Noddy (character) used as an adjective meaning "petty or trivial" (compare with "Mickey Mouse"), for example, in computer programming: ""This simultaneous linear equation subroutine crashes out on the Noddy case when n = 1, but otherwise it works."" or ""Remember to check all the Noddy cases."" "Toytown" was a BBC radio series for children, broadcast for Children's Hour on the Home Service from 1929. It featured Larry The Lamb as its chief character. Noddy (character) Noddy is a fictional character created by English children's author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963. Noddy was illustrated by the Dutch artist Eelco Martinus
Noddy (character) The total number is hard to count: the "Noddy Library" (Sampson Low) of two dozen titles, which became the "New Noddy Library" when revised, was just part of a big production in the 1950s, with "Big Noddy Books" of larger format, and strip books. There were numerous spin-offs, also. Widely differing estimates can be found. Sales of Noddy books are large, with an estimated 600,000 annual sales in France alone, and growing popularity in India, a large market for Blyton books. The Noddy character was formerly owned by Chorion, who sold the rights on to DreamWorks Classics (a part of