Enid Blyton - Mason Willey's Collectors' and Enthusiasts' Guide to First Editions
Other named characters' series'

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Please note: Characters listed on this page are those who have a series of books (two or more) dedicated to them. Faraway Tree and Wishing Chair are not strictly speaking characters, but they have been included here for convenience.
 
 
 
 
 

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Characters included on this page:
 
Amelia Jane
Belinda
Bom
Brer Rabbit
Clicky
Faraway Tree
Gobo
John Jolly
Josie, Click and Bun
Mandy, Mops and Cubby
Mary Mouse
Mister Meddle
Mister Pink-Whistle
Mister Tumpy
Mister Twiddle
Pip
Scamp
Sooty
Wishing-Chair

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Amelia Jane
 
Published by Newnes, illustrated by Sylvia I. Venus
 
Naughty Amelia Jane                                    1939
Amelia Jane Again                                      1946
More About Amelia Jane                                 1954
 
As well as the Amelia Jane books, Sylvia Venus illustrated a number of Blyton short stories. To my mind she captures the atmosphere of Enid's work wonderfully well and is one of my own favourite artists.

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Belinda

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Published by Collins, illustrated with colour photographs
 
 
 
Humpty Dumpty and Belinda                          1949
Father Christmas and Belinda                       1951
 
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Bom
 
Main Series Published by Brockhampton, illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye
 
Bom the Little Toy Drummer                             1956
Bom and His Magic Drumstick                            1957
Bom Goes Adventuring                                   1958
Bom Goes to Ho Ho Village                              1958
Bom and the Clown                                      1959
Bom and the Rainbow                                    1959
Bom Goes to Magic Town                                 1960
Bom at the Seaside                                     1961
 
Little Strip Books Published by Brockhampton, illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye
 
Hullo, Bom and Wuffy Dog                               1959
Here Comes Bom                                         1960
Bom Goes to the Circus                                 1961
Here's to Little Bom                                   1963
 
Annuals Published by Thames, illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye and H. W. Felstead
 
Enid Blyton's Bom Annual                               1958
Enid Blyton's Bom Annual no. 2                         1958
 
Enid Blyton's Bom Painting Book (published by Dean)    1957
 

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Brer Rabbit
 
Published by Latimer House, illustrated by Grace Lodge
 
Enid Blyton's Brer Rabbit Book                         1948
Enid Blyton's Second Brer Rabbit Book                  1950
Enid Blyton's Third Brer Rabbit Book                   195?
Enid Blyton's Fourth Brer Rabbit Book                  195?
Enid Blyton's Fifth Brer Rabbit Book                   195?
Enid Blyton's Sixth Brer Rabbit Book                   1955
Enid Blyton's Seventh Brer Rabbit Book                 195?
Enid Blyton's Eighth Brer Rabbit Book                  1958
 
Others
 
Tales of Brer Rabbit: retold (pub. by Nelson)          1928
Brer Rabbit (pub. by Johnston - Old Thatch series)     1934
Brer Rabbit and His Friends (pub. by Johnston -
        Old Thatch series)                             1938
Heyo, Brer Rabbit! Tales of Brer Rabbit
       and His friends (pub. by Newnes,
       ill. by Kathleen Nixon)                         1938
Brer Rabbit (pub. by Evans - Little Book series,
       ill. by Alfred Kerr)                            1942
The Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit
       (pub. by Newnes, ill. by Ernest Aris)           1942
My Enid Blyton Brer Rabbit Book (pub. by Purnell)      1948
 
N.B. The Dean editions from the 1960s are not included.
 

Apart from the Brer Rabbit books, Grace Lodge illustrated several other Blyton titles including the children's prayer book Before I Go to Sleep (1947), (see page 14, Religious works). In The Dictionary of 20th. Century British Book Illustrators, her entry reads: "A rather uninspiring illustrator of children's books.....". Although I am no expert, I think this is rather unkind and unfair. The entry goes on to say that she illustrated a book entitled The Boy Next Door, (A. Adams, 1952). The only book with this title with which I am familiar is the Blyton one from 1944, illustrated by Alfred E. Bestall - so maybe they got that wrong as well.

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Clicky
 
Published by Brockhampton, illustrated by Molly Brett. All the books are little strip books.
 
Clicky the Clockwork Clown                             1953
Clicky Gets Into Trouble                               1958
Clicky and the Flying Horse                            1959
Clicky and Tiptoe                                      1960
Happy Holiday, Clicky                                  1961
Clicky and Father Christmas                               ?
Clicky Goes to Toyland                                    ?
Clicky the Clown and the Circus                           ?
 

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Faraway Tree
 
Published by Newnes, illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler
 
The Enchanted Wood                                     1939
The Magic Faraway Tree                                 1943
The Folk of the Faraway Tree                           1946
Up the Faraway Tree                                    1951
 

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Gobo
 
Published by Sampson Low, illustrator unknown. The books are little strip books.
 
