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I am looking for a copy of the book the Naughty Golliwog by Enid Blyton. Her books aren't easily accessible here. I usually look for my "English" books on Amazon. If anyone can help me out, I'd be much appreciated.
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Might be better if I had the title correct, it's The three Golliwogs. Got the title mixed up with Naughty Amelia Jane. I've been collecting books that I read and enjoyed as a child, over the years. Should of kept the ones I had back when I was a kid. Oh well, live an learn. Thankfully I kept my Famous Five series.
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
Quote on my calendar " A Balanced Diet is a Chocolate in each Hand"
" Eventually the facade crumbles and the truth is revealed!"
Be wary of who you purchase this title from as the"PC" brigade have outlawed the word "golliwog" as offensive to the ethnic communities of the UK. Even Noddy was banned by the BBC because of the use of the word and calling his friend Big Ears. No joke---I am serious. Regards. Col.
It's actually true, another action was to ban the sale of black dolls in toyshops and so on it goes----welcome to theUK. home of the free. We also used to use the unoffensive word "coloured" to describe people of non-white origin but that was also outlawed [check any government form] so now t's OK to say black, irish, pakistani, mixed race but definitely not coloured. I'm lucky, I have friends of all creeds and most are the same as me----who gives a s***, if we are friends what does it matter who or what we are. Regards. Col.
PS -----A piece stolen from Wikipedia
Blyton bans"
It was frequently reported (in the 1950s and also from the 1980s onwards) that various children's libraries removed some of Blyton's works from the shelves. The history of such "Blyton bans" is confused. Some librarians certainly at times felt that Blyton's restricted use of language, a conscious product of her teaching background, militated against appreciation of more literary qualities. There was some precedent in the treatment of L. Frank Baum's Oz books (and the many sequels by others) by librarians in the United States in the 1930s. There were numerous critical comments about Blyton: claiming that her vocabulary was too limited, that she presented too rosy a view of the world, even suggestions that little Noddy's relationship with Big Ears was "suspect", that he was a poor role model for boys because he sometimes wept when frustrated and the laws were politically incorrect.
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