Which favourite childhood books are you currently reading to your own children?

[LyraB]

I've just read Where the Wild Things Are and the Cat in the Hat to my boys, both of which were childhood favourites when I was tiny.

The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
James and the Giant Peach
Charlie and the Chocolate factory
My Naughty Little Sister
The Magic Faraway Tree

my naughty little sister
harry potter (not a childhood favourite but a favourite none the less)
elephant and the bad baby
tiger who came to tea

DH reads the Richard Scarry books to DD from his boyhood, didn't feature in my childhood

We are re-reading the Laura Ingalls-Wilder little house books. We love them and I read them to them 2 years ago but 2nd time round they're asking more questions, understanding more of course.

Mine have inherited my set of Topsy and Tim books. There's lots of politically incorrect stuff in them, which is great. I also bought them the Mr Men box set at the first opportunity. They're 4 and 3 btw.

Mr Magnolia

Oh mcdreamy DS has my old Richard Scarry books. They are actually quite good for him to read to me now (he is 6).

We also read/have read the following that I read as a child:
Mr Men
Charlie and the CF
Charlie and the GE
James and the GP
Charlotte's Web
Time to go
Various ladybird fairy stories (princess and the pea, little red hen etc) and also various ladybird read-it-yourself books.

The tiger who came to tea (dd2 age 4)
Clever Polly & the stupid wolf (dd1 age 7)

I am currently reading Five Children and It to DS1 (5). I'm sure I didn't realise how old fashioned it all is!! He loves it though

dd2 (3) has had the tiger who came to tea for about 2 months now and I read the first line and she recites it word for word.
Before that it was the gingerbread man.

The whole Mr Men series (lovingly bought by grandma and pa)
god i love it, i love the illustrations, the stories
Ds (2) knows about half by name now which makes bedtimes interesting.
Anyone want to share my love for Mr Men books?

Let's not forget the Very Hungry Caterpillar.

asterix, moomins, flat stanley and my all time fave burglar bill

Gobbolino The Witches' Cat.
Paddington.
Black Hearts over Battersea.
The Wizard of Earthsea.

MillyMollyMandy.

Not really my favourites but certainly one of my mum's! I think the Mary Plain stories might be next - I have my mum's copies which are 60 years old!

To DGD age 11, I am reading Little Women

Oh, I loved Mary Plain!

We have been reading:
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse (my mum says I cried inconsolably when he went blind down the coal mine)
Teddy Robinson
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

I started some of these with DS2 (5), but DS1 (8) has decided to come and listen.

My mum and I both love Little Women - and Anne of Green Gables!!

Can't wait till dd is a bit older so we can read them together

The Mgic Faraway Tree and Naughty Amelia Jane. DD (5) loves Enid Blyton.I can't wait to get onto Famous Five!

wishing chair
faraway tree
the twits
mrs pepperpot
mr pinkwhistle
charlie and the choc factory

themildmanneredjanitor - fab book that. Ds loved it. Thought Fudgie was hilarious.. hehehe just wait till this little one arrives mwwahahaha

The Borrowers
Tom's Midnight Garden
Pippi Longstocking
Anything Roald Dahl
Olga de Polga
An abridged, picture-book version of Anne of Green Gables

We tried Charlotte's Web, but dd found it dull and we didn't finish it - maybe in a couple of years she'll get more out of it.