Editing Enid Blyton (section)

==Magazine and newspaper contributions==
Blyton cemented her reputation as a children's writer when in 1926 she took over the editing of ''[[Sunny Stories]]'', a magazine that typically included the re-telling of legends, myths, stories and other articles for children.{{R|ODNB}} That same year, she was given her own column in ''Teachers' World'', entitled "From my Window". Three years later, she began contributing a weekly page in the magazine, in which she published letters from her [[fox terrier]] dog Bobs.{{R|EBSChrono}} They proved to be so popular that in 1933 they were published in book form as ''Letters from Bobs'',{{Sfnp|Stoney|2011|loc=loc. 1063|ps=none}} and sold ten thousand copies in the first week.{{R|EBSChrono}} Her most popular feature was "Round the Year with Enid Blyton", which consisted of forty-eight articles covering aspects of natural history such as weather, pond life, how to plant a school garden and how to make a bird table.{{Sfnp|Stoney|2011|loc=loc. 1243|ps=none}} Among Blyton's other nature projects was her monthly "Country Letter" feature that appeared in ''The Nature Lover'' magazine in 1935.{{Sfnp|Stoney|2011|loc=loc. 1471|ps=none}}

''Sunny Stories'' was renamed ''Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories'' in January 1937, and served as a vehicle for the serialisation of Blyton's books. Her first Naughty Amelia Jane story, about an anti-heroine based on a doll owned by her daughter Gillian,{{Sfnp|Baverstock|1997|p=13|ps=none}} was published in the magazine.{{R|EBSChrono}} Blyton stopped contributing in 1952, and it closed down the following year, shortly before the appearance of the new fortnightly ''Enid Blyton Magazine'' written entirely by Blyton.{{Sfnp|Stoney|2011|loc=loc. 2214|ps=none}} The first edition appeared on 18 March 1953,{{Sfnp|Stoney|2011|loc=loc. 2216|ps=none}} and the magazine ran until September 1959.{{R|ODNB}}

Noddy made his first appearance in the ''[[Sunday Graphic]]'' in 1949, the same year as Blyton's first daily Noddy [[comic strip|strip]] for the London ''[[Evening Standard]]''.{{R|EBSChrono}} It was illustrated by van der Beek until his death in 1953.{{R|EBSChrono}}{{Sfnp|Stoney|2011|loc=loc. 2488–2494|ps=none}}