I LOVE NODDY BOOKS AND I THINK THEY ARE REALLY GOOD FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO READ!!! THEY HAVE FUNNY STORYLINES AND ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH!!!

I had the Noddy books as a child, brought back from England by a neighbor. I loved them and now my five year old loves them just as much. These are great for early readers, with only a very few British phrases that need translation. Ignore the minor racial insensitivity and get these if you are lucky enough to find them. The publisher should reprint them for all to enjoy!

"Be Brave Little Noddy" is #13 in a series of 24 books written in the 50's by Enid Blyton. The book, written for children (ages 3-8) is about Noddy's experiences in Toyland with his little wind-up car. He uses his car as a taxi in Toyland. When Mr. Honk damages the car in an accident, Noddy is very upset and goes to his friend, Big Ears, for help. Mr. Honk is now the town taxi driver, and takes all of Noddy's customers while Noddy's car is in the garage. But all is well in the end. Mr. Honk leaves town, Noddy's car is fixed, and he is once again able to make a living as a taxi driver in Toyland. The illustrations are definitely a plus. My children loved hearing these stories over and over again when they were little.

Noddy is a taxi driver in "the toy country." He always drives with his yellow car. He has many friends. All of his friends is individual.When Noddy is fortunate, the bell of his hat rings.If he encounters a trouble, he can solve a trouble.His pleasant adventure excites a reader.Not only children but adult can entertain his tale.

The story starts in the City of Turmoil where Peter,Anna and Patience lived. It is a great noisy,dirty places where all the people are cruel,greedy and selfish.Sometime later, they see a stranger.They are fascinated because they have never meet someone so beautiful kind who has the smiling face and eyes. So,begins the journey of a small companions who must face all the danger along the way.Along the journey they meet very nice people as well as very nasty ones.And the nice ones more than make up for the nasty ones.Eventually the reach the Land of Far Beyond, only to discover they can't enter the City of Happiness because no-one wearing a burden may enter.For anyone carrying a load of badness can't be truly happy,and so has no place in the city.They're saved by meeting a stranger who has the kindest nad wisest face that they had ever seen. The Stranger is Prince of Peace who carries the burdens of the whole world.The Prince is pity and understanding enough.....,enough faith and love to save the whole world.

The Land of Far-Beyond is a great book!!If you are looking for a good Christian book, this is for you!!Parents, this is a great gift!!

P.S. Really!!!!

My earliest childhood memories are of reading every Enid Blyton book I could get hold of. Secret 7 and Mallory Towers were prime favourites. I think I was about 7 or 8 when I stumbled upon "The land of Far Beyond" and initially thought it a very strange departure from the usual adventure stuff. The story is about some children who meet a stranger and then depart on a long journey, on route having to contend with certain challenges,some seemingly insurmountable. However as I read I got more absorbed into this fairly dark tale of a long ardous journey involving some lovable and some not-so loveable characters.The end I shouldn't reveal but will promise to please all. I would like to say that this story so amazingly written moves the reader either young or old between incredible depths of despair, hope and joy and at the same time giving valuable insight into our attempts to achieve moral character as we grow older. EB is a true genius - she makes the reader feel every single human emotion created,the only fault being that the book has an end.Anybody with a ounce of curiousity regarding the why and how of good vs evil should have a go at this. Enough said.

My son and daughter (ages 35 & 33) had 5 Noddy books when they were younger (6-9 years old). They still argue over ownership of them. Now their 5 1/2 year old nephew has discovered them and is delighting in the funny characters and their misadventures. The books have short chapters, making them ideal for bedtime reading. Tyler often reads a page or two by himself, & in fact, read a page for the Principal when he was Kid of the month in November. I am ordering several more Noddy books so my children and grandchildren have enough to share.

I've owned this book since I was 5 and now I am 33 and my own daughter enjoys it just as much as I did. I highly recommend for young readers 6 - 10. It is great reinforcement for learning to read and lots of fun to!

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Dear old Enid certainly churned them out. There were 245 titles on Amazon's database at last count.

This story of our blue bell bonneted buddy is Part 12 of the "All Aboard for Toyland " series. Some romance comes into young Nod's life in the form of Tessie Bear. They get quite seriously involved, particularly when they lose Farmer Straw's milk-churn and basket of eggs, which was tied to Noddy's new kite which lifted the milk and egg up into the sky, while Tessie tries to get the hens back into the hen-run after she left the gate open. Got all that?

If they get caught, Noddy volunteers to take Tessie's share of the spanking. Tessie says "You're so nice and I do like you so much".

Enid was obviously such a high-flying authoress back in the 1950's she was apparently immune from the rigour of the editor's blue pencil.

A bad blooper occurs in the continuity of the story between page 46 and 47. On page 46 we have "..... the milk-churn wasn't up in the sky any longer. The string had broken and the churn had fallen down....". On the following page we have ".... Tessie kept her eye on the swing milk-churn high up in the sky..... "Noddy, Noddy - the churn's falling down, it's falling!" Woops!

You can't deny these stories are classics. The language and the sentiment in these tales is very Edwardian, that is, very stern and stilted. There is always a moral to the story, typically revolving around the virtues of charity.

Fiona Cummings has rewritten this series of books in recent times, under the Enid Blyton trademark. They have been greatly abridged with the illustrations more cartoon like.

Despite the quaintness, the unintended humour and sloppy editing, the originals by Dame Enid herself are the best choice. The original illustrations are gems and the stories although more wordy have a higher literary quality.

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Noddy and Tessie Bear are in trouble when they meet they cause trouble all over and have to go to the police station!