This is a boxed set of 12 short hardback books of Noggin the Nog stories by the late Oliver Postgate. With Peter Firmin, Postgate was responsible for some of the best children's broadcasting in the UK Noggin the Nog is a sort f viking figure, though rather more peaceable (he drinks tea and digs potatoes in his garden, despite being King of the Nogs). The stories are charming, and delightfully illustrated in the style of the animation (the characters seem to be based on the Lewis chessmen). ( )