What books did your parents read to you?

I had 4 older brothers and sisters who read to me constantly, basically whatever they got from the library. I loved Middlemarch and Little Women, even Tarzan.
We are still all avid readers.

I remember my mother reading Noddy books to my brother and I but I learnt to read quite well by 5 years old and have been an avid reader ever since. The library played a big part in our lives, I was reading mum’s Georgette Heyer books by 9/10.

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I really don’t remember, only remember reading books myself.
It’s a long time ago isn’t it?

They must have done, but I was a voracious reader by age 5, so I just remember reading myself too.

Except fo one vivid memory of sharing Playhour comic with my grandfather. I must have been about three years old because he died not long after my third birthday.

The book I remember my Df reading to me and my sister is Winnie the Poo.

Certainly. Nursery rhymes first, then when we could follow a story lineLittle Grey Rabbit and Milly Molly Mandy etc. Always with 'good' illustrations, not cartoon-y ones and I still think that important in children's books.. Kept up until we were 6-ish I suppose

I think the general demise in nursery rhymes a great pity. They introduce a wide vocabulary and sentence structure at a very young age. Rhyme is a good way to learn any language.

Being able to read before starting school was almost usual in our generation.