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Top five children's books of all time

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RosaLuxembourg · 24/09/2007 18:58

I want to get in first!
So what are your five items of children's literature?
Mine are:
Rosa wanders off to ponder...

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StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 24/09/2007 20:06

Northern Lights
Swallows And Amazons
Mrs Frisby and The Rats of Nimh
Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Tom's Midnight Garden

shreddies · 24/09/2007 20:05

I remember it now - it was good

gegs73 · 24/09/2007 20:02

Danny the Champion of the World - Roald Dhal
The Dark is Rising series - Susan Cooper
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner
Harry Potter
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Robert C O'Brien

The Silver Sword what a great book nell12 I've forgotten all about that!
Charlotte Sometimes sounds like a great book. I might have to read that (even though I am 33 )

TinyGang · 24/09/2007 19:53

The Secret Garden
The Ship that Flew
Just William
Slinky Malinky and Hairy McClary
The Pantom Tolbooth

Fennel · 24/09/2007 19:47

Charlotte Sometimes is about a 13 year old girl who goes to boarding school in the 60s and swaps, overnight, with a girl boarding in 1918, every night they swap over while sleeping, and then she gets trapped in 1918 for a while. It's very famous.

seeker · 24/09/2007 19:28

The second 5 isn't me - it's my imaginary twin sister.

seeker · 24/09/2007 19:27

Sam Pig - Alison Uttley
Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomerty
Ballet Shoes - Noel Stretfield
Swallowdale - Arthur Ransome
Fire in the Punchbowl - Monica Edwards

seeker · 24/09/2007 19:25

Falconer's Lure - Antonia Forrest
Saffy's Angel - Hilary McKay
The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne

Not forgetting
The Land of Green Ginger - Noel Langley
Dear Zoo - Rod Cambell

Stop stop - she said 5!

Majorca · 24/09/2007 19:24

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shreddies · 24/09/2007 19:19

Fennel, what was Charlotte Sometimes? That sounds familiar

shreddies · 24/09/2007 19:18

Sorry, I want to swap Wind in the Willows for Well Met by Moonlight

Fennel · 24/09/2007 19:17

The talking parcel (Gerald Durrell)
Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfield)
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Charlotte Sometimes (?)
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)

nell12 · 24/09/2007 19:17

The Silver Sword
ALL Dahl books
All Michael Morpugo books (especially Cool... sniff sniff)
The Mole who know it was none of his business
Nothing by Mick Inkpen

Mercy · 24/09/2007 19:17

I like the Alfie and Annie Rose stories (or maybe it's just the illustrations)

shreddies · 24/09/2007 19:14

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and/or Danny the Champion of the World
Well Met by Moonlight
What Katie Did

Kathyis6incheshigh · 24/09/2007 19:13

Treasure Island for my number 5

dustystar · 24/09/2007 19:12

All Dahls book are great

Kathyis6incheshigh · 24/09/2007 19:12

Swallows and Amazons series (can I have a series?)
Richmal Crompton's William
The Treasure Seekers
The Borrowers

will think about the 5th.

dustystar · 24/09/2007 19:11

Charlie and the chocolate factory

MaryAnnSingleton · 24/09/2007 19:09

The Woolpack - Cynthia Harnett
The Country Child - Alison Uttley
to start with.....

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RosaLuxembourg · 24/09/2007 19:07

Oh yes, I meant the ones you like best yourself.

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MaureenMLove · 24/09/2007 19:06

Probably not classics in the true sense of the word, but these are my all time favs.

Its The Bear - Jez Alborough
When we were very young - AA Milne
Now we are six - AA Milne
Cuddly Duddley - Jez Alborough
Harry Potter ?

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RosaLuxembourg · 24/09/2007 19:01

Oh yes

The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
I, Coriander - Sally Gardner
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin
Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
Hounds of the King - Henry Treece

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