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1955

Gobo in the Land of Dreams
(Gobo Strip Book 2) (Feb)

Sampson Low

Mandy, Mops and Cubby and the Whitewash
(Mandy Strip Book 4) (Feb)
(ill. Dorothy M. Wheeler)

Sampson Low

Mr. Tumpy in the Land of Boys and Girls
(Tumpy Strip Book 3) (Feb)
(ill. Dorothy M. Wheeler)

Sampson Low

Brer Rabbit
(Little Story Book 9) (Mar)

Johnston & Bacon

Children of Other Days
(Little Story Book 10) (Mar)

Johnston & Bacon

Friends of the Countryside
(Little Story Book 11) (Mar)

Johnston & Bacon

New Testament Stories
(Little Story Book 12) (Mar)
(The four books above are a new series of books from the Old Thatch Series)

Johnston & Bacon

Enid Blyton’s Sixth Brer Rabbit Book
(Apr)
(ill. Grace Lodge)

Latimer House

More Chimney Corner Stories
(Apr)
(ill. Pat Harrison)
(This book has 9 stories – from
Chimney Corner Stories
– see 1946

Latimer House

On Guard Spot
(Happy Bedtime Stories) (Apr)
(ill. Lunt Roberts)

News of the World

Hello, Little Mary Mouse
(Brock Painting Book 5) (May)

Brockhampton

Clicky the Clockwork Clown
(Brock Painting Book 7) (May)
(Brock Painting Books 6 and 8 which were published at the same time do not feature Blyton characters.)

Brockhampton

You Funny Little Noddy!
(Noddy Library 10) (May)
(ill. Peter Wienk)

Sampson Low

The Children at Happy House
(Happy House 1) (new edition) (Jun)
(ill. Kathleen M. Gell)

Latimer House

Benjy and the Others
(Happy House 3) (Jun)
(ill. Kathleen M. Gell)

Latimer House

Enid Blyton’s Seventh Bedside Book
(Jul)
(ill. various)

Arthur Barker

Mary Mouse in Nursery Rhyme Land
(Mary Mouse Strip 15) (Jul)
(ill. Frederick White)

Brockhampton

Clicky Goes to Toyland
(Clicky Strip 3) (Jul)
(ill. Molly E. Brett)

Brockhampton

The Golliwog Grumbled
(‘Little’ Book No. 17) (Jul)
(ill. Molly E. Brett)

Brockhampton

Trouble for the Twins
(‘Little’ Book No. 18) (Jul)
(ill. Eileen A. Soper)

Brockhampton

Secret Seven Win Through
(Secret Seven 7) (Jul)
(ill. Bruno Kay)

Brockhampton

Mischief Again!
(Tinker Book 2) (Jul)
(photos Paul Kaye)

The Harvill Press

Five Have Plenty of Fun
(Famous Five 14) (Jul)
(ill. Eileen A. Soper)

Hodder & Stoughton

My Third Enid Blyton Book
(Jul)
(ill. various)
(This is a new abridged edition of
My Enid Blyton Book (No.3) – see 1950)

Latimer House

The River of Adventure
(Adventure 8) (Aug)
(ill. Stuart Tresilian)

Macmillan

The New Big Noddy Book
(No. 5) (Aug)
(ill. Peter Wienk & Robert Tyndall)
(All this series have fairly similar titles, the first story is ‘Noddy and the Wooden Horse’.)

Sampson Low

What Shall I Be?
(Wonder Colour Book 1) (Sep)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Favourite Book of Fables (from The Tales of La Fontaine)
(Wonder Colour Book 2) (Sep)
(ill. Romain Simon)

William Collins

Sooty
(Wonder Colour Book 3) (Sep)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Bimbo and Blackie Go Camping
(Wonder Colour Book 4) (Sep)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Christmas With Scamp and Bimbo
(Wonder Colour Book 5) (Sep)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Away Goes Sooty
(Wonder Colour Book 6) (Sep)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Bobs
(Wonder Colour Book 7) (Sep)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Neddy, the Little Donkey
(Wonder Colour Book 8) (Sep)
(ill. Romain Simon)

William Collins

Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual Number 2
(Sep)
(ill. various)

Evans Bros.

