Kell Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Just realised it's National Children's Book Week (see article HERE about best-loved children's books). So, what are YOUR favourite children's books? Which titles transport you straight back t oa time of innocence? And do you still read children's books now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Narnia! Animorphs! That story about the girl and the music box. I still read and love children's literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 The ones I remember most vividly from my childhood are: Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis The Snow Spider Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo The Midnight Flk and The Box of Delights by John Masefield The Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton The Twits by Roald Dahl The Devil on the Road by Robert Westall Chocky by john Wyndham I still enjoy children's and young adult novels now and I'm getting to enjoy younger children's books again now as I read them to Xander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Yes I still read children's books now and luckily I have a 4 year old who absolutely adores reading My favourites are The Tiger Who Came To Tea Mog The Forgetful Cat The Stone Cage (My mum owned a copy when I was a child and I was devestated to find out it was out of print. Then a couple of years back, my boyfriend managed to find a copy ) Harry Potter The Chronicles of Narnia And all Roald Dahl books. I used to own nearly all of them and I re-read them until they fell apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnbirduk Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Take me back in time, to when my only worry is what book to read next.............. Narnia The Famous Five Anne of Green Gables The Hobbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) Harry Potter I got majorly into when I was about 12.. so 12 years ago. But. It was more a Young Adult thing for me. The first book series I picked up without a recommendation. I grew to love it on my own, and I pursued it without encouragement from my family. Also, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Ice_People Scandinavian/Swedish I think. Set in middle ages - present day, a saga about a very special people (Isfolket) and their cursed heritage. edit: Keep thinking of more. I read Child of her people by Anne Cameron over and over and over. About an Indian girl driven from her tribe by settlers or somesuch. Really heartbreaking book. Edited October 4, 2011 by Hyzenthlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I read a lot of books, some well known and many probably not very well known at all: When I was very small: The Velveteen Rabbit The Discontented Pony Shy Little Kitten's Secret Place Anything with flaps I could lift up That book about the baby bear who can't sleep Sasha And The Wolf Cub When I was a little older up to around 13: A Legacy Of Ghosts Run With The Wind Del Del The Babysitters Club series Fleabag & The Ring Fire Castle In The Attic and it's sequel Battle For The Castle The Butterfly Lion The Carribbean Jewels Mystery The Faraway Tree books by Enid Blyton The Famous Five Over Sea, Under Stone (The first in the Greenwitch series which I've never read the rest of, but mean to) Switchers Out Of Nowhere The Guns Of Easter The Wakening Catchman (Point Horror Unleashed, I maintain it's the best PH book ever written) Fionn The Cool I'm probably forgetting some - these are just the first ones that spring to mind - if I think of any more I'll come back and update the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oksana Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I can't remember the one loved book, but I loved very much to read collection of fairy tails of nations ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Reader Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I wasn't much of a reader when I was a child but I did love Charlotte's Web E. B. White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 My favourite childrens books that I can remember off the top of my head are Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot Smoke and Fluff Anything by Enid Blyton The Very Hungry Catterpiller We're going on a Bear Hunt Beatrix Potter books The Rainbow Fish there are so many more, but I can't remember them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 My earliest memories are of my dad and grandad reading to me, it was childrens classics like Winnie the pooh, Just So Stories and Wind in the willows, when I learnt to read it was Pippi Longstocking, Emile in the soup Tureen, Mrs Pepperpot, I had a lovely book called Aurora and her little blue car, Nancy Drew and so many many more I am sure as I read some of the posts in this I will find others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 When I was a kid I loved R.L Stine's Goosebumps series, Ann M. Martin's Baby-sitters Club books, and, of course, Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley series. Also, when I was pretty young my mom read The Little House books to me and I read them myself when I got older. I read the Anne of Green Gables books as a teen. Harry Potter became a favorite as an adult. Some of my favorite picture books: Tawny Scrawny Lion by Gustaf Tenggren Hiram's Red Shirt by Mabel Watts What Was That by Geda Bradley Mathews and Normand Chartier Berenstein Bears books by Stan and Jan Berenstein (my two-year old loves these too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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