Gobo and Mr. Fierce                                    1953
Gobo in The Land of Dreams                             1955
 

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John Jolly
 
Published by Evans, illustrator unknown
 
John Jolly at Christmas Time                           1942
John Jolly by the Sea                                  1943
John Jolly on the Farm                                 1943
John Jolly at the Circus                               1943
 

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A scarce item

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Josie, Click and Bun
 
Published by Newnes, Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler. The books are in strip form.
 
The Little Tree House,
     being the Adventures of Josie, Click and Bun      1940
(This was reprinted in 1951 as Josie, Click and Bun
     and the Little Tree House)
The Further Adventures of Josie, Click and Bun         1941
Josie, Click and Bun Again                             1946
More About Josie, Click and Bun                        1947
Welcome, Josie, Click and Bun                          1952
 

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Mandy, Mops and Cubby
 
Published by Sampson Low, illustrator unknown. The books are in strip form.
 
Mandy, Mops and Cubby Find a House                     1952
(Later editions titled Mandy, Mops and Cubby)
Mandy, Mops and Cubby Again                            1952
Mandy Makes Cubby a Hat                                1953
Mandy, Mops and Cubby and the Whitewash                1955
 

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Mary Mouse
 
Published by Brockhampton, illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw to 1955, Frederick White from 1956 to 1961 and R. Paul-Hoye thereafter. All the books are little strip books.
 
Mary Mouse and the Doll's House                        1942
More Adventures of Mary Mouse                          1943
Little Mary Mouse Again                                1944
Hallo, Little Mary Mouse                               1945
Mary Mouse and Her Family                              1946
Here Comes Mary Mouse Again                            1947
How Do You Do, Mary Mouse                              1948
We Do Love Mary Mouse                                  1950
Welcome, Mary Mouse                                    1950
Hurrah for Mary Mouse                                  1951
A Prize for Mary Mouse                                 1951
Mary Mouse and Her Bicycle                             1952
Mary Mouse and the Noah's Ark                          1953
Mary Mouse to the Rescue                               1954
Mary Mouse in Nursery Rhyme Land                       1955
A Day With Mary Mouse                                  1956
Mary Mouse and the Garden Party                        1957
Mary Mouse Goes to the Fair                            1958
Mary Mouse Has a Wonderful Idea                        1959
Mary Mouse Goes to Sea                                 1960
Mary Mouse Goes Out for the Day                        1961
Fun With Mary Mouse                                    1962
Mary Mouse and the Little Donkey                       1964
 

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Mister Meddle
 
Published by Newnes, illustrated by Joyce Mercer and Rosalind M. Turvey
 
Mister Meddle's Mischief                               1940
Mister Meddle's Muddles                                1950
Merry Mister Meddle                                    1954
 

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Mister Pink-Whistle
 
Published by Newnes (except Big Book), illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler
 
The Adventures of Mister Pink-Whistle                  1941
Mister Pink-Whistle Interferes                         1950
Mister Pink-Whistle's Party                            1955
 
Mister Pink-Whistle's Big Book (pub. by Evans)         1958
 
 

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A paperback edition of Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party from the 1950s. The price was 2/6 (half a crown)

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Mister Tumpy
 
Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler
 
Mister Tumpy and His Caravan
   (pub. by Sidgwick & Jackson)                       1949
Mister Tumpy Plays a Trick On Saucepan
   (pub. by Sampson Low)                              1952
Mister Tumpy In The Land of Wishes
   (pub. by Sampson Low)                              1953
Mister Tumpy In The Land Of Boys and Girls
   (pub. by Sampson Low)                              1955
 
(Mister Tumpy books are in strip form)
 
               

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Mister Twiddle
 
Published by Newnes, illustrated by Hilda McGavin
 
Hello, Mister Twiddle                                  1942
Don't Be Silly, Mister Twiddle                         1949
Well Really, Mister Twiddle                            1953
 

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Pip
 
Published by Sampson Low, illustrator unknown
 
The Adventures of Pip                                  1948
More Adventures of Pip                                 1948
 

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Scamp
 
Published by Collins, illustrated by Pierre Probst
 
Christmas With Scamp and Bimbo                         1955
Scamp at School                                        1955
 
Published by Newnes
 
The Adventures of Scamp (as Mary Pollock)              1943
 

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Courtesy of Dave Palfreyman

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Sooty
 
Published by Collins, illustrated by Pierre Probst
 
Enid Blyton's Sooty                                    1955
Away Goes Sooty                                        1955
 

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Wishing Chair
 
Published by Newnes, illustrated by Hilda McGavin
 
Adventures of the Wishing Chair                        1937
The Wishing Chair Again                                1950
 
           

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Many believe the Wishing-Chair books are amongst Enid Blyton's best work

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