Anyone still like re reading their old childhood books ?

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Just been reading thread about controversial books .I still like to re read some of my favourite childhood Authors ,Enid Blyton FF and MT, also Harry Potter .Does anyone remember Alan Garner as well ?

Agree with Elliejj about Lorna Hill ballet books. Our library network doesnt seem to have them

I love to read them, especially when I can find them in different languages. I found Enid blyton Malory towers books in Vietnamese… I also found Jacqueline Wilson in Vietnamese…

I want to read my kids the Susan Coopers & Alan Garners, we've just finished a trilogy by Barbara Sleigh about Carbonel, the king of cats, and 2 children who can speak to animals. They really enjoyed them, so I have hope. My eldest wanted Ballet Shoes, but the copy I got had a really small font (classic 70s edition, I remember most of my books looking like that), so I think it put her off reading it to herself. I've also noted a few more suggestions from this list, thanks all!

I love the Carbonel books too - the milk stream that tasted of fish really stayed with me! I think I liked stories about worlds that secretly co-existed with ours. The Dark is Rising is about the only book I've read to my DSs that they asked for again, that and The Hobbit. The only books they really read are Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Tom Gates but they do like being read to, so that's how I'm getting the stories I love into them - they seem to have a much greater tolerance for stories when I read them so we have done Anne of Green Gables, Ballet Shoes, A Little Princess as well as more traditional "boy" books like Treasure Island and Tom Sawyer.

Folks of the faraway tree..at 43 lol

Ah, i loved the Faraway Tree as a child. I recently tried to read the first one to DS who is 6 but sadly he wasn't interested.

I have just finished reading the Silver Brumby series by Australian author Elyne Mitchell. I first discovered these in the library in the 1970s. They're not there any more so i got them on Ebay and the writing was even more brilliant as when i first read them. I can see why i fell in love with them and wanted to be a silver brumby myself!!

I'm glad to see the Carbonel books get a mention - I loved them and still have a battered copy of the first one. But not many people seem to be familiar with them which is such a shame. I suppose they are a bit of their time

I love to! Particularly the Ramona books and The Bullerby Children

The Silver Sword is my favourite book of all time and read it over and over to this day. Another I have returned to is When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit