The children’s book you remember best

Must mention Milly-Molly-Mandy and Mrs Pepperpot stories too. So many…..and I’m still an avid reader ?

As a very young child I enjoyed Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy World. As I got older I enjoyed Enid Blyton books - Adventure of the Wishing-Chair, Secret Seven, Famous Five, Malory Towers and St Clare’s. The next step for me as a teenager was an introduction to Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express being the first.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

I enjoyed the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, The Chalet School books and many more. Two more that I still have copies of are 'Children on the Oregon Trail' which someone mentioned before and 'I am David' by Anne Holm.

loved reading, still do even if the eyes let me down. started with enid blyton - famous five, secret seven, mallory towers, st clares then went on to the chalet school series(have been known to read them even now), and many more in between, pollyanna, anne of green gables, cherry ames

The naughty tales of Amelia Jane, this would have been in late 60-70’s and The Lion, Witch and the wardrobe

And the "Mystery" series specially Ring o'bells mystery!!

I had a Pookie Book. Wonderful illustrations. Enjoyed many of those listed. Also Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

the River of Adventure by Enid Blyton

I had daddy long legs by jean Webster read to me at school still have the copy I bought

The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

Georgesgran

The Faraway Tree Series rings a bell for me. Enid Blyton, so I think names and events have been changed.

DGD is being read this just now and loves it. She is 5. The book is her Mummy's who is now 36. He brother is 8 and he loved it too. He is reading Famous Five books just now.
I loved Famous Five and Chalet School - always wanted to go there!

Ginger and Pickles was mine and my daughter's favourite Beatrix Potter too Grandma70's. It's so surreal and whacky but hilarious at the same time. Very underrated IMHO.

Witzend

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This book is still available on Amazon and eBay £10 to £30.

The famous five and the secret seven, also black beauty were all my favourites

When I was a very little girl, my parents read me the Babar the Elephant stories and I so loved them …and their magical illustrations. ?

I enjoyed the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, could not enjoy the Magic Faraway Tree. My granddaughters all enjoyed the Faraway series!

I had to come back to the thread because I had to add two other favourites.
Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Caroll

No doubt more will flood back again too.

Tarka the Otter. Mum gave it me when I was in bed with some childhood illness so not in the finest of spirits. Loved it though.

Shandy57 you can still buy Lyon’s Toffee Pops in Morrisons and other supermarkets. I haven’t eaten one for years but I loved them as a child.

For me it was the childrens book „ The Borrowers“ I was fascinated from the little people .

I have picked a few Little Grey Rabbit books up a in charity shops Fanny, I read them to my younger GC but they didn’t seem to enjoy them quite as much as me

It was Enid Blyton’s Fives books for me. Also her Secret Mountain/Island etc. books. However when I was in hospital having my tonsils out at age 4 I was bought a very very highly coloured book about a fox and it frightened me to death!! I’ve never forgotten how I felt but I can’t remember the name of the book. That would have been in about 1948. ??

DillytheGardener

E Nesbit and Arthur Ransome, Ballet Shoes (can’t remember the author)

Ballet Shoes is by Noel Streatfeild, who wrote several other good books. She did spell her name like that ( not -field). My brother lives in a house once owned by the Streatfeild family.

DillytheGardener

E Nesbit and Arthur Ransome, Ballet Shoes (can’t remember the author)

Noel Streatfield?
I read many of her books, but can’t really remember them