What was the FIRST book you ever read

[JoolsToo]

chosen by yourself - not school

Mine was Little Women - Louisa M Alcott

Pretty sure it was the magic farawy tree by enid blyton.
Still have the copy in fact!!!

Chimney Corner Stories by Enid Blyton. My mum used to read it to me at bedtime and I sooo desperately wanted to learn to read so that I could read it for myself. I liked the Wishing Chair stories at around that time too.

Probably a Jackie or Jill book - the pony ones. Also loved the Follyfoot Farm books. Remember reading Flossie and the Magic Fur Coat (think that was the title) in bed when i should have been asleep

Charley and the chocolate factory!

BadHair whaht memories...the wishing chair!!
Also loved MrMeddle and Mr PinkWhistle too!

Tales of green hedges was one of them - Enid Blyton. But because I had a very freaky granny another very early one was the adventures of Strewel Peter - completely horrific awful gross book about what happens to naughty children - like the one who had her thumbs snipped off with huge scissors by a scary man because she sucked her thumb. It was a really nice bedtime book. Not.

i cant remember my very very first book but one of them was 'peace at last'. Then it was roald dahl books, enid blyton books, then Judy Blume books... They were fantastic!

Good grief dahlia, enough to scar you for life!!!

Ah found it Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat - published in 1984 so I would have been 10

Gobbolino the witches cat - can't remember who by.

Probably Teddy Robinson stories. Also The Borrowers and The Family from One End Street.

Magic Faraway Tree

It was probably something Enid Blyton but one of the books that really stands out from my childhood was Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Inglis Wilder. Bought it in the local junk shop, great book!

ooh yes Turquoise I loved Gobbolino

spykid, it was horrendous. Another story was of a boy who wouldn't eat his soup, so he got really thin, like a piece of paper, then died. Like I said though, my granny was one freaky mother...

and the Supergran books

Naughty Amelia Jane (I think).

Sounds like a porn mag .

lol at porn mag!

no idea but I used to read the Judy comic

what about Bunty? The Four Marys!

I loved the Milly Molly Mandy stories too

Who remembers the books about a cat called Carbonel? I loved though. They go for a fortune on Ebay and I want one!

topsy and tim books

Dahlia - can you remember who those books were by - have just had a look on Amazon but cannot find.

TIA
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bump re questio for Dahlia - or anyone else who knows!!