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1934

Round the Year with Enid Blyton (4 parts – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)
(Apr)
(ill. Enid Blyton and Kathleen Nixon)
(These were later retitled
Enid Blyton Nature Books)

Evans Bros.

The Talking Teapot and Other Tales
(“Old Thatch” 1) (Apr)
(ill. Peacock and Oxley)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Hop, Skip and Jump
(“Old Thatch” 2) (Apr)

W. & A. K. Johnston

The Strange Tale of Mr. Wumble
(“Old Thatch” 3) (Apr)
(ill. MacDowell)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Brer Rabbit Retold
(“Old Thatch”4) (Apr)
(ill. Peacock)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Happy Stories
(Treasure Trove Readers 1) (Apr)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

In Storyland
(Treasure Trove Readers 2) (Apr)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

Tales That are Told
(Treasure Trove Readers 4) (Apr)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

Snowy Days – Six Winter Songs for Little People
(Jun)
(music Cecil Sharman)

Novello

New Friends and Old
(Treasure Trove Readers 3) (Aug)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

The Enid Blyton Poetry Book
(Sept)

Methuen

Ten-Minute Tales
(Minutes Book 2) (Oct)

Methuen

The Red Pixie Book
(Colour Gift 1) (Nov)
(ill. Kathleen Nixon)

George Newnes

Stories from World History Retold – The Story of the Siege of Troy
(Nov)

Evans Bros.

Stories from World History Retold – The Adventures of Odysseus
(Nov)

Evans Bros.

Stories from World History Retold – Tales of the Ancient Greeks and Persians
(Nov)

Evans Bros.

Stories from World History Retold – Tales of the Romans
(Nov)

Evans Bros.

News Chronicle Boys’ and Girls’ Story Book No. 2
(Dec)
(ill. various)

News Chronicle

1935

The Foolish Green Frog & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 1) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Puppy and the Pixie & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 2) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Enchanted Slippers & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 3) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Palace of Bricks & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 4) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Little Witch Dog & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 5) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Pixie Pins & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 6) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Silly Golliwog & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 7) (May)

A. Wheaton

Jean’s Little Thrush & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 8) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Kind Hedgehog & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 9) (May)

A. Wheaton

Twelve Little Pigs & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 10) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Forgotten Rabbit & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 11) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Tale of Snowball & Other Stories
(Happy Stories No. 12) (May)

A. Wheaton

The Children’s Garden
(May)
(ill. Bip Pares)

George Newnes

The Little Button-Elves
(“Old Thatch” 5) (Jun)

W. & A. K. Johnston

The Adventures of Bobs
(“Old Thatch” 6) (Jun)
(ill. MacDowell)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Animals at Home
(“Old Thatch” 7) (Jun)
(ill. Stevens and Oxley)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Birds at Home
(“Old Thatch” 8) (Jun)
(ill. Oxley)

W. & A. K. Johnston

British Birds
(Nature Observation Pictures 1) (Aug)

Frederick Warne

British Wild Flowers
(Nature Observation Pictures 2) (Aug)

Frederick Warne

Six Enid Blyton Plays
(Oct)

Methuen

Hedgerow Tales
(Nov)
(ill. Vere Temple)

Methuen

The Green Goblin Book
(Colour Gift 2) (Nov)
(ill. Gordon Robinson)

George Newnes

News Chronicle Boys’ and Girls’ Story Book No. 3
)(Dec)
(ill. various)

News Chronicle

1936

Fifteen-Minute Tales
(Minutes Book 3) (Jan)

Methuen

Hedgerow Tales (Parts 1-3)
(Jan)
(ill. Vere Temple)
(These are school editions of the book published in Nov 1935)

Methuen

The Yellow Fairy Book
(Colour Gift 3) (Sep)
(ill. H.R. Millar)

George Newnes

The Famous Jimmy
(Nov)
(ill. Benjamin Rabier)
(reissued as a miniature edition in Feb 1943)

Frederick Muller

Birds of the Wayside and Woodland
(Nov)
(edited by Enid Blyton)

Frederick Warne

News Chronicle Boys’ and Girls’ Story Book No. 4
(Dec)
(ill. various)

News Chronicle

1937

More Letters from Bobs
(Bobs 2) (Feb)

Privately Printed

British Wild Animals
(Nature Observation Pictures 3) (Apr)

Frederick Warne

Brer Rabbit and His Friends
(“Old Thatch” 9) (Jul)
(ill. Oxley)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Round the Year Stories
(“Old Thatch” 10) (Jul)

W. & A. K. Johnston

A Book of Magic
(“Old Thatch” 11) (Jul)
(ill. J. Sharpe)

W. & A. K. Johnston

The Two Sillies and Other Stories
(“Old Thatch” 12) (Jul)
(ill. Oxley)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Adventures of the Wishing Chair
(Wishing Chair 1) (Nov)
(ill. Hilda McGavin)

George Newnes

News Chronicle Boys’ and Girls’ Story Book No. 5
(Dec)
(ill. various)

News Chronicle

1938

The Watchman with 100 Eyes and other Greek Tales
(“Old Thatch” 13) (Aug)
(ill. Douglas Cuthill)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Children of Other Lands
(“Old Thatch” 14) (Aug)
(ill. Douglas Cuthill)

W. & A. K. Johnston

A Visit to the Zoo
(“Old Thatch” 15) (Aug)
(ill. Douglas Cuthill)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Tales of Old Thatch
(“Old Thatch” 16) (Aug)

