The children’s book you remember best

I read and loved all the Famous Five and Secret Seven books, but my all time love was Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, I read it over and over, then followed it with the rest of the series.

Musicgirl

One of the books I reread every so often is Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce. It is a beautifully written time slip story and the ending never fails to bring a lump to the throat.

Oh ex. How could I have forgotten that one! I even made a point of visiting Ely Cathedral because of it.

nahsma even as an adult I bought myself a couple of Pookie books. I loved that little rabbit and his woodland friends…and Wendy of course!!

I enjoyed the Out With Romany series

Oh yes, musicgirl even being reminded of the ending made my eyes sting!

One of the books I reread every so often is Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce. It is a beautifully written time slip story and the ending never fails to bring a lump to the throat.

The borrowers was my favourite. I loved the way they made everyday objects into things for their house.

I loved "The Family from One End Street " by Eve Garnett. It was one of the first books that I purchased when I got a Kindle and I still enjoyed it. It was the first book that had working class children with the eldest going to grammar school just like mem

Comet in Moominland was the first book that was 'mine', i.e. not a hand-me-down from sister or cousins. I must have been about 7 years old when I got it, because my aunty brought it for me from Australia.

I loved Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield

Oh, I can't choose, so many books and so many memories!

The Mary Mouse books.
Rupert Bear
Little Grey Rabbit
The Faraway Tree
What Katy Did
Famous Five
Winnie the Pooh books
Little Women

That takes me from about 3/4 years old to 12/13. I'd find it difficult to choose just one.
I bought the complete set of Little Grey Rabbit books when my daughter was about 4, read them at bedtime to her, and was transported back to my childhood.

My uncle bought me a beautiful book one Christmas when I was little it was black beauty I treasured it and read it no end of times ,I always remember the lovely vivid colors of the pictures.

Milly Molly Many one of my favourites, cant remember the author, but its hidden away somewhere, must get it out.

Black Beauty for me everytime.

Peter Rabbit. I couldn't read but I knew it off by heart.

Ah I’ve just re read The Silver Sword..found it in a charity shop

I loved Henny Penny and the Aeroplane.

The Silver Sword by Ian Serrallier. It affected me very deeply when I read it only 20 years after the war.

Heidi. It was magical. I still have my hard cover copy and it is in pristine condition 70 years on !!
I intend to give it to my granddaughter.

ah so many! and many already mentioned but I will chip in with "The little wooden horse" by Ursula Moray Williams
and "The Silver Sword" by Ian Serraillier

Witzend, I will never forget borrowing the William books from Dovecot library near us in Liverpool. It was war time and my mother never had the time, energy or money to buy me books as the war was on when I was only 5, so I went to the library with my sister. I loved the Jane books by Evadne Price too. When I went to a new school when I was 11, my mother filled a school satchel with books by Charles Dickens, but I did not take an interest then. As I was not in the Woke era I read avidly but Enid Blyton took me into an exciting world and I read all the famous 5 books. Interestingly, I had also read Charlotte’s Web and the Borrowers but that was when I was studying for my Australian Librarians Association qualification as I was in charge of School Libraries in Papua. That was in the 70s so we have quite a large spread of members here.

Can I say thank you to the OP for starting this thread. I love sharing childhood memories!

The book I remember most of all from my childhood was Child of China by Maria Gleit which I read at about 9 or 10. It was about a terrible flood and famine. I can’t remember now how it ended but I do recall how the children came across a rotten watermelon which they ate. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Always been a keen reader and many loved books but the one that my granny gave me was called Girl from the Limberlost and told the story of a girl who wanted to go to school or college and her mother was very taciturn and unhelpful (today you would say she had mental problems ) But she collects butterflys and moths and sells them to get the money for her course. She gets one to fulfill a set and her mother wrecks it and then she has to start again etc. Very non p.c.. in these days but I loved it , all the self sufficiency and the wildness etc and definitely saw myself in the role. Loved many different books but again childrens classics like children of the new forest and little women etc etc and yes arthur ransome et c etc.

This was my favourite book also Teddy Robinson, bought a new copy to read to my GS

A neighbour gave me her adult daughter’s childhood books when I was little. A lot of them were school stories which I loved, I had already started collecting Mallory Towers and St Clare’s books. I still have most of them, some have been mentioned on here, and I have been known to dip into them as an adult! A previous poster mentioned Kandy the Koala Bear, I have one of those books as well. I remember borrowing a book from the library but can’t remember the title. It was about some children who were playing in sand dunes and found a wooden door. I’m almost sure the door was part of a house buried by the sand and they managed to get into it. I can’t remember any more but I know I really enjoyed reading it at the time