Books you read as a child/ teenager that you would love to read again!

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I've recently started re-reading books I read as a child and teenager, having a fantastic time doing it so thought I'd share, would love to hear your books! As you will see there is a strong Enid Blyton theme....

Famous Five (but not all of them)
Malory Towers
Faraway Tree
Goodnight Mr Tom
Black Beauty (who was this by?)
the Little HOuse on the Prairie series
Nancy Drew

I feel really inspired now to bid for a few on Ebay! I had completely forgotten about the What Katy Did books and Anne of Green Gables, I loved those and read the Anne books over and over - and I remember reading Flowers in the Attic too with a friend because there was a rude bit in it!

Aren't they bringing out Ballet Shoes as a film later this year? With Hermione Granger in it as Pauline?

Did anyone read the Kelly Blake Teen Model books, same publishers as Sweet Dreams / Sweet Valley? I LOVED these prior to Virginia Andrews.

I was really keen on The Silvery Brumby series for a while. I think there are about three of them. Can't remember the writer. One of the Pullein Thompson sisters maybe.

The railway children too

Judy Blume. 'Forever'

Rebecca's World, the Chrestomanci books, Carrie's War... there are loads.

I'm sorry - Will is AMERICAN???????
No, no, how dare they mess around with this.
Mrs Bumblebee and Hanaflower, will you still go and see it? There is no way I will now.

Glad to see someone else remembers The Diddakoi, one of my favourites.

Marianne Dreams
The Black Stallion

One of the great things about having kids is that I have reread all my other old-time favourites with them over the last several years. Still read aloud to ds2, though he is 8,because I love it to bits.

Re-read Marianne Dreams last year - still good. Also love Diana Wynne Jones, like to get Fire & Hemlock out every so often. This thread has also made me want to read the Dark is Rising again... I could try getting it out on DS's ticket but he is only 13 months

The Giant Under the Snow.....can't remember the author.

It was a fantasy/mystery type thning and left a lasting impression on me. Think I was about 10 when I read it, but may have been older.

MadLabOwner: I read somewhere that the reason so many kids' books feature kids abandoned by parents or orphaned is that kids often fantasize about being orphaned or somehow free of parents ( in a generally benign sort of way, of course - it's about a striving for independence and self-determination). Certainly, as an adopted child I could sort of relate to it (when pissed off with parents I used to envisage my 'real' mummy coming to rescue me. Was quite put out when I read that all children or pretty much all of them have similar fantasies))..

Disclaimer, that is not meant to upset anyone who has issues around adoption but apparently it's something that both adopted and non-adopted kids think about.

I had all the Famous 5 and Secret 7 books, as well as all the Malory Towers ones.
I read loads as a child s till do. I would love to read again

Any Nancy Drew
Little Women
What Katy Did - which reminds me I have my mums childhood copy somewhere in the house
The Little Princess
Railway Children
When I was about 12 my mum let me read her Agath Christie books, which I'm sure helped develop my love of crime novels now - along with anything else I can get my hands on. I was never keen on Virginia Andrews , i've never read any of hers. I was about 13 when I read Lace![blush}

I loved all the Enid Blyton books. Famous Fives, Mallory Towers, St Claires........

Daisy: I've still got The Giant Under The Snow. Brilliant, creepy, classic 70s kids book. I also recently managed to bag a copy of Marianne Dreams from a junk shop (did anyone else enjoy the film even though it departed hugely from the book? I mean, I loved the book and spent about half my childhood drawing houses and stones with eyes. but loved the film because of its freaky adolescent-awakening/confusion vibes).

I am a Chalet School nut as well, also the Jill books and (showing my age something awful here) the Peter Dickinson Changes trilogy, which was televised in the 70s.

Now, I do have a query here so please help, Mumsnet. There is a kiddy book that I would love to get hold of again but can't remember title or author. It featured an anthropomorphized train (which definitely wasn't Thomas or any of his ilk, as it was red and yellow) which, at some point, had to go into a scary wood full of bats and witches to rescue someone. I think the wood might have been called Witch Wood or Haunted Hill. THis would have been out in the mid to late 60s.

I've just re-read 'The Demon Headmaster' as it was on my MIL's book shelf - rivetting!

Warrior Scarlet
Stig of the Dump
Dark is Rising books.
The Silver Brumby Books by Elaine Mitchell
Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein)- this hooked me on SciFi for life!
All the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy Sayers - I loved them as a kid.
All the Sherlock Holmes stories
The Chronicles of Narnia
Out of the Silent Planet
Voyage to Venus (Perelandra)
That Hideous Strength - it terrified me, but a re-read it several times!
The Princess and the Goblins
The Princess and Curdie (anyone remeber it on Jackanory, or am I showing my age?)
The Prince in Waiting trilogy

Plus lots more I remember with great fondness!

We are currently reading the Carbonel series at bedtimes (Barbara Sleigh), which I remember loving when I was my dds' age. I also enjoyed the Moomintroll series and any horsey books, particularly the Three Jays series by Pat Smythe (passed down to me by my neighbour) and those by the Pullein-Thompson sisters.

Fortunately, I made my Mum keep all my books in her loft for when I had children, so now we are ploughing through them all again.

am currently reading all the roald dahl books to ds now he is 5 - loved all of them my dad would read us some every night and we still have the actual books from we were little

also wouldn't mind reading hello god it's me margaret again

I don't recall anyone else but me having them: Tales of The Little Wood and Adventures OF The Little Wood (for young DC). Oh, and who remembers The Owl Service? Excelent way of introducing 70s-era pre-teens to class issues and sexual tension

Not just the Owl service - I loved the Moon of Gomrath and the Weirdstone of Brisingamen as well.

The Eagle of the Ninth. Re-read it recently. Just so hope my own children like Rosemary Sutcliffe.

am shamefully rereading the drak is rising series as we speak. No snakes .

Lorna Hill Loved them soooo much.

That would be dark obv.

Donk..I'd forgotten about the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and the Moon of Gomrath....loved those.

Does anyone remember a book called How to Eat Fried Worms? I read it in first year of high school and it was hilarious.

I just found out I can get The Giant Under the Snow from Amazon

Spotted The Swish of the Curtain in a shop the other day (has been out of print for years) and grabbed it. DD still too young for it, but reread it myself - still fab. Also just started reading Anne of Green Gables to DD. Had forgotten how wordy it was - quite difficult to read, but good fun.