Children's books you still love..

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Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series...

It's still as magical and relevant today, 50 years later..

What's yours?

I’m still always incredibly moved by the Little Prince. There’s lots of children’s literature I love, though - both classic and modern.

Watership Down
Minnow on the Say by Philippa Pearce
Ben the Bullfinch by BB

All as magical as when I first read them, the first two nearly 60 years ago and WD 54 years ago.

The Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Secret Garden
Charlotte's Web

Ballet Shoes is still wonderful.

I thought I’d feel the same about Thursdays Chiid but it just annoyed me. Margaret’s benefactor was never revealed nor the reason why they suddenly stopped supporting her from afar and how convenient the Beresfords were actually rich poshoes….

This is mine too. And I read the (actual) Dark is Rising book most years in December.

I also still love 'The Little White Horse' by Elizabeth Goudge, anything by Diana Wynne Jones and anything by Joan Aiken.

I've found my people here!

Anne of Green Gables

I was going to say the Dark is Rising before I opened the thread.

I'm currently working through the Lone Pine books, which I'm enjoying. Diana Wynne Jones is always fun. John Marsden's Tomorrow books.

Oh yes, I reread the Chrestomanci books not long ago and they’re still enchanting. I used to love Joan Aiken as a child, but haven’t revisited - maybe I should.

The silver sword
Little women
Anne of Green Gables
Stig of the dump
Black Beauty

There’s one from the 50s that’s out of print called The Three Elizabeths, I’d love to read that again.

Also The Dark is Rising and like PP I also re read it in December.
So many others though:
Children of Green Knowe
The Country Child
The Stolen Lake (my favourite of the Dido Twite books)
The Narnia books

Saddler’s Wells Ballet books by Lorna Hill

Elinor Brent Dyer the chalet school series
The railway children

Does anyone else remember Slimtails triplets ?.

I love rereading children’s books, proper comfort reads. Some favourites:

Charlotte Sometimes
Over Sea, Under Stone (some day I’ll get round to reading the whole series)
Alice in Wonderland
Cue for Treason

And some lesser known ones:
The Clue in the Castle (one of my favourites)
Chowry
Pam’s Patrol
Children of the Stones

Basically mainly classics, fantasy/folk horror or mid-20th century schoolgirl stories 😊

Several of those already mentioned, but my favourites are the Jill series by Ruby Ferguson.

Chalet school
Drina Ballerina

I’ve also kept Hairy McClary series who were given to DS as a child.

The Country Child
Cobbler’s Dream
Mandy
101 Dalmatians
The Silver Brumby
Winnie the Pooh/House at Pooh Corner/When We Were Very Young/Now We Are Six

The dark is rising too, also love rereading swallows and amazons series

Alice in wonderland and my daughter’s favourite, Dogger, by Shirley Hughes 😍

Good night Mr Tom.

Guaranteed tears.

The Magic Faraway Tree books
The Wishing Chair
Milly Molly Mandy
My naughty little sister
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Marianne Dreams
The Mallory Towers books
Secret Seven
Famous Five
Nancy Drew
The Silver Sword
I read a lot as a child

Was Mandy the one about the girl who created a garden? I can remember the cover of that library book so well.
101 Dalmatians is such a wonderful book- a real adventure story.
I still reread the Moomin books and the Little House series.