As an Adult, What Children's Books Have You Enjoyed?

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I've seen an old thread about this and I thought I'd create a new one.

What would you recommend? I love discovering new books!

Holes by Louis Sachar and I still love to reread Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series.

Laughed my head off with my DS when he was younger at Mr Gumm. Really loved all the How to Train your Dragon books. And I'm afraid I loved Harry Potter too.

I am a big Jacqueline Wilson fan but I especially like her historical novels -
The Hetty Feather series and it's various spin off novels are good.
For a completely different genre I like the Alex Rider spy series by Anthony Horowitz.
And for another completely different genre the graphic novels by Raina Telgemeier are fantastic.

All the Arthur Ransome books, from Swallows and Amazons to Great Northern. I have my Mum's set which I regularly reread.

@Needmorelego made me think about the Young James Bond series as well by Charlie Higson.

I loved Charmed Life.

I also liked Bullerby Children stories, anything by Astrid Lindgren actually.

And funnily enough, not a story but a 60s coloured children's safety book with 'don't swim in an unsafe area (like a lake)', 'don't accept sweets from children (with a picture of a man in a mackintosh and hat stooping down offering sweets to a child). Me and DB loved that book for some reason.

I honestly think holes by Louis Sachar is the most amazing children's book ever written. The way all the separate storylines weave together is just fantastic.

I'd love to be a children's author but I could never write anything half as good as that.

Jacqueline Wilson, really enjoyed reading those
as a teenager i loved noel streatfield
i also read the hunger games books

How to Train Your Dragon. The books themselves are brilliant, but the audiobooks are bloody amazing - read by David Tennant

The Percy Jackson series, although maybe more appropriate for teens, and the Artemis Fowl series.

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley has some stories in it that did quite scare me!

The Christmas Pig JKR

Alfie books, and others by Shirley Hughes, loved the illustrations

Enjoyed is probably not the right word, but I found A Monster Calls really powerful.

The Borrowers.

I loved The Skylarks' War by Hilary Mckay

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo or anything by him for that matter. Such a great writer.

Another vote for Holes.
I wouldn't read a childrens book now my DC are grown up though.

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. She’s an incredible writer.

The Chalet School series by Elinor M Brent-Dyer.

Anything by Noel Streatfield, Elfrida Vipont, Elizabeth Goudge, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The Swish of the Curtain by Pamela Brown.

The Swallows and Amazons books by Arthur Ransome.

Ballet Shoes, White Boots, The Circus is Coming (all Noel Streatfield)

As others have said, Chrestomanci and Swallows and Amazons.

Also by Diana Wynne Jones 'The Power of Three'

Oh, I forgot, all the Enid Blyton ones, the Famous Five and Secret Seven series, Mallory Towers.

And A Little Princess.

And the Marlow books by Antonia Forrest

Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Charlie Cook's Favourite Book - not sure of author.

I enjoyed the zombie stone by e.m. Campbell.

Harry Potter. I was about 20 when the first one came out but about 25 when I read it.