The children’s book you remember best

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……

Tom Sawyer

The Faraway Tree,
Milly Molly Mandy
Teddy Robinson

Missed the picture

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

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

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.

springishere

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Got to be Little Women.

Got to be Little Women.

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

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

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.

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. ??

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

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

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.

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.

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.