Obscure children's books that you used to love

I loved the Thief of Always too!

I know quite a few of these. Noggin the Non, Olga da Polga, Thursday's Children and the Giant Jam Sandwitch I liked. Especially the last one.

I love Cynthia Harnett's books, which people on here sometimes know but aren't known well generally. Also Two-Thumb Thomas, about a boy who was raised by cats in a school.

I also liked the Ox-Cart Man.

Mooch the messy (who liked a crunchy bed) as well as What a Mess.

My favourites book as a young child was Paws with Shapes.
I also had one called Clara's country year, which I learnt a lot about old traditions too. I bought it from the library when they got rid of it and still have it.

The wardens neice by Gillian Avery. I loved that book. Later the change over by Margaret Mahy. I see a poster about the place called LauraChant (main protagonist) and keep meaning to give her a metaphorical fist bump, but never do.

I'm not sure how obscure it is, but a book I loved aged about 8 (35 years ago!) was 'Rebecca's World' by Terry Nation. It's been out of print for ages, and reasonably priced copies(that don't turn out to be an audiobook) are non-existent. With the Doctor Who connection, I'm amazed it had stayed out of print.

I remember a thread years ago where I (and others) mentioned it- and Terry Nation's daughter (who,iirc , is called Rebecca) came on and was lovely about how fondly we remembered the book. Which was very nice.

Other childhood books, that no-one I speak to remembers (that I have managed to track down and buy as an adult) are The Last of The really Great Wandoodles (by Julie Andrews, under her married name, Edwards) , Bogwoppit @Giant, and '99 Dragons'.

I am still trying to find a copy of 'Help! I'm a prisoner in a toothpaste factory'

I read the overland launch at school.

I think we've still got some What-a-Mess books somewhere too.

Did anyone else have Eric the a wild Car? My childhood copy seems to have vanished

Dear Mr Henshaw.
I still have my original copy and no one I know has heard of it.

We had loads of noggin the nog books. My favourite was when the inventor invented the push chair. It said something along the lnes of "Olaf said one day it would be used all over the land. But Noggin knew he always talked up his inventions" and the one with the island and the mermaids.

I bought 5 dolls in a house only a couple of months ago.

Best story I loved was Demon Island. Chap only wrote that one I think. Really good adventure story.
And the Black Bog mystery, Lane Mitchell I think. Very funny.

I could go on with others...

What-a-mess - about an Afghan hound.
A reading scheme in primary school about/called? 'Tim and Tobias. Even people I went to school with don't remember it! I remember bing mildly scared and very gripped...
Randomly, one called the Tattooed Potato and Other Stories and another, title of which escapes me, about an amulet and royalty and based in the Black Forest in Germany... Loved them all.

In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. It is quite surreal! I loved it so much that it fell apart, so I bought myself a new copy this year. The children are too old to enjoy it as I did, so I take it out every so often and relive my happier childhood memories, just me and my book.

Oh Wow!!
The Overland Launch
We had that read to us as our end of day story.
Fabulous
I had forgotten all about that book

I had a book when I was really young about two sisters (or friends) called Erica and Inge. One of them had a doll called fat belly cross-eye. Does anyone know what the book title was? I'd really like to read it again. I loved that book.

Bet no-one has heard of mine. Pondus the Penguin.

We have a copy of The Giant Jam Sandwich, it's a great book.

Mine is a book published by a zoo, I think, back in the 80s, called Marcus Who Am I. It's about a tapir who wanders around the zoo trying to work out what kind of animal he is.

I've been after it for ages and just found a copy on eBay for £15. Which is a bit ridiculous for a kids book, and I'm not sure I'd even let DD read it but I am soooo torn...

The Land of Green Ginger, by Noel Langley.

And a book about a cat with one eye called Pyewacket.

Was just gonna say the Jill's pony books.

My favourite was called Five Dol?s in a House or something like that. I read it over and over again.

It was about a Dolls House where five dolls lived and there was a naughty monkey who lived on the roof.

I know I still have the book somewhere but can't find it anywhere. My daughter would love it.

The Story about Ping

Clive Barker signed my copy of Thief of Always. What a long time ago that was!

Probably not obscure here but obscure in Canada where I grew up - Jill's Gymkhana and related books. Loved them. Adored them. Bought them for the DDs to read. They ignored them.

DH and his brothers had the jam sandwich book as kids. I saw it for the first time when I read it to our DC a few months ago - loved it and so did they. I used to love Miss Flora McFlimsey & Little Laughing Water. My dad hates it as he had to read it every night to me for years.

I remember the Olga da Polga books! purple

My obscure book is "William the Dragon". It was written by a child/teen and I don't think it was published for very long. The DC recently found the old, battered, drawn in copy at my mum's house. I looked online for one in better condition for them, and they seem to sell for about a million pounds (I exaggerate!)! Damn you dsis and your "artistic" ways....

Bogwoppit.

Sponge, X and Y. I paid £45 for a copy earlier this year - worth every penny :)