The children’s book you remember best

Lovely thread, bringing back lots of happy memories.
For me, favourite childhood books include:
Famous Five
Five Find outers and dog.
Mary Plain books
The 'Jill' books by Ruby Ferguson.
The White Riders & No mistaking Corker by Monica Edwards.
The Jolly Warreners by Joyce Stranger.
The 'Mr Twink' books, all about a cat and some of his animal friends.
I loved reading and was lucky enough to have parents who encouraged me to.
Jackanory was a wonderful programme for encouraging children to read.

I only put one book in my original post, but remember so many that have now been mentioned.
I still have my copy of Black Beauty and Heidi in the bookcase, with colouring by me aged 7!
Zoejory your mention of Struwwelpeter, a truly horrific tale with equally horrific drawings reminded me that I found it hidden on the top shelf of my Mum’s wardrobe. I think my Swiss Godmother had given it to me as a ?9th birthday present and Mum, very sensibly, hid it away. Having googled it again now, I can see exactly why! I was never given it officially and could never let on I had seen it. I wonder if it was given to me as I used to bite my nails!
MaxiBialystock and DanniRae you jogged my memory about Jalna and Whiteoaks! I loved that series, I used to have the complete set, but long gone to a charity shop. I think Rennie was father, but probably wrong.

SachaMac it is!!! Thank you so much for posting, I've been thinking about it for years!! I will get online and search for a copy. Marvellous

Tom's Midnight Garden - I loved that book, and still do.

The Narnia books, particularly The Voyage of The Dawn Treader.

The Chalet School.

The Jennings and Darbishire books.

The 101 Dalmations.

The Story of Ferdinand and also Little Black Sambo (sorry, but it is a good story and the best man boy definitely wins) when I was younger.

Oh, forgot to mention the Susan books by Jane Shaw, Noel Streatfeild's books and The White Riders.

My mother's copies of Angela Brazil's school stories.

Famous Five were the best. Read to my children as well.

Really enjoyed the House at one end street also was a big fan of Milly Molly Mandy . Despite very few books at our home!!

The silver brumby series of books. Loved those horses. Getting the massive hardbacks from the library was a great thrill. I remember one called Return to Sula. I had to read it to my class.

DannieRae, I loved the Jalna series, too - I was maybe 12-13. Yes, Renny was a main character of the Whiteoak family. The matriarch - Adeline? - is the other who sticks in my mind, and the granddaughter (?) - I think Renny’s daughter - who was named after her. There was also a Finch - IIRC one of the books was called Finch’s Fortune.

I once had several of the series, but they disappeared - my folks got rid of a lot of my books when the moved house and area during my first year at university,
I was very upset about some of those for ages, but a few have turned up in recent years courtesy of abebooks.co.uk- no such thing alas in the 60s!

Snow queen by Hans Christian Andersen

Wheniwasyourage our teacher used to read us ‘Little Black Sambo’ stories when I was at school. I’d forgotten all about them until I saw them mentioned on your thread.

As a young primary school aged child loved The Story of Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf. I have used it regularly as a teacher..excellent in PHSE, just a a great story as well useful in Philosophy for Children (P4C) lessons! The recent feature length animation film was a huge disappointment.

I've just remembered 'My friend Flicka', about a horse. I loved the book but can't remember the author unfortunately.

There are so many, but the one that I remember having read to us at the end of each day by our teacher was Stig of the Dump. It was just brilliant!

Grandmajean

I read so many books in my childhood but the one that I still occasionally read ( my children loved it too ) Is "Susan Pulls the Strings" by Jane Shaw. The children in it seemed so normal and I would love to have known them. Sure , the adventure was far fetched but definitely possible.

I loved all the Susan books by Jane Shaw.

One I remember from when I was very young was More Adventures of a Teddy Bear by Mrs H L Cradock. It was illustrated with black and white line drawings which I coloured in, not very skilfully, unfortunately.

aggie

I loved Arthur Ransome , how brave the children ! But now I think , how daft the parents !

I loved all the Arthur Ransome books too - I think I'd be the same about the parents now but at the time was very envious of the adventures as I lived in suburban Essex!

Thank you, Wheniwasyourage, for reminding me of the Jennings and Darbishire books. They were excellent preparation for my going to boarding prep. school when I was ten.

Oh I absolutely loved reading, from an early age.

Nicky and His Forest Friends.
I Am David - Ann Holm.
Fluke - Stephen King.
Charlotte's Web.
The Wind In The Willows.
The Fairytale World of Arthur Rackham.
Grimms Fairytales.

Absolutely loads of books went through my head.
Nicky and His Forest Friends was an absolute gem and beautiful pictures!!

Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl were favourite authors, later on Catherine Cookson, then Stephen King and James Herbert, even Edgar Allen Poe, and I just loved ghosts and horrors!!

Callistemon - so pleased someone else loved the "Susan" books ! I really felt I could be friends with those children even though they were a bit posh and went to boarding school.

Grandmajean

Callistemon - so pleased someone else loved the "Susan" books ! I really felt I could be friends with those children even though they were a bit posh and went to boarding school.

I may still have some in the attic Grandmajean!
We do need a declutter.

I identified with Susan because she was always clumsy.
They were all quite posh though

I bet nobody remembers "The Huge Adventure of Little Mut".

After all these years, the part where he is stuck on top of a sand pie with the sea gradually surrounding him and he says "This CAN,T happen to ME!", very indignantly, comes back to me in certain very tricky situations.

Also the books about Pookie, the Rabbit with WIngs. Such lovely illustrations of cosy little toadstool homes. The drama when Pookie sent Winter away and Nature then went awry. A bit like what's happening now. (He had to find his way to find Winter and then humbly beg him to return. Have never forgotten the drama of the story!

SachaMac

Nannee49 could it be The Miracle of Marcelino, that was about a little orphaned Spanish boy who lived in a monastery.

Made into a marvellous film (in black and white), called Marcellino Pane e Vino.

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald