The children’s book you remember best

LittleCupCake

Heidi was my favourite book of all time as a child. Just loved the story.

Oh me too!! Absolutely loved Heidi.

A bookaholic from an early age :
I was attracted by the illustrations and
I liked The Water Babies , Milly Molly Mandy , Noddy progressing to the Famous Five then Ballet Shoes , Swallows and Amazons , Wizard Of Oz , Pollyanna , Heidi anything horsey ...those Jill books - can't recall the author .
My mother used to borrow historical romances from the library and I was addicted to them by age ten and it was the end of reading books written for children .

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Famous Five books were just the best! Enid Blyton wasn’t considered literature at my school so I was always in trouble for reading them but she fostered my love of books.

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me. I loved a book I read as a teenager in the early 70s, so probably written in the 1950s. It was about a young woman who (I think) inherited a antiques/curiosity shop full of stuff from the far east. She added to her stock by polishing stones from a nearby beach (I think it was called Broomieknowes?), but then the man who owned the beach wanted to knock down her shop and the other small shops in the town to build a department store. She suggested an alternative of joining the shops together. I really enjoyed it, but I can't remember the name or the author and chatgpt is absolute pants at this sort of thing! Can anyone help?

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Heidi was my favourite book of all time as a child. Just loved the story.

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me. I loved a book I read as a teenager in the early 70s, so probably written in the 1950s. It was about a young woman who (I think) inherited a antiques/curiosity shop full of stuff from the far east. She added to her stock by polishing stones from a nearby beach (I think it was called Broomieknowes?), but then the man who owned the beach wanted to knock down her shop and the other small shops in the town to build a department store. She suggested an alternative of joining the shops together. I really enjoyed it, but I can't remember the name or the author and chatgpt is absolute pants at this sort of thing! Can anyone help?

Famous Five
Secret Seven
Little women
Treasure Island
Robinson Crusoe

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I’ve just been nearly crying with laughter browsing through Just William, while DGS5 was choosing his books in the local library. So funny, so very un-PC. I’m surprised they haven’t fallen foul to the censor - I did get some of the books from a charity shop once and they, and I, were looked at askance by all our DGSs’ parents. Even though they themselves loved them as bedtime stories back in the day. I’ve kept them, I’ll try again. They’re so much better written than the Wimpy Kid books the boys all enjoy.

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Mine was the Count of Monte Cristo. I read it over several times absolutely loved it.

Faraway Tree for me too. I think that that's the one with the drink that can taste like anything you wanted it to? I probably hoped that I could live on something that tasted like liquid maltesers 24/7 !!!

I loved Alan Garner's books too -especially Wierdstone. That would probably be my "one book".

I loved the crossover between real life and the "other" world. I still do.

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Nancy Drew books . When went to high school my English teacher was made on Dickens so read all his from 11/12 until 16. First one was Tale of 2 cities which was my favourite. But we got through the rest . This was late 60's into early 70's.

Georgesgran

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

That was a book I really enjoyed as a young child.

I think the first book that I ever read by myself was a children’s version of Oliver Twist. I loved it and read it cover to cover one cold winter afternoon. My aunt was staying with us and we sat by the fire and I read it to her.

Trisha57

For me it was "The Twelve and the Genii" by Pauline Clarke. The story is about twelve toy soldiers that are discovered by a boy in the house previously lived in by the Bronte family. The soldiers come to life and have various adventures. This was read to us at school one chapter at a time at the end of the school day and has always stayed with me. I managed to buy a copy on Amazon a few years ago and re-read it. It brought back so many memories. I'm keeping it for my 9 year old GD to read eventually.

Good choice! I knew Cecil Lesley who illustrated many of Pauline Clarke’s books.

Pauline also wrote the James the Policeman books which CL illustrated. I have them all because they are based on my older brother and his two friends who pretended they were policemen in the village and were always out jotting down Reg. nos.

I didn't have one favorite when I was at school, I loved all of Enid Blytons Famous Five and Secret Seven, I went to the library every saturday morning for a book...

"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak: Max's rebellious sail to the land of the Wild Things, with their zany costumes and rumpus-causing ways, was an early lesson in embracing individuality and the power of dreams.

"Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White: Wilbur the pig's unlikely friendship with Charlotte the spider, woven with wit and poignancy, taught me about loyalty, selflessness, and the beauty of life's fleeting moments.

"The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis: Stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia, a land of talking animals, epic battles, and a never-ending winter, fueled my childhood wanderlust and sparked a lifelong love of fantasy.

These books, and countless others, left an indelible mark on my childhood. They nurtured my curiosity, fostered my empathy, and opened doors to endless possibilities. As I revisit them now, I'm reminded of the timeless power of stories to shape who we become.

I loved Lorna Hill's ballet books - A Dream Of Sadler's Wells, and all the following ones . I longed to have ballet lessons - never happened, but I made sure my daughter had them! She loved her dancing classes.