Lucybird Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 lol no, and I doubt that any midnight feasts would have sausages and the like Quote
Charm Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 I loved the Mallory Towers books and the Famous Five too. Also does anyone remember Flambards? I can't remember the name of the author (well it was a long time ago ) but I was really into horses at the time and adored these books! Quote
Nollaig Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 I loved the Children Of Cherry Tree Farm - the one with the wild man. That was awesome. I wanted to go live in the wild after I read that. Quote
Janet Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 Also does anyone remember Flambards? I can't remember the name of the author (well it was a long time ago ) but I was really into horses at the time and adored these books! K M Peyton. I read the first one a long, long time ago. There was a TV adaptation in the 70s - I had a crush on one of the brothers! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flambards-Complete-Repackaged-DVD/dp/B001JMGS6I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1237190105&sr=8-1 I quite fancy re-reading now you've mentioned it - I'd totally forgotten about them! Quote
BookJumper Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 My favourites when I was *really* little (talking pre-10 years old here) were: - "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Jules Verne. - "The Black Corsair" and "Sandokan" series by Emilio Salgari - amazing, rollicking, swashbuckling tales of adventure, love, friendship. It enthralled me to think that a man who had never left his own town could transport himself and his readers to the new world and the mystic East and make it all feel so vivid and urgent and real. Quote
Lucybird Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 We were looking at some kid's books at my sister's baby shower the other day. The Hungry Caterpillar which is just great, and The Tiger Who Came to Tea which I had forgotten about but loved Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 When I was a kid, I didn't really read much. The first book I read wasn't even a kid's book, it was a Young Adult's book, I was 8-9, it was All-American Girl by Meg Cabot. Well.. dunno if it counts as "childhood" book but, The Series of Unfortunate Events are probably my favourite..Either that or the Winnie The Pooh series, we had this whole box set of them, but I have no idea where they are now. Quote
Mac Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I used to love the series by Susan Cooper called The Dark Is Rising. They made a film out of the second novel, but I couldn't make myself see it for fear of it spoiling my memories of it (also, they changed the age of Will from 11 to him being in his teens and made him American instead of English - bizarre, as far as I can tell, because the book is set in and based upon myth and legend of English folk-lore). I began my reading life with The Hobbit when I was about 7 or 8 years old - I was quite precocious in this respect - and adored it, going on to read The Lord Of The Rings when I reached about 10. I could never, and still can't, get through The SilmarillionI, however. It's one of those books where I think 'Life is too short, matey!' and sling it over my shoulder. Don't be silly, Mac! When have you ever done anything but treat your books with reverential (if not obsessive) care? You just placed it lovingly back on the shelf, didn't you? Aaaaand we're talking in the third person again....in through the nose, out through the mouth.... Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 ^ That made me laugh. Yeah, the Silmarillion was reaaaallllyyyy hard to get through. Reaaalllyyyyyy hard. Seriously. WHY Does he need to go through every. single. detail?! I don't get it! I'm definitely giving my copy away. Quote
Loopyloo100 Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I'm with both of you - don't think I got through the first page! Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Oh, i got through the first page. I got through the whole book. Never again. Quote
Mac Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Kudos, Miss Whitlock! I thought I was suffering from narcolepsy when I attempted it! Quote
poppy Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 It's always handy to have a book like that for those pesky nights of insomnia. I can always remember reading in a James Heriot book how he used to keep 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Dostoyevsky (I had to look that up) and Seigfried 'The Anatomy of the Eye', by their beds for just such occasions Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 with the Simarillion, It's funny because when you expect it to make you sleep, suddenly an interesting part comes along like, I don't know, something about Elrond, and then you actually start to tune in. Quote
Sedge Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I took the plunge with The Silmarillion recently and managed to finish it. I can now give you a complete history of Middle Earth, with accurately recalled names, dates and events! (NB - one of the above statements may not be true.) Quote
Mac Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I took the plunge with The Silmarillion recently and managed to finish it. I can now give you a complete history of Middle Earth, with accurately recalled names, dates and events! (NB - one of the above statements may not be true.) I believe it must be the first statement that is inaccurate... Quote
Rawr Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Oh, i got through the first page. I got through the whole book. Never again. You really deserve a trophy for that, or a special ring... no, wait. Anyway, i am in the 'i couldn't get through the first page' group also I mean, i read LOTR at like 15 and that was difficult enough at times, but this book really takes the biscuit. I've owned it for around four years and never dug it back out again yet! Quote
Kookie Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 When i was about seven-eight i had a book of bedtime storys book i used to read it when i couldn't get to sleep. Quote
Lucybird Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I never managed to finish even Lord of the Rings, I got as far as the forming of the fellowship and gave up, I may try again some day. I loved the Hobbit though, fist time my Mum read it to me and my sister, I must have been pretty young Quote
Kookie Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 :woohoo:100th post Kookie!! I never noticed that. Thanks Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 Yeah, I tried to make my friend read Lord of the Rings. She tried twice, i think. and she only got up to the start of the second book. Quote
Peacefield Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 My mom started taking me to the library when I was very young, and I'm so grateful! Whenever I remember that I tell her thank you, lol. When I was very little I loved all the Dr. Seuss books - I think I was given an official set at one time and just kept adding to it. When I got into school I was really into Nancy Drew, Ramona Quimby, Anne of Green Gables and the Little House on the Prairie books. I think the Little House books were my faves. Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 OHh yes the Dr Seuss books, i loved them. And I just remembered right now, I used to LOVE the Secret Garden by....I forgot. I read it like, 5 times when I was about 7-8 years old. And we also had stuff like The Saddle Club or like, Babysitters Club or osmething like that. and this other series called Twin Sisters. They were so awesome back then Quote
bethany725 Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 I never read "Anne of Green Gables," but used to loooovee the tv series called "Avonlea" that was sort of a spin-off from the "A of GG" books. Did anyone else watch "Avonlea" or read "A of GG?" My love for the show makes me wonder if I'd enjoy the A of GG books.. Quote
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