Your favourite character as a child?

Milly Molly Mandy! When I was seven, my dad took me to join the local library. Only one book at a time was allowed in those days. I chose Milly Molly Mandy, which was new to me. I took it home, read it all then rushed back to the library to get another book out as I thought getting books to read was wonderful. What a disappointment it was to be told that they didn’t allow a return the same day! Anne of Green Gables came a little bit later, and was a great favourite. I still have my mother’s school prize copy which she received in 1939.

Drina Adams - the Drina books weren’t published until I was in my late teens, but I love stories about ballet, being a failed ballet dancer myself, so I read them avidly even though I wasn’t the intended audience. In many ways she was brought up the same way I was - the same behaviour was expected of me. So I identified with her a bit - well, apart from the fact that she was very talented and very well off!

Arrietty in the Borrowers was a favourite of mine, as well as George in the famous five.

I loved Heidi too, so much so that on a recent trip to Switzerland I made a point of visiting Heidiland, which I loved

Champion the Wonder Horse...

Well, anything 'horsey' really

DH says Top Cat! Mine was Lassie, I cried every week at his heroics!

I didn’t have any favourites. Read Hans Andersen fairy tales, Brothers Grim tales, Alice in Wonderland, Arabian Nights etc
My son who is 75 liked Rupert the Bear and when I was clearing out I found a Rupert annual. He was really excited to get it again.

Heidi. Also liked the famous 5 and Wendy from Peter Pan

I never really read children's books apart from Alice in Wonderland, I read all the Agatha Christie novels and liked characters like Poirot.

Horatio Hornblower books, when l was a young teenager. Also Robin Hood.

Joey in Fury (Wonder Horse)

Another vote for George (Georgina) from the Famous Five. I even persuaded my mother to ask the hairdresser to cut my hair short like George's hair. It looked awful and I was relieved when it grew again to its previous length.

Milly Molly Mandy when I was very young. I loved her cosy life and her pink stripey dress

Not a specific character but I loved all of the Mallory Towers, St Clare's, Naughtiest Girl books. All the girls seemed to behaving a spiffing time.

Yes, I loved MMM too, I always wanted to live in the "nice white cottage with the thatched roof "! With that doting family, and Little Friend Susan, and Billy Blunt.

Peter Rabbit.

Georgie for me to. I loved all the Enid Blyton book. Had a gang that met in our garden shed like the Famous Five