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your favourite ever kids book

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 05/07/2006 20:15

Our Twitchy - It is the BEST kids book ever. very funny, brings a tear to your eye, has a lovely message, beautifully illustrated. just fantastic. bet you can't beat it.

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Kaz33 · 09/07/2006 16:10

Oh all inspired - just been on amazon and bought

land of green ginger
amazon adventure - willard price

to read to DS1, maybe I can help inspire him to read more.

Rhubarb · 09/07/2006 15:32

Roald Dahl - dd loves him! Her face when I read them to her is fantastic! I had to read about 5 chapters of the BFG though or she'd never have slept if she hadn't known he was a friendly giant!

nikkie · 09/07/2006 15:30

Chalet school in exile (in fact most of the series)
Narnia
Roald Dahl

Kaz33 · 09/07/2006 15:23

Oh yes I remember jill and her ponies - had them all and used to practice being a horse in the back garden

FrannyandZooey · 09/07/2006 14:28

I can't cut it down to one, but my top 3 are probably

White Boots by Noel Streatfeild
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit
and the whole of the Marlow series by Antonia Forest, I can't pick one favourite, or even two

Lmccrean · 09/07/2006 12:11

I loved stuff by Dahl, and dd is a little young for those yet, but likes short poems. Her favourite is Commotion in the Ocean and then Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate bar. Must admit I like them too

muffinmum · 08/07/2006 22:41

i remember LOVING roald dahls revolting rhymes

Posey · 08/07/2006 22:38

The Time it took Tom
The Tiger who came to Tea
Harry the Dirty Dog
Ginger

then much of Enid Blyton

notagrannyyet · 08/07/2006 22:31

From my own childhood I remember, Topsy & Tim, Heidi, Wind in the willows, and the Narnia books.

DH always read Thomas the tank engine to the children when they were small!

DD was an avid reader (still is),I remember her reading Mrs Pepperpot & Milly molly mandy.

There are so many brilliant books.I've kept all their childhood books.Just can't get rid of them!

HomicidalPsychoJungleCat · 08/07/2006 21:31

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mousie · 08/07/2006 18:06

this is so nostalgic. loved Rumer Godden and also the Laura Ingalls Wilder. Loved The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goodge. Can;t wait til DD is old enough for these. though perhaps they are too dated now. Naughty Little sister still works really well and is good for reading aloud. Also Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett was great - better than Secret Garden which doesn't read out well IMO.
Charlotte sometimes sounds interesting, don't know what one.

EmmyLou · 08/07/2006 10:15

Daddy Long Legs - must look it up on Amazon.

Charlotte Sometimes too - have bought it for dd1

Harriet the Spy - bit of a cult book amongst my friends and led to copy-cat-competetive diary keeping which was v disruptive!

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - will read this to dd1 (even though she can read it herself, I want a go!) by Judith Kerr. Part of a trilogy and great for around 10yrs old.

Naughtynoonoo · 07/07/2006 22:54

My naughty little sister stories when I was a child, found 2 books of this in a junk shop and was so excited, love reading it to my dd as I still enjoy it - saddo!

TooTicky · 07/07/2006 22:47

Jimjams, thank you for reminding me about Charlotte Sometimes - I loved it too - I must get hold of a copy for my dd1

pebblemum · 07/07/2006 22:21

When i was little i loved reading The Wishing Chair stories, only threw them out a few years ago now wish i had kept them.

When i was about 8 i loved The Water Babies and Famous Five.

Ive heard they are changing some of the old Enid Blyton stories to make them more modern, why cant they leave them alone, they are classics

DS1 (9yrs) always used to love The Hungry Caterpillar and I Love You, now though he prefers horrid henry and Narnia.

Ds2 (2yrs)loves listening to books about Thomas the Tank Engine but he has got one book called 'my first book of diggers and dumpers' which he never puts down. As a result he can identify every type of machinery we go past in the car!!

Jimjamskeepingoffvaxthreads · 07/07/2006 21:10

Charlotte Sometimes

peachygirl · 07/07/2006 21:10

'The house that sailed away' by Pat Hutchins

flutterbee · 07/07/2006 21:09

The faraway tree books are without doubt the best books I ever read when younger, I even read them as an adult every now and again. They really really should be made into a film.

I also loved loved loved the giant jam sandwich and the witch in the cherry tree, both classics and if you haven't read them you should.

Gobbledigook · 07/07/2006 21:09

As a child my favourite were Teddy Robinson books.

JanH · 07/07/2006 21:08

I Am David

JanH · 07/07/2006 21:07

The Jolly Postman & The Jolly Christmas Postman by the Ahlbergs, cheesecake

JanH · 07/07/2006 21:05

Monica Edwards, Elizabeth Enright, Noel Streatfeild.

EmmyLou · 07/07/2006 20:44

For little ones - Here Comes the Train by Charlotte Voake. Simple, but a favourite with dd2 and dd3.

TooTicky · 07/07/2006 17:46

I love the Moomin books by Tove Jansson, The Brothers Lionheart, Pippi Longstocking, Ronja the robbers Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, proper Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne, Laura Ingalls Wilder books, Cynthia Harnett's beautiful historical stories, Room on the Broom, anything by Eva Ibbotson, - stop me! I could go on forever, I'm a complete obsessive!!!!

cupcakes · 07/07/2006 17:44

I haven't tried it on ds but I just might. At least there's Billy Blunt.

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