if you were a child in the 80's, what was your favourite book?

[IamAnIAMSgirl]

Hello all
I have been reserving library books to read to DS that I enjoyed as a child.

I was wondering if you would be so kind to re-jog my memory of more book by letting me know your favourite stories if you were a primary school child in this era.

Many thanks!

[TexanKenDoll]

Brian Jacques, I was obsessed with the Redwall series. I even wrote to him to express my admiration and that I hoped he'd never stop writing..

[Hygellig]

I'm remembering so many favourites with this thread! Swallows and Amazons, the Redwall series, What Katy Did and the Ramona books. Goodnight Mister Tom and Back Home both shocked me in different ways.

[OwnedByACat]

Malory Towers
Famous Five
Enchanted wood
Fantastic Mr Fox

[rodneydel]

I loved Pongwiffy and the Borrowers

[Justtrying]

Most Roald Dahl, especially Fantastic Mr Fox, Famous Five and Mallory Towers as I got a little older. Then anything by Judy Blume, I was lucky whilst I wasn't allowed to watch much tv, I had adult library tickets from a young age so was popular as I was one of the first to take Forever to school. Also enjoyed Charlotte's Web, Anne of Green Gables and all the Little House on the Pairie books.

As a young adult/ teen I discovered Len Deighton and Tom Clancy, long before I saw any films associated with their novels.

[wasabipeanut]

Loved the St Clare's & Malory Towers
Narnia series
Alice in Wonderland (DD loves it too, I was so happy)
The Bagthorpe Saga (not seen this mentioned yet - about a dysfunctional family which did ring a few bells...)

[Jacksy15]

I loved the Brambly Hedge books. Amazing pictures!

[RoosterCogburn]

The Antonia Forest Marlow series
KM Peyton's Flambards series, also her books about Jonathan Meredith, Ruth and Pennington
Swallows and Amazon Series
The Bagthorpe Saga
All of the Anne of Green Gables books
Laura Ingalls Wilders Little House books
Can't remember the author but a series of books about Ginty and her arab horse Shantih (may be by Patricia Leith)

[houseeveryweekend]

A Necklace of Raindrops and other stories! And the pop up haunted house book that was amazing!! The Mouse and his Child was another firm fave

[LizzieMacQueen]

Milly Molly Mandy

I loved that there was a map of the village printed in the front and back of each book. That poor girl rarely left the village.

[standingonlego]

The dark is rising
Weirdstone of brisingamen
Nancy Drew
Sherlock Holmes (complete works )
All the usual Enid Blyton
Family from one end street
The borrowers
The little princess
The Secret garden
John Wyndam (day of triffids, etc)
Sweet valley high

[standingonlego]

And my favourite Christmas book - the box of delights

[Bugger1ugs]

The Weirdstone of Brisangamen - one of my favourite books ever. Although I credit it with giving me lifelong claustrophobia due to the descriptions of Susan being caught in the dwarf mines in a hairpin movement, her mouth filling with sand...
shudder

[DragonmotherKhaleesi]

Anastasia krumpnik series
Sweet valley high
Point horror series

[Sunbeam18]

The Wheel on The School, The Peppermint Pig

[Witchend]

Girlie the Beaver Tower books are in print-there's 4 or 5 of them now. I got them for ds a couple of years ago. "Yes Flipip!"

I liked: Joan Aiken
Geoffrey Trease
Chalet School
Malcolm Saville
Monica Edwards
Narnia... all the ones I've read to ds in fact!

[CelticPromise]

Which Witch? By Eva ibbotson.
What A mess books.
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Goodnight Mr Tom and Back Home by Michelle Magorian.

[MiffleTheIntrovert]

The Moomin books.

[vintagechick43]

Anything by Enid Blyton
Topsy and Tim
My naughty little sister
Mrs Pepperpot (can't believe no one has mentioned her )
Goodnight Mr Tom
Tom's midnight garden
Searching for Shona
Far to many to mention!!!

[Roomba]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Rings
Charlotte's Web
Forever by Judy Blume (was secretly passed around giggling school friends aged 11)
Dune
Roald Dahl
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler
Agatha Christie mysteries
Sherlock Holmes stories

An eclectic mix but I was a strange child

[chorltonloveswheelies]

Ooh yes Roomba - Forever!

[PrimalLass]

Fire and Hemlock by DianaWynnee_Jones. Excuse weird link. I still read bits of it almost every day, as it is an enigma

plus all of the Anne of Green Gables books.

[PrimalLass]

And The Changeover by Margaret Mahy.

[Everydayaschoolday]

Ant and Bee
Meg and Mog
Victoria Plum
I am David