Books you read as a child/ teenager that you would love to read again!

Good to see a couple of Susan Cooper mentions on here, I loved her books, much underrated imo. The dark is rising is an absolute classic.
When I was much younger, I loved Joan Aitken, had loads of her books, all with Jan Pienoski illustrations, they were great.

I used to read a series of pony stories about a girl called Jill. I think the first one was Jilly's Gymkhana. Haven't thought about them for years and I suspect they were pretty trashy but I loved them.

Oh my God, I had forgotten about easy Connections and Easy Freedom! Want to read them again now.

Loved the Lorna Hill ballet books; all the pony stories ever written - I was obsessed. Loved the ones about Tamsin and Rissa - Wish For A Pony and the rest. Also the Lone Pine ones by Malcolm Saville.

Would love to collect the pony books I read but so many seem to be out of print now. There was one about a girl with three ponies and an Irish Wolfhound - I wanted to be her!

i used to love books by malcolm saville....mysteries set in shropshire but i cant remember any titles

and the borrowers books even though i then spent a long time laying traps for any that might come up into our house....

ooh and Elidor one of those step through a puddle and you are in another world fantasy books

Also, did anyone read Homecoming and Dicey's Return? By Francine Pascall I think.

I also loved the Edith Nesbit books, "Five Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet" Can't remember the name of the third one.

I just got my copy of "The Chewy Toffee Man Story" by Alasdair Anderson. My brother used to make me read it to him over and over again when he was little. It's out of print now but Abebooks got me a second-hand copy.

Splishsplosh, yes Easy Freedom was the same characters - direct sequel. SO romantic. I think they're out of print now - prob another one to find on ebay.

That settles it MrsBumblebee, there is no way I will go anywhere near that film.

Anyone remember The Ghost of Thomas Kempe?

I loved the Silver Brumby books - just found one on ebay so it's in my pile of things to read. Bet it won't be the same though.

Don't worry, no offence taken . I'm a big fan of badgers as well as bumblebees.

Funny that the next thread I meet you on is one about books .

Oh great. Will take a look. DS2 has recently become much more voracious in his reading so this might be really good.

(PS in that pedantry thread the other day I inexplicably called you Badger instead of Bumblebee. Apologies. Both stripey, I suppose. Confusing.)

Threadworm, I don't really know much about what kind of things children read at what age, but I wouldn't have thought ds2 would be too old for it at all. In fact, the books get progressively more adult in theme and tone as they go along - unsurprising, I guess, given that they cover all the later narrative such as Arthur's incestuous relationship with his half-sister, and his eventual battle with Mordred. As I say, I first came to them as an adult and didn't consider them childish at all. Enjoy!

Glad I found this thread as I loved the Lorna Hill books too but couldn't remember who had written them... still have a soft spot for the name Sebastian!

As a teenager I loved the SE Hinton books (The Outsiders, Rumblefish, etc)

Madamez, thanks for that. It does make sense when you think about it - and frankly childens stories wouldn't work at all if they all featured parents on each page!

Furzella - I remember The Wickedest Witch in the World, loved it as a child. Think it featured Otto the Octopus who travelled in a special trunk? Didn't realise there were more on offer.

Blimmin heck, I didn't realise that the Sword in the Stone was part of a series! I read it with DS2 a year or so ago and loved it. It's a great one for younger siblings to read because the older brother (or step-brother) in the story is such an egotist and so hard on Arthur, who turns out on top in the end!
Will look up the others in the series, but ds2 might be a little too old now at 8yo.

Oh my GOD hanaflower, I've just seen the trailer . It looks appalling!!! Apart from one or two references I could have watched it and not had a clue it was even adapted from the book. How can Susan Cooper have let this happen??

Furzella, you're right - the Once and Future King is just the name for the series of five books about King Arthur, of which the Sword in the Stone is the first.

The Thornbirds, especially page 100 and something.
The bonfire of the vanities

So many good memories of reading these books as a child - some of them I used to re-read over and over again - never do that as an adult. I loved

Little House on the Prairie series - but the last book was a biography with photos - so disappointing to see how they all looked
All the Chalet School books
Judy Blume
Diary of Ann Frank
The Little Prince

I read that the BBC are making a film of Ballet Shoes with the girl from Harry Potter.

I love so many books already mentioned, especially the Alan Garner ones, The Giant Under the Snow, Marianne Dreams, Lorna Hill ones (but manily Sebastian and Veronica ones)
Also the Chalet School books - til Joey left, it was never the same after that.

Furzella - I loved Easy Connections, can't believ she wrote another and I never knew... as it about the same people?

Does anyone remember Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer?

Also think Margaret Mahy books are great, especially The Changeover and The Tricksters.

Luckily we've kept all our books, must have 100s of kids and teenage books. Am now getting the urge to start reading them all again.

Does anyone remember the Josie Smith series of books? I would love to read them again.

MayrAnnSingleton - try me with your pony book.
I read hundreds - and to my delight, dd is enjoying some of them. What was it about?

Beaver Towers, The Witches Revenge by Nigel Hinton

:-D

Haven't read the Once and Future King but Mistress Masham's Repose by TH White is fantastic. Didn't he also write the Sword in the Stone?