We're giving away more than a THOUSAND pounds worth of children's books!

The Secret Garden.

I loved the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton - all of my grandchildren love it too so I've had the pleasure of reading it again.

I loved Lost at the Fair by A J Macgregor when I was 4 years old. My sons demanded it every bedtime at approximately the same age. Subsequently six grandchildren have insisted it is one of the books I read at bedtime. I am currently still enjoying reading it to the 3 year old. It tells a story young children can enjoy with lovely illustrations and delightful rhyme. They do not question some of the more dated language. In fact I think it adds to their enjoyment.

The jolly postman . Janet and Alan Albert . I never tire of this . It's excellent ��

The Wind in the Willows. Such adventures !

"Crazy Charlie" which I read to my sons. A crocodile eats everything so his teeth fall out.An intrepid tourist, who just happens to be a dentist, makes him some false teeth. Funny story, lovely illustrations.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome - innocent and carefree like most childhoods in those days

Loved reading anything by Roald Dahl to my children, but they especially loved 'Not Now, Bernard'. The little'ns love it just as much.

Just William by Richmal Compton = even though I was a girl I longed to be William Brown and get up to his escapade with his gang.

A fish out of water by Dr Suess - Astory about giving a goldfish too much to eat- Something I did as a child

I loved to read the Road Dahl books to my children - hard to pick a favourite but would say that The Twits probably caused most of the hilarity!

Then of course there is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Esio Trot - oh dear just so many to choose from :-)

Looking forward to when my twin grandchildren are old enough to hear the delights of Roald Dahl's story telling - he surely did know how to entertain children!

my favourite book of all time is 'What Katy Did',I remember reading it when I was confined to bed & very poorly with Measles as a child of 9,I loved this book so much I named my younger Daughter Katy as a consequence!!

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome. My husband was given the whole set when a child and we read them all to our children. Now the grandchildren are enjoying them.

What a dilemma, so many books that I enjoyed when I was a little girl.
Black beauty made me cry it was so sad when ginger died, but just pipping it at the post has to be the lion the witch and the wardrobe, again I cried my eyes out when Aslan died then I was so happy when he came back, I re-read those two many times. Happy days.

The Magic Faraway Tree read to the class one chapter each day by Miss Jones in Infants school. This is the book that more than any other made me want to read for myself. Can't wait to introduce my grand daughter to these books.

The twits - it was the first book that made me laugh out loud :-) RD is a genius

Ronald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes. Hilariously subversive.

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I loved Naughty Amelia Jane by Enid blyton.

'Ballet Shoes' by Noel Streatfield - I adored all the characters and would love to have had Garnie & the Doctors in our house. I loved the variety of the sisters (and I too had two sisters). I could never decide which ofm them I wanted to be most!

Hungry caterpillar

What a treat, coming to this thread with 13 pp of delightful memories - thanks everyone! I'm spoilt for choice but am tempted to select one that had a later impact on my life. Swallows & Amazons and Treasure Island led to me to sailing in later years, but the much-adored The Swish of the Curtain (Pamela Brown) must have influenced my thirty-year career in theatre and, better still, persuaded me towards Shakespeare!

Mallory Towers.
My mum bought me the books one at a time and I can remember reading each one with great enjoyment and then waiting excitedly for mum to bring my next one home. After my mum died my sister bought me them again and now I read them with my granddaughters, reliving Darrell's adventures once again. ��

My book that I read and re-read, was Charlotte's Web.

I was enthralled by the relationship between Charlotte and Wilbur. Obviously it was sad when Charlotte died, but that is the circle of life.

I have loved the way the film portrayed the book, it was changed a bit, but that happens with a lot when books are made into films.