizz from Robot Village, who presses a button on his chest to play recordings of native speakers saying the new foreign words Noddy was to learn. The interstitials were featured on commercial breaks on Five and featured as segments for the American release of the show on PBS and Sprout. Flood, Alison (22 September 2010). "Rare Enid Blyton manuscripts acquired by Seven Stories museum". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 June 2014.Noddy is driving to the train station to collect a precious parcel for Miss Pink Cat, but the Goblins steal it before Noddy arrives. Can Big Ears and Noddy catch the Goblins and return the precious parcel to Miss Pink Cat? Accusations of xenophobia were also made. As George Greenfield observed, "Enid was very much part of that between the wars middle class which believed that foreigners were untrustworthy or funny or sometimes both". [149] The publisher Macmillan conducted an internal assessment of Blyton's The Mystery That Never Was, submitted to them at the height of her fame in 1960. The review was carried out by the author and books editor Phyllis Hartnoll, in whose view "There is a faint but unattractive touch of old-fashioned xenophobia in the author's attitude to the thieves; they are 'foreign'... and this seems to be regarded as sufficient to explain their criminality." Macmillan rejected the manuscript, [150] but it was published by William Collins in 1961, [151] and then again in 1965 and 1983. [150] Blyton, Enid (2013b) [1963], Secret Seven: 15: Fun For The Secret Seven, Hachette Children's Books, ISBN 978-1-84456-949-6 Mr. Train Driver (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert in the United Kingdom dub, and Michael Stark in the American/Canadian dub) is a train driver who drives the Toyland Express train. He added: “Sorry if it puts a dent in your childhood memories (I loved her books too) but there are reams of publicly available material out there that, put together, make a pretty watertight case that Enid Blyton was a nasty piece of work.”

Mrs. Tubby Bear wipes his eyes and advises him that once his car is mended, the villagers will want him to be their taxi-driver again and now he should ride away singing his Brave Song and also come to her place for tea that afternoon. Noddy does his best to be brave and after singing his song he feels a little better and more able to cope with life. He cycles around doing the shopping for a great many people who are all talking about him because he's singing a new song and he's so Brave. His red and yellow car receives frequent visits and soon it can go PARP, PARP again as it gradually recovers under the expert attention of Mr. Golly. Just a coat of paint needed now and once it's all fixed the general feeling is that Mr. Honk will be 'Out' and Noddy will be 'In'. On Midsummer's Day, Noddy, Big Ears and Tessie Bear have a picnic. But while they're asleep, the Goblins put a Changeabout spell on Noddy's car. Midsummer's Night then brings magic, mystery and, with the Goblins involved, mischief. Noddy's Car, the yellow car with red decals which Noddy drives. It has a brain of its own and can talk to other characters with its unique sounding horn that says "parp parp!" as its catchphrase.Mr. Wobbly Man (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert in the United Kingdom dub, and Michael Stark in the American dub) is a male roly-poly toy who is very diligent about things. Bunkey, a thoroughly mischievous character who appears to be half bunny and half monkey. He is later exposed as a fraudulent monkey who escaped from a travelling circus.

Mr. Milko (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert in the United Kingdom dub, and Michael Stark in the American/Canadian dub) is Toyland's local milkman. Milko sometimes can be gloomy and sad, but Noddy's bell on his hat always cheers him up. Mr. Honk is the wooden-man's name and he hastens to assure everyone that he doesn't want Noddy to be punished and he'll even tow him to the garage which he does. Why? Well, there’s a small chance that Mr. Plod might decide to charge him for parking so close to a corner so Mr. Honk thinks he'd better make himself scarce whilst he can. When they arrive at the car-repairers the wooden man makes disparaging remarks about Noddy’s little vehicle and compares it unfavourably to his own automobile. Furthermore, he doesn't think Noddy could earn much money taking passengers in such a 'silly little car'. Well, Noddy can, as we know, and when he shows his earnings to Mr. Honk that man does a little quiet calculating! Sly and Gobbo, mischievous goblins. They usually steal things such as ice cream, coins or Noddy's car. Unlike other characters, they are the only ones not to appear (or at least not nearly as much) in Enid Blyton's original books.Blyton's The Faraway Tree series of books has also been adapted to television and film. On 29 September 1997 the BBC began broadcasting an animated series called The Enchanted Lands, based on the series. [169] It was announced in October 2014 that a deal had been signed with publishers Hachette for "The Faraway Tree" series to be adapted into a live-action film by director Sam Mendes' production company. Marlene Johnson, head of children's books at Hachette, said: "Enid Blyton was a passionate advocate of children's storytelling, and The Magic Faraway Tree is a fantastic example of her creative imagination." [170] Martha Monkey (voiced by Susan Sheridan in the United Kingdom dub, and Lynne Griffin in the American/Canadian dub) is a mischievous tomboy monkey who is very silly and bossy and is always making rude remarks. She has a similar older sibling figure position to Noddy with Dinah Doll, but is considerably more careless. Lawrence, Ben (7 November 2012). "Five Go to Rehab, Gold, preview". The Telegraph . Retrieved 22 March 2014. Be Brave Little Noddy— that's the title of Chapter Three. Noddy leaves his car for repairs which will be expensive and trudges off to find Big-Ears whom he hopes will comfort him. His brownie friend is very constructive and immediately put things into perspective. Noddy could have been injured. He wasn't. He might have been told to pay for the fruit he messed up. He wasn't. Mr. Plod might have put him in prison. He didn't, and then Big-Ears tells Noddy he can find other jobs to do and advises his little friend to make up a Brave Song. Noddy doesn't want to but Big-Ears encourages him and tries to start one off but he hasn't Noddy's talent for composition so the Master takes over and comes out with a sixteen line song straight off the top of his head. There's a picture of him singing it with a very determined look on his face and his audience of two (Big-Ears and Whiskers the cat) look as if they're really enjoying his efforts to overcome this unexpected low-point in his life.