The children’s book you remember best

Just come across this lovely thread.
Water Babies and the scene where the boy came down the chimney covered in soot into the snow white bedroom was magical.
I practically lived in the local library and used to stagger home with Arthur Mee’s encyclopaedias in a string bag.
I still read and collect children’s books, with a particular penchant for pop up books.
The Little House on the Prairie books have been banned in America for their attitude to native Americans.
Also, many thanks for the reminder of the Jalna series. How I loved them and their distinctive covers.

Gin, I remember the Dimsie books. They were by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. They were set just after the Great War. I loved them and identified very much with Rosalind (the one that always cried!)

I liked that series as well Twiceasnice also Enid Blyton Rockingdown mystery, Rilloby Fair mystery etc. My mother had a very old victorian book called Bonny. About a little orphan girl. I read it several times and always cried.

I just remembered when I was a bit older my favourite of all time was The Chalet School series by Elinor M Brent-Dyer. I still have them

Black Beauty. Also read it to my grandchildren and they loved it too, Ginger made the one cry!

Also Enid Blyton’s The Boy next door and Shadow the Sheepdog , Shadow made me cry buckets when he hurt his eyes

The Secret Island by Enid Blyton and all the “Jackie” books by Judith M Berrisford. Few years back I decided to collect them all again from car boot sales, charity shops etc., still enjoy reading them today ?

Milly Molly Mandy. I so wanted to live in that " nice white cottage with the thatched roof" and her lovely big family!

The one I remember was a very old book my cousin had in his attic.It looked as if it was written in 1920s and had pictures of a dinosaur called a Dilemma. Horns of a Dilemma. I've never been able to identify it but that attic was full of magic stuff, guns, swords, railway set and his grandads old army uniform.Great fun.

"The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" (sp) sorry

If I'm only allowed one book it's The Wierdstone of Brisingamin by Alan Garner.

Did not like Enid Blyton on the whole.

Heidi, Just William, Anything by Enid Blyton, Bunty Annual ..

Little Grey Rabbit for me too.I still have my battered copy of LGR Makes Lace.I loved this so much I went on to lacemaking myself.
Just shows what a book can do.

Thank you NotSpaghetti! I had completely forgotten who wrote "Dr Owl's Party" and thank you for posting the picture too.

This is such a lovely thread.

I had a beautifully illustrated story book of 'The little match girl'.

I opened it, and realised I couldn't read all the words, so I tried everyday until I could.
It's such a sad tale. .I could weep thinking about it.

Was it Lucy Atwell who illustrated the pony books.
Chubby ponies, and freckle schoolgirls with aspirations to train her naughty pony in time to win a rosette?
I used to love those pictures.

Heidi by Joanna Spyri was a favourite.
I still have the hardback edition somewhere.

I fell in love with Georgette Heyer at about 12 or 13 and read my way through every one.
Heyer was my "Enid Blyton" in that I read nothing else till I'd run out of options!

Ali23

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!

Yes. Great story!

I had Dr Owl's Party too! Don't remember it with the same fondness but do remember it.

Does anyone remember a small book called "Dr Owl's Party"? I remember loving it when my mother read it to me, but I can't remember who wrote it.

Thank you to those who reminded me of the Pookie books. So many of us are fortunate in having so many happy memories of books from our childhoods!

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

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.

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!

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.

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