Enid Blyton’s Foxglove Story Book
(Flower Book 8) (Sep)
(ill. various)

John Gifford

The Happy House Children Again
(Happy House 2) (new edition) (Sep)
(ill. Kathleen M. Gell)

Latimer House

Run-About’s Holiday
(Young Family Books 4) (Sep)
(ill. Lilian Chivers)

Lutterworth

Playing at Home – A Novelty Book
(Sep)
(ill. by Sabine Schweitzer)

Methuen

Noddy Meets Father Christmas
(Noddy Library 11) (Sep)
(ill. Mary Brooks)

Sampson Low

Hello Little Noddy!
(Colour Strip Book 4) (Sep)
(ill. Harmsen Van der Beek)

Sampson Low

The Tenth Holiday Book
(Sep)
(ill. various)

Sampson Low

The Troublesome Three
(Colour Strip Book) (Sep)
(ill. Leo)

Sampson Low

Holiday House
(Oct)
(ill. Grace Lodge)

Evans Bros.

The Boy with the Loaves and Fishes
(new edition) (Oct)
(ill. Elsie Walker)

Lutterworth

The Little Girl at Capernaum
(new edition) (Oct)
(ill. Elsie Walker)

Lutterworth

Bible Stories
(Nov)
(ill. Grace Lodge)
(The title page gives the title as
Bible Stories from The Old Testament
but the contents page lists both Old and New Testament stories.)

Frederick Muller

Mr. Pink-Whistle’s Party
(Pink-Whistle 3) (Nov)
(ill. Dorothy M. Wheeler)

George Newnes

About The Cloud Kitten
(Enid Blyton’s Little Bedtime Book 1) (Nov)

Sampson Low

About The Doll that fell out of the Pram
(Enid Blyton’s Little Bedtime Book 2) (Nov)

Sampson Low

About Silly Sammy
(Enid Blyton’s Little Bedtime Book 3) (Nov)

Sampson Low

About The Surprising Broom
(Enid Blyton’s Little Bedtime Book 4) (Nov)

Sampson Low

The Little Button-Elves
(Little Story Book 13) (Dec)

Johnston & Bacon

The Adventures of Bobs
(Little Story Book 14) (Dec)

Johnston & Bacon

The Watchman with 100 Eyes and other Greek Tales
(Little Story Book 15) (Dec)

Johnston & Bacon

Old Testament Stories
(Little Story Book 16) (Dec)
(The four books above are a new series of books from the Old Thatch Series)

Johnston & Bacon

Hiawatha
(“Old Thatch” Series 25) (Dec)
(ill. Grace Lodge)

Johnston & Bacon

Robin Hood
(“Old Thatch” Series 26) (Dec)
(ill. Grace Lodge)

Johnston & Bacon

Enid Blyton’s “Happy Year” Song Book
(music R.C. Noel-Johnson)

J.B. Cramer

Finding the Tickets
(Play Booklet 1)

Evans Bros.

The Mothers’ Meeting
(Play Booklet 2)

Evans Bros.

Mr. Sly-One and the Cats
(Play Booklet 3)

Evans Bros.

Who Will Hold the Giant
(Play Booklet 4)

Evans Bros.

The Enid Blyton Nature Readers (Nos. 31-36)
(ill. Eileen A. Soper)

Macmillan

Enid Blyton’s New Big Bedtime Book
(for Woolworths) (No. 2)
(ill. various)
(Two more books in the series have very similar titles. The first story is ‘Rain, Rain Go Away!’.)

Purnell

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Busy Day Painting Book
(ill. Mary Brooks)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Play Day Painting Book
(ill. Mary Brooks)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Theatre – Three Little Plays

J.W. Spear

The Child who was chosen

Waterlow

Let’s have a Club of our Own!

