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As an Adult, What Children's Books Have You Enjoyed?

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SprinkledGlitter · 25/03/2024 11:43

I've seen an old thread about this and I thought I'd create a new one.

What would you recommend? I love discovering new books!

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Natsku · 30/03/2024 09:39

SprinkledGlitter · 29/03/2024 22:18

Natsku - Keep all your books! There's always some random book that becomes rare and expensive to replace, years down the line.

thepastinsidethepresent -:I think that Can You See Me? is by Libby Scott. Lots of people have reserved that at my local library. I hadn't heard of it until you mentioned it.

Thanks all Flowers

I would love to keep all my books but my parents are moving to a house without an attic so have much less space to store my stuff, and I live abroad so can't bring it over very easily. I've said yes to all the ones I can't find in the library system where I am, and the rarer ones (like an English prose version of the Kalevala, looking it up now and I think it might be worth quite a bit!)

CheeseDreamsTonight · 30/03/2024 05:42

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon.
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

CHEESEY13 · 30/03/2024 05:32

"Wind In The Willows" - magic every time. Also, a close second, "Fungus The Bogeyman" by (I think) Raymond Briggs. Wonderfully disgusting illustrations.

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SprinkledGlitter · 29/03/2024 22:18

Natsku - Keep all your books! There's always some random book that becomes rare and expensive to replace, years down the line.

thepastinsidethepresent -:I think that Can You See Me? is by Libby Scott. Lots of people have reserved that at my local library. I hadn't heard of it until you mentioned it.

Thanks all Flowers

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Natsku · 29/03/2024 15:02

My parents are moving house and my mum is currently going through my boxes of books in the attic and asking what ones she should keep for me, and thanks to this thread I'm saying yes to a lot of them Grin Should be Back Home in one of those boxes, I remember loving that.

thepastinsidethepresent · 29/03/2024 14:14

'Can you see me?' Forgotten the author name but a great story about autism from a pre-teen's perspective.

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SprinkledGlitter · 29/03/2024 14:05

I remember reading Back Home when I was younger. Smile

KnitnNatterAuntie - I'm loving this thread but it's definitely increased my Amazon spending! Grin

Thanks, everybody. Flowers

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ProfessorPeppy · 29/03/2024 06:36

Snoopsnoggysnog · 29/03/2024 00:03

Anyone who loves Goodnight Mr Tom must read Back Home by the same author. It’s probably my favourite book of all time and I always recommend it on these threads!

Back Home is excellent.

KnitnNatterAuntie · 29/03/2024 05:31

I do wish you would all stop recommending such lovely books! 😂😂😂

I'm trying to downsize my book collection as I will probably be moving in the near future and, as a result of this thread, I now have a long list of 'must have' purchases!!!!!!

Snoopsnoggysnog · 29/03/2024 00:03

Anyone who loves Goodnight Mr Tom must read Back Home by the same author. It’s probably my favourite book of all time and I always recommend it on these threads!

EBearhug · 28/03/2024 23:30

The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke

She wrote the Inkheart books, too.

FisksSpareSuit · 28/03/2024 22:13

Holes – Louis Sachar - brilliant book
The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
The Fireworkmaker's Daughter – Philip Pullman
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz - I was addicted to them
The Mr Gumm books made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe
The Snail and The Whale makes me cry every time I read it - one of my favourite books ever.

CatherineCookSum · 28/03/2024 22:04

I enjoyed reading The Hunger Games trilogy, which I read when my children expressed interest in it, and I wondered what it was about and whether it suitable for them.

wendywoopywoo222 · 28/03/2024 21:40

I loved Henry the Queens Corgi by Georgie Crawley.

goneveryquiet · 28/03/2024 21:24

SpikeWithoutASoul · 28/03/2024 20:24

I just read I Capture The Castle for the first time at 44! It was great but I would have adored it at 16.

If you love this, read Rebecca and The List Art of Keeping Secrets

goneveryquiet · 28/03/2024 21:23

Just William

Anne of Greengables

2mummies1baby · 28/03/2024 21:22

35andThriving · 28/03/2024 19:07

I did enjoy Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging (and the rest of the series by Louise Rennison). However, when reading them for a second time that seemed a bit more homophobic than I realised.

Yes! Reading them as a gay teenager was really dispiriting.

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SprinkledGlitter · 28/03/2024 21:01
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SpikeWithoutASoul · 28/03/2024 20:24

I just read I Capture The Castle for the first time at 44! It was great but I would have adored it at 16.

35andThriving · 28/03/2024 19:07

I did enjoy Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging (and the rest of the series by Louise Rennison). However, when reading them for a second time that seemed a bit more homophobic than I realised.

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SprinkledGlitter · 28/03/2024 17:11

Thank you

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OneHeartySnail · 27/03/2024 16:22

And Carrie's War!

OneHeartySnail · 27/03/2024 16:21

Stig of the Dump is wonderful! Tom's Midnight Garden as well!

Natsku · 27/03/2024 15:10

JaninaDuszejko · 26/03/2024 17:27

Katherine Rundell wrote an essay about why adults should read children's books. I'd rather read a children's classic like 'Tom's Midnight Garden' or 'Carrie's War' than most genre fiction.

One that is even better as an adult is Adrian Mole. My children are teenagers now and they make me howl with laughter.

Read this post and immediately logged into the library website to order Adrian Mole! I remember loving it as a teenager

SummerLightning · 27/03/2024 07:40

Janetsmug · 25/03/2024 17:08

The Morrigan Crowe/Nevermore books, DD lost interest but I've read them all, they're brilliant 😊

My kids despair of my morrigan crow obsession. Though my kids like it too, just not as much & they are now too old as well. My 15 year old did ask if we could listen to the new one when it comes out on audio book though!

I have also got several other adult friends into reading them!

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