Book excerpt: Meet Noddy the little wooden boy who comes to life in Enid Blyton's most enduringly popular creation. When a magic rubber goes missing in Toyland, Noddy and Bert Monkey have got a real challenge ahead of them. In the wrong hands, the rubber could rub out half of Toy Town! Will Noddy save the day and rescue the rubber before it causes too much trouble? First published in 1954, this edition contains the original text by Enid Blyton and illustrations by Robert Tyndall.