Waterlow

1956

Enid Blyton’s Book of Her Famous Play Noddy in Toyland
(Jan)
(ill. Peter Wienk and Robert Tyndall)

Sampson Low

Colin the Cow-boy
(Wonder Colour Book 9) (Mar)
(ill. R. Caille)

William Collins

Animal Tales
(Wonder Colour Book 10) (Mar)
(ill. Romain Simon)

William Collins

The Clever Little Donkey
(Wonder Colour Book 11) (Mar)
(ill. Romain Simon)

William Collins

Scamp at School
(Wonder Colour Book 12) (Mar)
(ill. Pierre Probst)

William Collins

Noddy and Tessie Bear
(Noddy Library 12) (Apr)
(ill. Robert Lee)

Sampson Low

Noddy and His Friends
(Pop-Up Book 2) (Apr)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Eighth Bedside Book
(Jul)
(ill. various)

Arthur Barker

Three Cheers Secret Seven
(Secret Seven 8) (Jul)
(ill. Burgess Sharrocks)

Brockhampton

The Rat-a-Tat Mystery
(Barney Mystery 5) (Jul)
(ill. Anyon Cook)

William Collins

Five On a Secret Trail
(Famous Five 15) (Jul)
(ill. Eileen A. Soper)

Hodder & Stoughton

The Mystery of the Missing Man
(Find-Outers Mystery 13) (Aug)
(ill. Lilian Buchanan)

Methuen

The New Big Noddy Book
(No. 6) (Aug)
(ill. Peter Wienk)

Sampson Low

(All this series have fairly similar titles, the first story is ‘Noddy and the Fire-Engine’.)

 

The Eleventh Holiday Book
(Aug)
(ill. various)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual Number 3
(Sep)
(ill. various)

Evans Bros.

Four in a Family
(Young Family Books 5) (Sep)
(ill. Tom Kerr)

Lutterworth

A Story Book of Jesus
(Sep)
(ill. Elsie Walker)

Macmillan

Be Brave, Little Noddy!
(Noddy Library 13) (Sep)
(ill. Peter Wienk)

Sampson Low

Bom the Little Toy Drummer
(Bom Book 1) (Oct)
(ill. R. Paul-Höye)

Brockhampton

A Day With Mary Mouse
(Mary Mouse Strip 16) (Oct)
(ill. Frederick White)

Brockhampton

Clicky and Father Christmas
(Clicky Strip 4) (Oct)
(ill. Molly E. Brett)

Brockhampton

Let’s Have a Party
(Tinker Book 3) (Oct)
(photos Paul Kaye)

The Harvill Press

Tales from The Bible
(Oct) (ill. Grace Lodge)

Frederick Muller

Noddy’s Toy Station of Books
(Box of Books 5) (Oct)
(ill. Harmsen Van der Beek)
(This contains the five small books listed below)

Sampson Low

Noddy and His Passengers
(The Noddy Toy Station Book No. 1)

Sampson Low

Noddy and the Magic Boots
(The Noddy Toy Station Book No. 2)

Sampson Low

Noddy Flies a Kite
(The Noddy Toy Station Book No. 3)

Sampson Low

Noddy and Naughty Gobby
(The Noddy Toy Station Book No. 4)

Sampson Low

Noddy Has Hankie Troubles
(The Noddy Toy Station Book No. 5)

Sampson Low

A Day With Noddy
(A Nursery Colour Picture Book) (Dec)

Sampson Low

Noddy Album of Chivers Farm Animals
(ill. Robert Tyndall)

Chivers

Enid Blyton’s Big Storytime Book
(No. 3) (for British Home Stores)
(ill. various)
(Two more books in the series have very similar titles. The first story is ‘A Most Peculiar Thing!”.)

Purnell

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Funny Magic Painting Book
(ill. Robert Tyndall)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Happy Magic Painting Book
(ill. Robert Tyndall)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Jolly Magic Painting Book
(ill. Robert Tyndall)

Sampson Low

Enid Blyton’s Noddy Merry Magic Painting Book
(ill. Robert Tyndall)

Sampson Low

Three Cheers for Noddy!
(Colour Strip Book 5)
(ill. Harmsen Van der Beek)

Sampson Low

My Own Storybook
(The
Sunshine
Series) (*)
(ill. Lunt Roberts)

News of the World

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