What was you favourite book when you were a child?

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Mine was The Faraway Tree series.

What Katy Did

i used to read judy blume books. thought i was really grown up at the time.

The Little White Horse.

When Marnie was There - Joan G Robinson
and the Jill pony books.

some strange little book about a duck called 'ping'.

The Magic Faraway Tree definitely. So exciting. What land would be at the top of the tree? eeek!

The Magic Faraway Tree, followed in due course by Narnia and Charmed Life by Dianne Wynne Jones

Yes I loved the Judy Blume books too. Also Little Women - my Mum gave me her copy from when she was a child, I treasure it.

I loved the Armada ghost book series, I had all of them. I really loved spooky tales as a child. I had all the ladybird books...the proper ones from the late sixties with the beautiful old illustrations (eg Princess and the Pea & Rumpelstitskin) Still have them all and read them to DSs (3&4) who LOVE them. Especially the Three Little Pigs which is actually rather violent!

What Katy Did at School - I loved the secret drawer that went into the next bedroom.

There was a book that for the life of me I can't remember the title but at the time I loved - it was about a girl at boarding school who every night would switch places with an identical girl at the same school from 50 years previously. They used to leave each other notes in the bedstead.

ooh yes, I loved all the Little Women books too. And Anne of Green Gables. And Malory Towers and the Twins at St Claires.

Sweet Vally high too.

Malory Towers series
Secret Seven series
Babysitters Club books
Jacqueline Wilson books

(I am only 23)

Fantastic Mr Fox and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

also lliked famous five, secret seven, magic faraway tree, st clares and malory towers

and...charlotte's web

when I was even younger I used to read a lot of Pat Hutchins 'Morgan' books - The House That Sailed Away, The Mona Lisa Mystery, The Curse of The Egyptian Mummy.

And all the Narnia stories.

Kofi and the Eagle was my fav book for years when i was about 4 or 5. Then when I was 7 I read Ninny's Boat which I was so proud of I declared it my fav for years after although I can't remember what it was about!

cupcakes - Charlotte Sometimes.

Did any of you read the "Chalet School" books? They were my favourites for years - but quite old fashioned. Wouldn't mind re-reading them but my set got destroyed when my bedroom radiator sprung a leak.

i want my potty. want to get it for dd

The Jill pony books and also all the Pullein-Thompson sisters pony books. plus Narnia and also Babar and Richard Scarry. And school stories, esp. Enid Blyton ones & Trebizon. And the Famous Five. And What Katy Did. ooh and Avalon yes, the Little White Horse! And Moondial - there was a cool TV series of that too. And Charlotte Sometimes is GENIUS
I was OBSESSED with books as a child (still am in fact) and actually I loved them all pretty much. I used to read at every mealtime, in bed, constantly, even on my bike! ooh getting all nostalgic.

oh wow I had forgotten all about Fantastic Mr Fox!! Loved that!

Alison Uttley- A Traveller in Time

Ballet Shoes and Skating Boots by Noel Streatfield

ooh weesaidie, ballet shoes is what I was going to say!
Have already bought it for dd (she's 4....)