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90 most awesome old-school children's books

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Heated · 04/07/2008 21:27

Just been wallowing in nostalgia.

Do you remember any of these?

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youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 10:40

Dunnoe if it classes as a childrens classic but I loved and still do love the hungry caterpillar and my DS loves it too. Gives me an excuse to read it and go ooh I wonder what happenss next

BabaYaga · 05/07/2008 10:36

Um, I've just paid ridiculous amount of money for one of the wells series as I had never read it and they are no longer published . Still got two more to buy and read, but no more money for a while! It's such a shame that people just buy books like this and leave them to sit on a shelf.

zaphod · 05/07/2008 09:13

What about Watership Down? I loved a lot of the books on the list, especially the Enid Blyton ones (I spent my childhood with my nose in an EB book), and the Little House series.

Bumperlicious · 05/07/2008 08:41

Have you Heronsfly? I've got most of them. Some of them are really rare and expensive, but I don't want them to collect and make money, I just want to read them!

Campaspe · 05/07/2008 08:04

Yes, I remember loads of these! And I loved most of them. Thanks for the link

heronsfly · 05/07/2008 08:03

Yes,ive got all the Drina books,and the sadler wells series and I still read them all.

Bumperlicious · 05/07/2008 07:24

Pedant alert: No. 64 By the Banks of Plum Creek was a Laura Ingalls Wilder Book as named in no. 10.

I can't believe no one has mentioned the Drina Ballerina books - am I the only one who read them? (I'm probably the only one who still reads them now!).

Bumperlicious · 05/07/2008 07:16

My mum also hated me reading SVH, and 2 weeks ago I found a bunch of old copies at a school fete for 10p each! I bought half a dozen and am enjoying them in the bath in the evneings!

heronsfly · 05/07/2008 06:51

Yes,Ive still got a lot of these,I loved the Blyton school stories malory towers,st clares ect,but the chalet school books were my real favorite,stil read them now.

BabaYaga · 05/07/2008 06:05

Oh yes, still have dusty copies the Jill books, Gymnast Gilly, Ballet Shoes, Swish of the Curtain etc etc. I remember my mum hating me reading Sweet Valley High!

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