Favourite children's books if you were born circa 1979

[recklessgran]

I've come up with the idea of giving one of my DD's a bundle of her favourite childhood books as part of her Christmas present so that she can read them again with her 3 year old over the coming years. I know this will mean a lot to her. The problem is that I'm struggling to think of enough of them. So far I've got the Velveteen Rabbit, Grandfather Gregory and the Brambly Hedge seasons books. I would really appreciate any help as I am struggling to remember which of the books we had belonged to which era given that I had 5 DD's spread out over 16 years. TIA

Follyfoot
Enid Blyton
Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web
Narnia
Bullerby Children
Mrs Pepperpot
Flossie Teacakes
The Great Smile Robbery
Grump goes Galumphing
Gift from Winklesea
The dragon of Og
Hans Christian Anderson treasury
Robert Louis Stevenson A Child's Garden of Verse

@MotherOfCrocodiles

Mr Magnolia (Quentin Blake) Dogger (Shirley Hughes) Meg and Mog (Jan Pienkowski) Peepo (Ahlberg) Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak) Also lover the Brambly Hedge one where they go exploring the palace

Older (chapter books)
The Worst Witch
Ramona Quimby
The owl that was afraid of the dark
Secret Seven/ Famous Five
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
most of these were probably around for your older children too though

This plus Malllory Towers The Faraway Tree / The wishing chair Gobilino Cat The Neverending Story Meg and Mog Tiget Who Came to Tea Ladybird books on Anything -Royal Family etc Mrs Pepperpot Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys Anne of Green Gables Stig of the dump Kes

And who could forget
Watership Down
The Book of Why
Dungeons and Dragons books
Judy Blume

@Sunbird24

If anyone ever finds a book called Phoebe & the Hot Water Bottles, please let me know! It was my absolute favourite (even though Phoebe was read as Pobby in my brain at the time) and I have looked everywhere.

Other favourites have all been listed I think, other than all the little Ladybird hardback fairytales with gorgeous illustrations. We gave all mine to my old primary school when I was a teenager and the kids DREW on them! 🥺

www.amazon.co.uk/Phoebe-Water-Bottles-Picture-Lions/dp/0006616828?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

£60 though!

Adrian Mole as well!

Sorry.............I'm getting carried away.

What Katy did!

Johnny Lion books

@WindblowingSW I don’t think I can justify that 😩

Oh I just love this idea. I wish my mum would do it for me! So lovely and thoughtful

I'm sorry to jump in on this OP, but I have been searching for a children's book from this era, maybe slightly later. It was a chapter book, aimed at maybe 8 year olds, a Christmas story and it was about a little girl who puts a paper angel decoration in her window.

I know that's really not a lot to go on, but if anyone recognises it I'd be immensely grateful.

Flossie Teacake! I want to re-read that now with Pineapple dance studio in Covent Garden and the fur coat transformation.

Just thought of all the Jill Hutchins books - The Mona Lisa Mystery, Follow that Bus, the House that Sailed Away.

I’m a 79 baby and loving this thread.

Cops and Robbers (Janet and Alan Albherg)
Lucy and Tom books (Shirley Hughes)

Pat Hutchins sorry

Ooh I have a question for people on this thread, if I may. I've been trying to remember the details of a book I read at my Gran's house when I was little. I think it was a book of short stories, and one of them was about a child who cut a castle and maybe a town out of paper, and at night time it came to life and there were lights and real little people living in it. Does this ring any bells for anyone? 🙏🏻

1979 baby here too!

Burgler Bill
The Shrinking of Treehorn
Walt and Pepper

Those are the three that I loved as a child and I still have them.

Also a 79er
My faves were giraffe pelly and me, revolting rhymes and Dr Seuss oh the places you'll go.

Has anyone mentioned Meg and Mog?

The Bears who Stayed Indoors. Had such fond memories of this and found a proper old copy at a book sale a couple of years ago. Wonderful.
A House is a House for Me
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
The Story of Holly and Ivy (think it was Rumer Godden. It was so sad in parts I can't bear to read it with dd, though)
Meet Mary Kate

Oh, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes is perfect for a 3yo.

@Blurpblorp

Oh wow you should include Morris' Disappearing Bag. This was my favourite when I was little. And it's a Christmas story too!

Yes, Yes, Yes! I still have my copy of Morris' Disappearing Bag and it was one of my favourites as well.

So many of these I loved, and at the moment everything seems so much more evocative!
Agree with gobbolino
Mallory towers
Faraway tree
Narnia books
St clares
Trebizon

Also (apologies if I missed them)
Biggles
Nancy Drew
Hardy Boys
Something in a junk yard with Alfred Hitchcock and 3 boys - Pete, Bob and Jupiter?
At this time of year I loved the Box of Delights......

Nicobobinus

The snow spider, the Trebizon books, the Bagthorpes, Moondial, Enid Bottom, Just William

Born early 1981. Books I loved

Ramona Quimby
The Worst Witch
Magic Faraway Tree, Famous five (gender stereotypes now, I think it should be explained to children reading it today about when it was written)
Sweet Valley twins and later high
Roahl Dahl
A little gymnast
C. S Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the other Narnia books

There are plenty more but these spring to mind.

Oh yes I liked Trebizon as well and Mallory Towers. Very similar list to everyone else on here.

If we are thinking younger then Topsy and Tim.

@Sunbird24 I loved Phoebe and the hotwater bottles too. I really wanted the pink horse one.

Miffy
Mr Men
Mog
Moomins
Roger Red hat, Jennifer Yellow hat (school series).