to ask you for favourite novel as a child?

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For me it was probably The Famous 5 series, I love adventure!

Leaving aside Enid Blyton, Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr.

My first favourite was The Enchanted Wood, which was then taken over by many Enid Blyton books - particularly the school stories.

I had a long standing love affair with The Dark is Rising sequence.

And my favourite book to relax to was Cue for Treason.

As an adult I love the Chalet School and the Wells books.

I loved Anne of Green Gables, the Narnia series and Little Women. Couldn’t have chosen!

'A Country Child' by Alison Uttley.

"A traveller in time" by Alison Uttley

There was a series called ‘Sophie’s Farm’

And I loved it.

Not sure if it counts as a novel but Journey to the River Sea, by Eva Ibbotson. It was about a little girl who went to live with her distant family in the Amazon rainforest. I read it over and over!

Monica Edwards' "Romney Marsh" series.

@Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies , Cue for Treason! It's had a big influence on my life.

Bogwoppit
Trebizon series

Anything by Diana Wynne Jones or Noel Streatfield

I loved the Chrestomanci chronicles and Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynn Jones. I love rereading them with my eldest

Depend on age
Mallory towers then Children of The Oregon Trail then a long Judy Blume and Paula Dalziger phase.

The book that most affected me was when Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

The children of cherry tree farm and Anne of green gables.

Little Women
What Katy Did
and The Little House on the Prarie series

I love the Chalet and Wells books to this day, as do my girls.

I also loved reading Georgette Heyer novels, and still do, as well as Agatha Christie.

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
The Swish of the Curtain by Pamela Browne
The Diary of Anne Frank
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden

Anything by Alison Uttley, from the Little Grey Rabbit books to the two novels mentioned.

Yes, depends on age.

I'm not sure I could pick my favourite Enid Blyton book.

But we had an open bookshelf and one day I picked up 'My Family and Other Animals' and I was hooked. I still love that book. I remember feeling so grown-up the first time I read it (I must have been about 7 or 8).

As a pre-teen I loved The Exiles series by Hilary McKay and The Mennyms series by Sylvia Waugh. If I found my copies today I'd gladly read them all again!

Carrie’s War - Nina Bawden. Went to love Goodnight Mr Tom as an adult. Goes to show, good children’s literature has a cross generational appeal.

Also loved Eilís Dillon's books.

Masha/the youngest lady in waiting
Little house on the prairie series
The mystery of the invisible thief
What Katy did

Back Home by Michelle Magorian was my favourite.

Also liked The Secret Seven, St Clare's, Point Horror, and Judy Blume.

'What Katy Did' and 'Heidi'.