Your fav author from childhood

Marionk, have a look on ABE books. They had a few Pookie books on there for sale.

Enid Blyton every time for me

Enid Blyton's Famous Five and Malory towers followed by Arthur Ransomes Coot club.
As a Teenager it was Joan Lingards Through the barricade's that helped me make sense of the sectarianism that i was surrounded by.

Much of my reading material as a child was handed down from older siblings, so in addition to many of the authors others have mentioned, I enjoyed a series about twins who lived in other countries (e.g. "The Dutch Twins") by Lucy Fitch Perkins and Fell Farm stories by Marjorie LLoyd about a family in the Lake District.
Reflecting on my early reading has made me realise how much it has influenced my life, including the languages I studied at school (the Chalet School series), my interest in the natural world (BB - The Little Grey Men, The Secret Garden), fascination with mountains (Heidi) and my sense of adventure (Enid Blyton, Swallows and Amazons). Powerful thread - thank you!
By the way, I recall Katy (What Katy Did) stroked her forehead to get rid of frown lines - never worked for me!

Oh, just remembered Kitty Barne's She Shall Have Music. I read and re-read that one. It was all about a talented pianist and how she won through despite the odds of having a totally unmusical (but supportive) family.

I had a book about a little British girl who lived in India and made friends with a little Indian girl but I can't remember the title or the author, times only a short book. Does anyone else remember it?

Also a couple of hand me downs about a girl called Ameliaranne - Ameliaranne Goes Touring was one, with lovely illustrations.

What a lovely thread this is.
Thank you TrendieNannie6.
It would seem that overall Enid Blyton wins hands down.but it is lovely remembering books one used to love.

As a teenager I read Denis Wheatley books and probably scared myself.

Then Jean Plaidy books which is why my knowledge of history was probably more imagination than fact.

Richmal Crompton’s William Books, also somebody John’s Biggles and Antony Buckridge’s Jennings and Derbyshire but I think the best one of all was the Children’s Guide to Shakespeare’s stories although I have no idea who wrote it.

Callistemon,it wasn’t “A little Princess “ about Sarah Crewe was it?
There was a connection with Indiabut I can’t remember there being an Indian girl in it.
Our Geography lessons at junior school featured the twin stories,Brightone.
The Dutch twins were called Kit and Kat
We read the Eskimo twins as well .

When I was at my senior school the Headmistress asked me the surname of my favourite author and I said Dickens.
She seemed less impressed when I added”Monica” and told me I had to read”The shrimp and the anemone “ by LPHartley.
I did and he became a favourite author .

I was given Noel Streatfield's Ballet Shoes and White Boots as a prize in school and my teacher told me she had loved them when my age. My niece reminded me recently that I bought them for her when she was 10 or 11 and in turn she bought them for her niece.
I also loved E Nesbit book's, especially the Phoenix and the Carpet and the Story of the Amulet. I remember feeling transported to a magical world when reading them.
Reading is still a great pleasure for me, but the sense of wonderment from books as a child is a strong memory.

I read anything I could get my hands on loved Enid Blyton but only the magic faraway tree books also little women ,Heidi and loads more but my favourite of all time was Gwen Grant the private keep out collection all wrote about her family life as a child tried to find the last in the trilogy and it's over a hundred pound and can only find two copies on ebay

Noel Streatfield; Ballet Shoes was a dream, PL Travers, Enid Blyton. Interesting that so many of us loved the same books isn’t it? As a younger child AA Milne, which I later also enjoyed with my own children. Later on I read my mother’s school copy of What Katy Did, which I also loved. My sister bought me A Christmas Carol for Xmas when I was 11 years old- possibly my favourite present that year. My most memorable books from my teenage years included Nevil Shute, Alistair McClean and my best of all” To kill a Mocking Bird”, by Harper Lee. I love books ?

I loved Gene Stratton Porter- OK, so American, but not a problem!

Enid Blyton was my favourite when I first started to read. I remember my parents telling me I had to try someone else as I always got Enid Blyton books from the library. I don’t know if she has been mentioned but did anyone read The Blue Door series by Pamela Brown? I borrowed them from an older friend and just loved them. They were about a group of children who started their own theatre group and I thought it was the most wonderful thing to imagine since at that point I wanted to go on the stage!

Just about all of the above. Billy Bunter. Can't remember who wrote it, Frank ?!! Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the looking glass, 1928 versions that had belonged to my mother. Chums own annuals (belonged to my younger uncle!) Lambs tales from Shakespeare, Myths of Greece and Rome, books about an elephant called Mumfie! again family heirlooms!! Peter Pan and Wendy, Oh and Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

My nana used to buy me the Enid Blyton annual (was it called a yearbook?) every birthday. I hated the moralising stories but, of course, I could never say so.

I loved A. A. Milne when I was little but my favourite book was called Hobby Horse Cottage. I kept borrowing it from the library. Don't know why I didn't have the sense to ask for it as a birthday present. I also loved Tove Jansson's Moomins.

When I was older, it was Henry Treece and Rosemary Sutcliffe.

For me it was Enid Blyton, especially Mallory Towers and The Famous Five. I had such a miserable childhood and these books were my means of escape. Because of them I'm still an avid reader.

@Jabberwock Frank Richards wrote the Billy Bunter books and Hilda Richards wrote the Bessie Bunter books. I used to read them all!

@SueDonim & @issibon - I think the series you were thinking of might be the Ladybird Flight One, Flight Two etc series - I loved them when I was a child
www.amazon.co.uk/Flight-two-Canada-Ladybird-books/dp/B0000CK9YV/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0/259-6545770-0485010?_e&tag=gransnetforum-21

Mine too was Enid Blyton. Being now in my 70s, I am not aware of what other authors were around when a child. Maybe I wouldn’t read any other authors’ work.
Now have I put the apostrophe in the right place

I used to set some books from the library about five dolls who lived in a dolls house, I can’t remember what they were called, but I loved them. When I was very little, I loved Mabel Lucie Attwell stories.

The Little Grey Men and The Little Grey Men Go Down The Bright Stream
All about the last gnomes in England searching for their long lost brother.
Total Joy

Funnygran yes I remember the Blue Door series by Pamela Brown.
That is what inspired some of us to start our own group and we put on performances in the church hall.