To ask what your favourite children's book is/was

[LaVieEstBelle159]

The book or books that bring back comforting and happy memories.

Mine are Magic Faraway Tree, Mallory Towers and St Clares, all by Enid Blyton.

What are yours?

Also the Anne of Green Gables series, particularly Anne’s House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside.

@5128gap

The Pheonix and the carpet The wouldbegoods Five children and It

Oh yes- I loved and still love E. Nesbit. Also 'The Story of the Amulet'; 'The House of Arden'; 'The Railway Children'.

All Enid Blyton books, Flambards, Charlotte Sometimes, Come Back Lucy (the tv programme was really scary), When Marnie was there, Mandy (by Julie Andrews).
I wonder if anyone remembers a book called Leo Possessed? It was a children's book in the late 70's, by it was terrifying.

I quite liked some of the Richard Scarry books. We had a copy of 'Cars and Trucks and Things That Go' in my first primary school class. It was very popular and I hardly ever got a chance to look at it. I recently acquired a copy of 'The Jolly Dogs of Dogsville' which I first had when I was about five years old. I don't know if The Jolly Dogs ever caught on but I liked the stories and the illustrations.

@painauraisin

Same as yours. Also Chicken Licken when I was very small, Milly Molly Mandy and White Boots by Noel Streatfeild when I was a bit older.

I was thinking about white boots a few weeks ago. And how grim it was that the auntie had the ice skates the parents drowned in framed on the little girls bedroom wall

@Welshwabbit

Lots already mentioned (particularly the Dark is Rising series, Little House In The Big Woods, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Ballet Shoes, The Little Princess) but also...

The Snow Spider Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo
Where It Stops Nobody Knows by Amy Ehrlich
Little Plum by Rumer Godden

and when I was very little, the Tim and the Hidden People series of school reading books by Sheila K. McCullagh.

Finally someone mentioning the snow spider trilogy. I was obsessed with this as a kid and still re read every few years. Visited Harlech as an adult and all I could thing about was the chapter when nia goes with her elder cousin

I also loved
The little house on the prairie books
Babysitters club
Point horror
Judy Blume - especially tiger eyes and just as long as we're together, was always disappointed there was never a third book in that series from Alison's point of view. Another one I loved was staring sally j freedman as herself
Someone up the thread mentioned the Anastasia krupnik books. I remember reading one by the same author called a summer to die about a girl who's older sister is diagnosed with lukeamia - absolutely heartbreaking

The Little Prince.

Ballet Shoes. My mum gave it to me to read when I was around 7 and a bit poorly, and I absolutely loved it. I've read it several times since.

Come to think of it, I'm just about due a re-read ...

@DanielRicciardosSmile

What Katy Did, and the sequels What Katy Did at School, and What Katy Did Next. I was obsessed with them.

Also, The Naughtiest Girl books, The Box of Delights, and The Dark is Rising series.

You need to track down the further sequels, Clover and In the High Valley.

@DanielRicciardosSmile

What Katy Did, and the sequels What Katy Did at School, and What Katy Did Next. I was obsessed with them.

Also, The Naughtiest Girl books, The Box of Delights, and The Dark is Rising series.

Have you read the sequels clover and in the high valley? I got them from Girls gone by publishing a few years ago.

Trebizon and Antonia forest and chalet school are the ones I still have and re-read (plus ballet shoes and the Katie series)!

The Chalet School, I'm collecting all the GGBP unabridged books & fill-ins.

Also, Cherry Ames
Mandy by Julie Andrews which was the first book to make me cry.
The Harvey's see it through, my auntie's friend worked for the Blind & they used to have book sales to raise funds & this was one of the armfulls of books I came home with, I loved it.
The Secret Island by Enid Blyton
Six Bad Boys by Enid Blyton

Ahh magic faraway tree! I always wanted the honey pops? one character gave out.
Animals of farthing wood too, did anyone used to watch the cartoon series?
Very old ones, I think it was Enid blyton, Mr twiddle? A victor meldrew type. And all the famous fives.

@Raindancer411 - I loved a series called making out by Katherine Applegate about a group of high school kids who lived on a island and got a ferry to school every day.. Zoey and her brother Benjamin whose parents owned a restaurant.. haven’t thought about that series for years!!

Lots of familiar reads on here, was also a massive fan of sweet valley, Judy Blume and most Enid Blyton. I believed for years the faraway tree was real

Mallory towers
Magic faraway Tree
The children of red roofs. ( all Enid)
And the chalet school -desperately wanted to go to boarding school in innsbruck!

@LaVieEstBelle159

The book or books that bring back comforting and happy memories.

Mine are Magic Faraway Tree, Mallory Towers and St Clares, all by Enid Blyton.

What are yours?

The Faraway Tree Mallory Towers Jackie Won a Pony Jills Gymkhana and all the Jill books Anything by the Pulliein-Thompson sisters Jackie Collins The Stud I never got passed chapter 1 but was beaten by mum for knicking it out of her nightstand

Charlotte Sometimes
Ballet Shoes
Marianne Dreams
A Long Way From Verona
Smoky House
Elizabeth of the Garret Theatre
The Secret Garden
Wings Over Wychend
The Magician's Nephew & The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

From my own childhood mallory towers.
From my own kids childhood then definately the Hairy mclarey series.

George Speaks by Dick King-Smith, I knew it by heart. St Clares and Secret Seven, Sweet Valley Twins and anything by Judy Blume but favourites were Just As Long As We're Together and Here's to You Rachel Robinson. My first ever Judy Blume book was Deanie, liked that too. Also loved Sweet Valley Twins, favourite one was The Unicorns Go Hawaiin or the one where cousin Robyn visits from San Diego. Funny what sticks in your head.

I loved a book called Earthstar Magic. I don't fully remember what it was about although I remember they met a witch, could shrink and fly on an earthstar lol. I still have it, maybe I should have a read
Also the lion the witch and the wardrobe. I still have a few of my childhood books including my Narnia collection and I'm 37 I remember some about a mouse called Dudley which I loved too.
As I got older I loved the point horror and sweet valley high books.

Malory Towers, St Clares & Far-away Tree too.
Anne of Green Gables
What Katy Did, What Katy did Next & rest of series.
Heidi
Judy Blume

All of the TinTin books.

Malory towers, famous five and anything by Enid Blyton.
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.
Lion, Witch and Wardrobe

Tom's midnight garden

@LaVieEstBelle159

The book or books that bring back comforting and happy memories.

Mine are Magic Faraway Tree, Mallory Towers and St Clares, all by Enid Blyton.

What are yours?

Exactly the same as yours, but also add in Famous Five, and different author but Nancy Drew mysteries