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I loved all the Enid Blyton Books and read them over and over again

Mine is black beauty.

I read any by the brontes and yes Black beauty though i wasnt particularly horse mad- also call of the wild too was a favourite.But i loved all things Charles Dickens and still dip into them now& again.ive always encouraged my kids& grandkids to read voraciously even my teenager son loves actual books occasionally.(no mean feat in this 'techy' age)

I’ve always loved reading and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes stands out in my mind as a book that moved me as a young teen.

I read the Whiteoaks series of books by Mazo de la Roche. I lived with that family in Jalna for most of my teenage years. Wonderful.

Winnie the Pooh - all volumes, I still have the original books I read as a child. His outlook on life is even more applicable to todays hectic life, take time out to sit and hum...……....

“Little Black Sambo” - a small book - ending I think with the words ‘.....and didn’t little Black Sambo look grand”. This tells you my age (86) - it wouldn’t be allowed today! I was brought up in a different world and lived in India until I was 12!

Malory Towers by Enid Blyton, well loved family hand me downs that saw me through a summer or two, also Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame, an unbeatable taste of the wonder filled British countryside.

I loved Heidi. A feel good story with a few harsh realities along the way. Heidi had a caring nature although she had her own adversaries.

As a young child it was Thumberlina, which I read over and over again. Hans Christian Andersen was a brilliant children's writer and it stood the test of time as that book was already over a hundred years old when I read it, and still going strong with children.

Also many others including Call of the Wild - Jack London, Heidi and Enid Blyton books. I could never forget Black Beauty also always a favourite. The theme tune from the later film still gives me goosebumps too.

I loved the Heidi books, Heidi, Heidi grows up and Heidi's children. I remember long summer days, sitting on a wall under an apple tree reading the books to my young, next-door neighbour. We both loved the adventures she had and the positive way she looked at life.

I used to read all the Famous Five books, The Chalet School books and Heidi, Black Beauty. Difficult to say which was my favourite. I guess the famous five books as they used to have such great adventures.

Cherry Ames==American nurse==1950s/60s

I absolutely loved The Midnight Folk by John Masefield, which my mother read to me when I was quite young. It was a world full of magic, witchcraft and talking animals which really appealed to me. I identified with Kay Harker, the small boy who was the main character, as I was also an only child.

Enid Blytons famous five

Any Enid Blyton - went to the library many times a week. Couldn't get enough of them.

Am I the only one to recall the Lone Pine series created by Malcolm Saville? I felt they were far more believable than the Famous Five and Secret Seven books though dating from a similar era. He painted such wonderful word paintings of the locations from Rye to the Lake District that when visiting some of them in later life I almost felt I had been there before. It was the little details that stick with me such as finding a message scratched by a diamond in a glass window pane at the Mermaid in Rye. At least, that is how I recall it!

What Katy Did books - I loved Katy's bold but sometimes flawed charcter and wanted to be like her; I was also intrigued by this picture of American life.

As a very young child the ‘twins’ books were my favourites, The Eskimo Twins, The Indian Twins etc telling of lives in faraway places. Then it was the ‘Biggles’ books with tales of adventure and excitement. In my early teens I read ‘The Long Walk’ and still remember it vividly today, with its story of deprivation and danger. It has been made into a film ‘The Way Back’.

I loved so many books: little women, good wives etc, what katy did, and what katy did next, all the mallory towers books. Ballet shoes, and one i cant quite remember the whole title, something like lydia gaff

Ur of the Chaldees by Leonard Cottrell. It was my first introduction to ancient history and archaeology. I think I was about 8 years old when I read it. Archaeology has stayed with me as a passion all my life.
When I was going to boarding school, the headmistress asked what I wanted to be. I replied I couldn’t decide between medicine and archaeology but I supposed I’d be a doctor as achaelogists didn’t earn enough money.
My dgd can’t decide between a palaeontologist and an astrophysicist!

I loved Enid Blyton's Famous Five books. They all seemed to have so much fun in their holidays and exciting adventures. I just wish I was one of them.

My favourite book as a child was the Secret Seven , by Enid Blyton. As a child born into a hectic , working class family, the Secret Seven allowed me to escape into my own world : a world where I sat next to Peter and Janet in their shed at the end of the garden. Their adventures were my adventures,and I was thrilled, excited and keen to delve into every adventure and mystery that the friends encountered.
Enid Blyton was my childhood saviour who made a rather dim council estate life fade into significance as I joined the Secret Seven on their escapades; needless to say, my love of the mystery genre continues , and still provides blissful escapism .

Jane Eyre was my favourite book as she was such a kind and thoughtful person, completely unspoilt, so much so that it read as pure fantasy to me.

I loved all the Paddington books because I thought they were funny!