The children’s book you remember best

I think that I’m going to have to buy some Little Grey Rabbit books ? ? ? ?

Got to be Little Women.

Got to be Little Women.

As a young child the Little Grey Rabbit books, our teacher would read these books to us at the end of the school day, I loved all the woodland creatures, Wise Owl, Fuzzypeg etc and the way squirrel brushed her tail with a teasel. Little Grey Rabbit was always so kind.
When I was older my uncle brought me the Chronicles of Narnia for Christmas, they became a firm favourite as did Black Beauty. Like Nahsma I had a Pookie book, Pookie Believes in Santa Claus, I kept it for years, it had such beautiful illustrations.

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

Noddy books for me as happy memories of being bought each new story as it came out by my Dad and he reading them to me.

Monica Edward’s books about Punchbowl Farm and the others about Romney Marsh. I have them all. I loved these books and the the best thing is they are based on her life, at Punchbowl Farm. I live near the Punchbowl, the Farm is still there, and I often walk in the Punchbowl it’s just wonderful it’s all real.

My Mum would read Anne of Green Gables to me & then sob at the part where Matthew dies...

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I'm intrigued that no-one seems to have mentioned Beatrix Potter. I had never heard of her until buying books for my own children, so they were quite a revelation. Never heard of Arthur Ransome or C S Lewis either. All my reading as a child came from the local library and I raced through Just William and Enid Blyton. Popular but not classics there obviously.

I loved Beatrix Potter, and I read Peter Rabbit to my son so often that even now I can recite chunks of it. My own favourite is Ginger and Pickles. I bought a complete set for my grandchildren. Granddaughter loved them, grandson quite liked them but was especially interested in counting the books - there are 23.

The Wheel on The School, Anything by Enid Blyton and The Toby Jug (I think that was its name!). All read in primary school and I loved them. Definitely the start of my love for books.

I’ve already mentioned the Famous Five, also loved by my children but wanted to mention the pre school books I read to my son which I also enjoyed.
Little Beaver and the echo
The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch
Ten Tall Oak Trees
All if the Alfie books
Dogger
Peepo

My daughters loved Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and the younger one has recently borrowed it to read again.
They were also very fond of The Wolves if Willoughby Chase

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Two from when I was younger and one from my teens. These came to mind straight away. I must read them again soon.

We used to have a tape of Enid Blyton stories when my daughter was small.
One was about 'Sally the screamer'.
An old lady heard the commotion she made, kidnapped her, and took her to an old cottage so she could scream it down.
Wicked mother, I was.

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The Faraway Tree,
Milly Molly Mandy
Teddy Robinson

Tom Sawyer

Famous Five and Secret Seven books. I loved them all.
The Silver Sword was also a favourite of mine set in wartime Poland.
I loved the TV serial with Fraser Hines.
I’ve thought of it many times over the last few days……

One of my favourites is one I found in my Grandparent's library. They had thousands of books of all genres and I'd spend hours in there

I came across this one day and read it, absolutely captivated by the horror if it all. Written in the mid 1800's I think by a German author.

It was designed to get children to behave well or face dreadful consequences. Sort of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory on speed.

I've not forgotten it. I still have that same copy. Not read it to the grandchildren though!

My Mum used to read to me every night. My favourites were the Jungle Book - I am the Cat that Walks by Itself and Riki Tikki Tavi; Rudgyard Kipling (mmm?). The others were the Alice books although later on I liked Frances Hodgson Burnett. At about 11, I moved on to Ian Fleming, Georgette Hayes, Dennis Wheatley etc.

Impossible to name just one book! I’m another fan of the Little Grey Rabbit books; I used to borrow them from our local library. My aunt gave me some of her classics when I was about 9: Little Women, Good Wives, Heidi, and Peter Pan to name just a few. The one book that stands out for me when I was a teenager is Jane Eyre. I was given a 30p Penguin copy of it at school when I was 13 (I still have it 41 years later) and devoured it one weekend. It’s still my favourite book of all time. I bought another copy a few years ago as the original has been read so many times; it cost more than 30p though! I couldn’t imagine life without books!

I really enjoyed Children of the New Forest which most people
don't remember compared to the likes of Little Women and Heidi etc.

'Family from One End Street' - oh yes! I can see the cover now.

As with so many of you, it was the books read aloud to us chapter by chapter at the end of the school day - last year of Primary - which have stayed with me. Our head teacher read to us and we really looked forward to that part of the day. We were allowed to rest our heads on the desk. My head mistress was also my auntie (not always to my advantage!) so that made the reading extra special. I remember especially:
'Jeremy' by Hugh Walpole, 'Jennie' by Paul Gallico and 'Emile and the detectives'

Started with Enid Blyton’s Noddy books, followed by all the other series, which I have been buying for grandsons now. The Tree that Sat Down,The Borrowers, Chalet School series (and now in-fills from GGBP), Timpetill, Marianne Dreams and Miss Happiness and Miss Flower are all books that I still have and read and enjoy occasionally.

The Water Babies,
Children of the New Forest, Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, The Famous Five books,
Alice in Wonderland.
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