The Books
Various Noggin short stories were also published, and a visitor in one of them, Noggin and the Moon Mouse, later provided the basis for the characters in the popular Clangers TV series. All of the books were published by Kaye and Ward and written by Oliver Postgate, illustrated in full colour by Peter Firmin.
Edmund Ward Starting to Read books:
- Noggin The King (1965)
- Noggin and The Whale (1965)
- Noggin and The Dragon (1966)
- Nogbad Comes Back! (1966)
- Noggin and The Moon Mouse (1967)
- Nogbad and The Elephants (1967)
- Noggin and The Money (1973)
- Noggin and The Storks (1973)
There was also a standard book series published in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of 12 illustrated hardback books:
- King of the Nogs (1968)
- The Ice Dragon (1968)
- The Flying Machine (1968)
- The Omruds (1968)
- The Island (1969)
- The Firecake (1969)
- The Pie (1971)
- The Flowers (1971)
- The Game (1972)
- The Monster (1972)
- The Black-Wash (1975)
- The Icebergs (1975)
Also a large b/w illustrated book about Nog life was published:
- Nogmania (1977) (reprinted by The Dragon's Friendly Society in 2000)
Also to tie in with the colour series two omnibus Noggin books were published:
- Three Tales of Noggin Volume 1 (1981) (Noggin the King/Noggin and The Whale/Noggin and the Moon Mouse)
- Three Tales of Noggin Volume 2 (1981) (Noggin and the Dragon/Nogbad and the Elephant/Noggin and the Storks)
In 1992 a fully illustrated 96-page colour book published by Harper Collins titled The Sagas of Noggin the Nog. This volume includes four tales: King of the Nogs, The Ice Dragon, The Flying Machine, and The Omruds.
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