W. & A. K. Johnston

The Secret Island
(Secret 1) (Sep)
(ill. E.H. Davie)

Basil Blackwell

The Adventures of Binkle and Flip
(Sep)
(ill. Kathleen Nixon)

George Newnes

Mr. Galliano’s Circus
(Galliano’s Circus 1) (Sep)
(ill. E.H. Davie)

George Newnes

Billy-Bob Tales
(Oct)
(ill. May Smith)

Methuen

Heyo, Brer Rabbit!
(Nov)
(ill. Kathleen Nixon)

George Newnes

News Chronicle Boys’ and Girls’ Story Book No. 6
(Dec)

Two Years in the Infant School (4 boxes)
(prepared under the supervision of Enid Blyton)

George Newnes

1939

Cameo Plays (Book 4)
(Apr)

E.J. Arnold

The Enchanted Wood
(Faraway Tree 1) (May)
(ill. Dorothy M. Wheeler)

George Newnes

How the Flowers Grow and Other Musical Plays
(June)
(music Cecil Sharman)

A. Wheaton

How the Flowers Grow
(Musical Play 1) (Jun)

A. Wheaton

The Fairy in the Box
(Musical Play 2) (Jun)

A. Wheaton

The Magic Ball
(Musical Play 3) (Jun)

A. Wheaton

The Toys at Night-Time
(Musical Play 4) (Jun)

A. Wheaton

Santa Claus Gets Busy
(Musical Play 5) (Jun)

A. Wheaton

Who Stole the Crown?
(Musical Play 6) (Jun)

A. Wheaton

The Wishing Bean and Other Plays
(Jul)

Basil Blackwell

Six Plays for Schools
(Jul)

Basil Blackwell

Children of Other Days
(“Old Thatch” 17) (Jul)
(ill. Douglas Cuthill)

W. & A. K. Johnston

King Arthur and His Knights
(“Old Thatch” 18) (Jul)
(ill. MacDowell)

W. & A. K. Johnston

All About the Circus
(“Old Thatch” 19) (Jul)
(ill. Douglas Cuthill)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Friends of the Countryside
(“Old Thatch” 20) (Jul)
(ill. MacDowell)

W. & A. K. Johnston

Hurrah for the Circus!
(Galliano’s Circus 2) (Sep)
(ill. E.H. Davie)

George Newnes

Naughty Amelia Jane!
(Amelia Jane 1) (Oct)
(ill. Sylvia I. Venus)

George Newnes

News Chronicle Boys’ and Girls’ Circus Book
(Dec)
(ill. Hilda McGavin)

News Chronicle

The Rice Pudding
(Peewit Series No 1)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

Noah and Rabbit Miss the Train
(Peewit Series No 2)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

The Story of a Secret
(Peewit Series No 3)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

Three Naughty Gnomes
(Peewit Series No 4)
(ill. Hugh Chesterman)

A. Wheaton

1940

Bobs Again
(Bobs 3) (Jan)

Privately Printed

Mister Meddle’s Mischief
(Meddle 1) (Feb)
(ill. Joyce Mercer and Rosalind M. Turvey)

George Newnes

Twenty-Minute Tales
(Minutes Book 4) (Apr)

Methuen

Birds of Our Gardens
(Apr)
(ill. Roland Green, Ernest Aris and Westcott)

George Newnes

The Treasure Hunters
(Apr)
(ill. Edith Wilson and Joyce Davies)

George Newnes

The Secret of Spiggy Holes
(Secret 2) (May)
(ill. E.H. Davie)

Basil Blackwell

The Talking Teapot and Other Tales
(New edition Old Thatch 1) (Jul)

J. Coker

Hop, Skip and Jump
(New edition Old Thatch 2) (Jul)

J. Coker

The Strange Tale of Mr. Wumble
(New edition Old Thatch 3) (Jul)

J. Coker

Brer Rabbit Retold
(New edition Old Thatch 4) (Jul)
(The four books above were originally published in the Old Thatch Series)

J. Coker

The Naughtiest Girl in the School
(Whyteleafe 1) (Sept)
(ill. W. Lindsay Cable)

George Newnes

Plays for Older Children
(Sep)
(ill. Alfred E. Bestall, music Alec Rowley)

George Newnes

Plays for Younger Children
(Sep)
(ill. Alfred E. Bestall, music Alec Rowley)

George Newnes

The Children of Cherry Tree Farm
(Farm 1) (Nov)
(ill. Harry Rountree)

Country Life

Tales of Betsy-May
(Nov)
(ill. Joan Gale Thomas)

Methuen

The Little Tree-House
(Picture Strip 1) (Nov)
(ill. Dorothy M. Wheeler)
(reissued as
Josie, Click and Bun and the Little Tree-House
in Feb 1951)

George Newnes

The Children of Kidillin
(Pollock 1) (Nov)
(ill. Edith Wilson)

George Newnes

Three Boys and a Circus
(Pollock 2) (Nov)
(ill. Edith Wilson)

George Newnes

(The two books above were published under the pen-name Mary Pollock but were reissued at a later date as Enid Blyton books.)

The Bumble-Bee
(Peewit Series No. 5)
(ill. Hugh Chesterton)

A. Wheaton

Sly-One Buys His Apples
(Peewit Series No. 6)
(ill. Hugh Chesterton)

A. Wheaton

Gulliver
(Peewit Series No. 7)
(ill. Hugh Chesterton)

A. Wheaton

The Midnight Goblin
(Peewit Series No. 8)
(ill. Hugh Chesterton)

A. Wheaton

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