I loved The Naughtiest girl in the School by Enid Blyton

As a young child, my favourite book was Ned the Lonely Donkey, a Ladybird book by Noel Barr. I wept buckets over that book and to be honest, I still tear up if see a donkey with a particularly sad face. Although the story had a happy ending - lonely donkey makes friends with lonely boy - it was the dreadful pain of his loneliness that tore my guts out. Even though I knew it had a happy ending, I would torture myself anew each time I re-read it. When I was a bit older, my mother threatened to put Black Beauty on the back of the fire she was so fed up of my snivelling. It's not as if I was a horsey child - in my working class home the nearest I ever got to mounting a steed was sitting at the end of the banisters with one of my brother's old ties for reins.

Every Christmas and birthdays I received a Famous Five and Secret Seven book and I loved them! These books gave me my love of reading which has followed me into adulthood and even now I read about three books a month. I am proud to say that this love of reading has been passed on to my children and my five beautiful grandchildren as well. No better gift to give them than a new book of any genre.

The stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, exciting and adventure.

M for Mischief by Richard Parker was my favourite ever children's book. The story of a magic oven. That is as much as I can remember about the book, but I can remember reading it so many times. It was funny so I always read it either when I was poorly or feeling sad and it always cheered me up and made me feel better. Its funny but as an adult I always tend to go for books that are lighthearted and are a good laugh out loud kind of a book. As I thought it was called M for magic I've had to search through Google to find its proper title and the author‘s name and it would appear I'm not the only one to have sought out this book from childhood memories. It dates back to the 60‘s and there are 6 used copies available on Amazon for £1.50 - very tempted to buy one.

Gobbolino the Witch's Cat

Because I was an only child who longed to be part of a big family, my favourite book was "The Bell Family" by Noel Streatfield about 4 children of a poor vicar in the East End of London. One daughter was a talented ballet dancer and as my Mum and Dad couldn't afford ballet lessons for me I lived my dream vicariously through her. I also enjoyed the American books about a family of two sets of twins called "The Bobsey Twins". The twins were called Bert and Nan and the younger ones were Freddie and Flossie. My two cats are now called Freddie and Flossie in their honour! I recently found a Bobsey Twin book in a second hand shop and on reading it I found it horribly moral and self righteous but as I child I relished them.

Anything Secret Seven - I loved those books and am now sharing them with another generation!

My mum used to read her favourite book to me and my sister it was called Snugglepot and Cuddlepie was such a lovely story

I also loved a book called 'Dumpling' by Ursula Moray Williams. It was a story about a little fat pony and a bit of a fairy tale. I used to get it out of the library over and over again. Does anyone else remember this book?

I finally tracked it down on eBay last year and paid a stupid price for a rather worn copy - but it was wonderful to read it again!

I loved Heidi as well. Whenever my friend and I were taken to visit her grandpa, we would commandeer his wheelchair to re-enact the scene where Clara stands up and walks

Fortunately we never shoved it down a mountain or grandpa might have been a bit cross!

My favourite childhood book was Anne of Green Gables. I read it over and over! Also loved What Katy Did, and the Famous Five and Secret Seven books. Was an avid reader from a very early age, and still am!

My favourite book is A Traveller In Time by Alison Uttley. I have read it several times and it still makes me tearful towards the end. ☺

My favourite as a young child was 'Heidi'. I loved the scene where she gathers wild flowers in her apron. Whenever I am in a wild flower meadow I am transported back to Heidi. I also envied her sleeping in the loft and watching the stars.

The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton!

Another Enid Blyton fane her, I'm afraid- How I longed to be George and stumble across kidnappers or other such scoundrels! Oh, and have a mad French mistress to play pranks on, LOL!

Enid Blyton was always my favourite and Milly Molly Mandy and yes the Bobsey Twins - I used to read the latter out loud to my two younger sisters.

OMGosh, I could fill a book just writing about my favourite books!

The Family From One End Street by Eve Garnett was one I read over and over. Had the follow-up books as well but they didn't quite have the same hold over me.

The Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton - imagination takes you away!

The Mrs Pepperpot stories (can't remember the author). These made me giggle when my grandma used to read them to me.

Mr Twiddle, another Enid Blyton one.

When my son was little he adored The House That Sneezed, a library book that I had to keep renewing! How I'd love to be able to get that book again.

I loved all books that were Enid Blyton, especially the 'five' series......surreal, escapism, and wonderfully exciting for a young child

The Brogeen books were magical for me and the Bobsey twins.

I loved all the Enid Blyton books as a child... up the faraway tree was my favourite

I loved all the Noel Streatfield books, especially Ballet Shoes and Wintle's Wonders. Mum used to buy me a Puffin book just about every weekend when she went into town so I accumulated quite a collection which I passed on to my daughter who enjoyed many of them as much as I did. Other favourites included 'The Children Who Lived in a Barn' and 'The Grey Goose of Kilneven' by less well-known authors.

I kept many of the books from my child hood ,The faraway Tree & the Wishing chair by enid Blyton.The water Babies by Charles kingsley and many others and have enjoyed them again first with my own two daughters and now with my grandchildren . its nice to know that what I enjoyed as a child is still a good read today

Alice in Wonderand and The Wind in the Willows were top favourites as my father used to read me a chapter each night and do the 'voices'.

As soon as I could read MiceElf I read anything and everything I could lay my hands on from stories about posh girls at boarding school to the Sherlock Holmes stories and Greek myths and legends.

I loved the 'Katy' books and sobbed every time I reread Good Wives where Beth dies.

But my absolute favourites were a set of two volumes, edited by Dorothy L Sayers called Detection Mystery Horror. I've still got them, signed by DLS in 1932. It's got some surprising authors in the collection - Ford Madox Ford, John Masefield, GDH and M Cole (the historians) and Aldous Huxley. I've just flicked through them and how I ever ploughed through some if that dense prose or how much I understood, I have no idea. I still like a good 'tec story though!