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It was Enid Blyton's Famous Five for me. I read and re read them again and again.

I loved all the Faraway Tree and Wishing Chair books and then went on to the St Clares series. I also loved the story of the Willow Pattern and still have the book my mum bought me as a child.

The book I read over and over again as a child was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It sparked my imagination like no other beginning in a far off land and the magical revealing of a hidden garden. Mary Lennox fascinated me with her sad story that finished in quite a miraculous way. I know my daughter was equally enthralled when I found a copy for her to read too many years later.

Big favourites with my two (aged 2 and 4) are The Gruffalo (2 year old obsessed with it at the moment), Monkey Puzzle, Oliver Jeffers books, We're going on a bear hunt. As a child I remember being obsessed with Enid Bluton mystery books (Five Find-Outers and Dog) to the extent that I searched our home until I found where my mum had hidden two of the mystery books bought for me to read on holiday Also loved lots of others already mentioned: anything by Noel Streatfield, Anne of Green Gables series, Chalet School, Malory Towers (also had notions of being a boarder ). Have a lovely memory of being read aloud the first of the Little House books by a friend's mum during sleepovers.

How do you narrow it down to one? I loved Charlottes Web - just a beautifully told story. Same goes for Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Both books can still make me cry. Also loved the Heidi books and all the Little House on the Prairie series.

Winnie the Pooh is an absolute classic and never dates. My DDs loved the Alfie and Annie Rose series by Shirley Hughes - beautifully illustrated and gorgeous stories of childhood.

As a child, I loved The Secret Garden (lurrvved the idea of a secret garden and the evolution of Mary's character), Huckleberry Finn (cracking adventure) Heidi (the setting - such an amazing comfort read - the descriptions of warm milk and bread(!) used to made me drool), The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (incredible story telling).

As an adult I still love children's books - my favourite books for children: all of the Harry Potters, Holes by Louis Sachar, and any Anne Fine or Penelope Lively books.

The Worst Witch, I read the book so many times! I live the fact that my niece has now read the book as well!

Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree books. I loved them as a little girl and now my DD is enjoying them just as much.

My favourite book as a child was Milly Molly Mandy. I so longed to live in that "nice white cottage with the thatched roof " instead of a little terraced house in Longsight with an outside loo! Would have loved friends like Billy Blunt and Little-Friend-Susan too. Not too sure about the striped dress though........

I love Peepo - the illustrations are so beautiful and the story so lovely. Ours is in bits but I might get some extra copiesAlso we have The Dark by Lemony Snickett, it is such a beautiful poetic tory, I think I'll buy two spare copies to keep for the children when they grow up

I have always loved the very hungry caterpillar, the tiger who came to tea, paddington and the ant & bee books.
It has been wonderful to share them with my own DC.
New favourites include the snail and the whale, monkey puzzle, Whiffy Wilson and how to hide a lion.

As a child I didn't care about books at all until I discovered Goosebumps, aged 8, and they started a life long passion for reading.
I still shiver a little thinking about some of them!
It's so hard to say just one, but 'The Ghost Next Door' was fantastic.

My own DD has just turned two and she adores books already. We read for hours every day. The first book I read to her, at 2 days old, was Dr Seuss 'Oh, The Places You'll Go'. She loves it and it's one of her first choices from her bookshelf (Closely followed by 'Room On the Broom'!)

Carrie's War by Nina Bawden was my favourite

My favourite is the Harry Potter series. When I was little it was Phoebe and the hot water bottles.

For my daughter now who is 2.9 her current favourite is Mogs Christmas and Mog the forgetful cat, we can both also recite the Gruffalo!

A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson and Winnie the Pooh (of course) for reading to children when they are little.

Also, we love We're Going on a Bear Hunt and You Choose for great interaction and lots of audience participation!

As they get older, and start to read themselves, I think that the Paddington stories are great for early readers (and still funny of you're sharing the reading).

Harry Potter is a must. I am so jealous of my children, who are getting to tear through each book as soon as they want to, when I had to wait for each one to be published!

I also love the When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit trilogy from Judith Kerr for when they are a bit older.

Howls Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones- a perfect book by a fantastic author- funny, touching, a light nod to traditional tales but truly original.

Of those above- ballet shoes, and Shirley hughes, fantastic books. I also loved The Saturdays! And how about My Naughty Little Sister- the best chapter book for reading aloud ever!

It was always Roald Dhal, I read all of his books, even the not so famous ones. My favourite was Esio Trot

Love, love, love Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. Beautiful, clever story capturing life from a stick's point of view. The illustrations by Axel Scheffler really bring the story to life.

Enjoying sharing this story with my children who like to list all the ways a stick can be used.

Highlights family life and can be used as a Christmas story with the appearance of Santa.

My DH and I took the kids to see the Stick Man stage performance which they loved and we watched the TV adaptation over the Christmas period which was excellent.

Highly recommend Stick Man.

Some of the books my daughters would choose as favourites they thoroughly enjoyed are:
"Because of Winn Dixie" by Kate di Camillo, a heart warming, unsentimental story of friendship, second chances and personal growth. It's generally aimed at 9/10+ depending on the child's sensitivity, as there are a few references to adult problematics (alcohol and a minor incident with a police officer). The references are not too direct and the book is written in an approachable manner.
"When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" by Judith Kerr, a personal account of the historic events preceding the Second World War in Germany from the innocent, transparent and often endearing view of a young Jewish girl. The book speaks directly to children, in a way that inspires and brings empathy, understanding and a whole lot of much anticipated smiles and good humour.
In fact, there are lots of classics we love. It's very hard to narrow it down: All Rumer Godden's children books, "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane", by Kate Di Camillo, anything by Dick King Smith and Roald Dahl, "Charlotte's Web", by EB White, E Nesbit...

My absolute favourite book as a child was The Kelpies Pearls by Mollie Hunter. It captured my imagination in a way I never thought possible and made me in to the avid reader that I still am today.

The Saturdays, I loved that book. I found a copy just before Christmas in amongst some things of my late DF's. He must have bought it and forgotten to give it to me. It made me really happy as he was a voracious reader and passed his love of reading to me.

I loved the Ballet Shoes series, and Enid Blyton especially the "Adventure" series as others have mentioned and also loved Famous Five and St Clare's and Mallory Towers.

The Narnia series was a big favourite and DD 7yo is reading my boxset now.

I was pony mad and loved the "Jill had a pony" series. I also loved the Silver Brumby series.

My favourites are the 'What Katy Did' books, particularly 'What Katy Did at School'.

I love how relatable the personalities are despite it being such an old book, I love the humour from Rose Red. It's warm and comforting. I re-read often.

My favourite story growing up was "The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark". I loved the way it gently made the dark seem exciting etc rather than scary and it was very funny too. I loved the interaction between Plop and his parents, especially his Dad. We also had a Paddington story collection which I loved.

For DD, I love the Large family books, especially "Five Minutes Peace". I also really liked "The Cat, the Mouse and the Runaway Train". Lovely use of language and illustrations

So many, a few that have been mentioned but my absolute favourites were The Worst Witch series, and The Mennyms.

The Mennyms was so popular at my primary school there was a waiting list for it in our school library. I loved the idea of these rag dolls that live this completely secret life, and go about their business in the real world, without people realising what they truly are. I loved some of the situations that arose, and as a 9 year old it was my first glimpse into the world of adults, but in a way that I could still access and understand.

I ended up with the whole series of books, and now I really want to dig them out and read them again!