Which Books Do You Remember Having As A Child?

[naomi24]

For me, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, The Water Babies, Brothers Grimm and Hans Anderson's fairy tales, and one my lovely friend at church gave me and with which I would never part - Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St John. That friend later became a missionary in Africa and was hacked to death in Zimbabwe.

[naomi24]

Floko, I’d forgotten I had Tales from the Arabian Nights. I loved those stories. ‘Open Sesame’. Magic!

[douglas9401]

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Re: Lashings of Ginger Beer....

Post by Julie2owlsdene » 01 May 2013, 14:13
It's well known Poppy that Enid didn't use 'lashings of ginger beer' she used lashings of tomatoes. That ginger beer wording was used as a send up on the Comic Strip, as mentioned - Five Go Mad in Dorset. They were taking the wee wee and over exaggerating! :P

Anyway
All the Famous Five and Secret Seven
Kidnapped
Treasure Island
Robinson Crusoe
The Fables Of LaFontaine
Most of those already listed above.

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Re: Lashings of Ginger Beer....

Post by Julie2owlsdene » 01 May 2013, 14:13
It's well known Poppy that Enid didn't use 'lashings of ginger beer' she used lashings of tomatoes. That ginger beer wording was used as a send up on the Comic Strip, as mentioned - Five Go Mad in Dorset. They were taking the wee wee and over exaggerating! :P




I believe Channel 4 did a hilarious send up of the Famous Five, played by adults in the first week of its inauguration. That was probably where I heard' Lashings of Ginger Beer'mentioned

[bobbinwales]

//I tried one Enid Blyton book but it was so far removed from my experience that I didn't bother with any more. //
That was the appeal to me though- a different world in the country. I also like Jennings books- nothing like my school but still hilarious. And Paddington and Rupert even though I never met a talking bear

[evadora]

My Grandmother taught me to read (see was a great reader herself). Sadly neither of my parents were interesed in books but learning to read brought me very close to my Granny and I loved the time spent with her. Books I remember and love from my childhood are:
The St Clares and Malory Tower books by Enid Blyton
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
Number the Stars by Lois Lory
Plus all the earlier Enid Blytons from Noddy upwards and then as I got into my teens Charles Dickens, The Brontes etc.

[MWG14]

All the classics and Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven & Famous Five Series.

I later became a librarian.

[Cloverjo]

As well as many mentioned above I loved horsey books; Black Beauty, Ride for Freedom, My Friend Flicka.

Blyton’s Mystery and Adventure series, too.

[barry1010]

I used to read children's books that were my grandmother's, all with a moral message that wasn't exactly hidden.
I don't recall any of the titles but there was one about a girl that ran off with the circus or fair and ended up starving and another about a boy that brought deep shame on his family by stealing food when he was hungry.

[Hazlinny]

A bit late to the book festival ..... read many of those mentioned, just devoured books as a child.

To those who are maybe not aware, some old children's books are quite valuable provided they are First Editions (with dust-cover) and in good condition, preferably without any personal message inside cover. Enid Blyton, etc. Start searching!

[zebo]

As well as a lot of the previously mentioned Blyton etc I also read the Chalet School books by I think, Elinor Brent Dyer and the Sadlers Wells books by Lorna Hill.

[Old_Geezer]

Read loads but recall few titles unfortunately. Maybe I'll check this thread to see if there are any reminders. I do recall reading Tom Sawyer though.

[JimF]

Stig of the Dump.

[Old_Geezer]

Ah yes, many of those mentioned. I particularly liked Biggles Flies Undone.

[Buenchico]

The 'Just William' series, the 'Jennings' books, and, of course, every one of 'Biggles' escapades.

I was given Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So Stories', which I hated. However I bought myself the children's version of Cervantes' 'Don Quixote', which I loved so much that I later struggled through the full book in the original 16th century Spanish!

I was well into Sherlock Holmes while I was still in primary school though, with science fiction taking over for me shortly after that. (Arthur C Clarke was my favourite author but I read the works of others, such as Isaac Asimov, too).

[Canary42]

The House at Pooh Corner
Little Grey Rabbit
Now we are Six
Five go to Smuggler's Top
Grimms Fairy Tales
..... and another one I can't recall the title but it was all about Uncle Merry (IIRC) taking children on Nature Walks - a fictional introduction to Natural History. I've sought it on the net without success, but I loved it as a child.

[Dagman]

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, and a short one called The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth.

[dustypuss]

The time machine and all the other H.G.Wells Si.Fi
books . Bl*dy disappointed when I got to The History of Mr Polly.

[Spungle]

All the Billy Bunters by Frank Richards, all of Roald Dahl, Willard Price, the Hardy Boys, Tale of Two Cities, Pilgrims Progress, Tintin, Asterix, Winnie the Pooh, Brereton Rabbit, Secret Seven, The Borrowers, the Hobbit, the Puddle Lane books....

[retrocop]

Nothing actually for a child. My recently late uncle left me a Ten volume edition of The War Illustrated when I was about nine. I believe he collected weekly editions printed on very thin wartime paper during the second W.W. . Thousands of photos and Current stories of up to date news on various war fronts. I think he had to submit his collection of issues to Hamilton's Press to have them bound in Tome form. I reckon they are worth a few bob but I'll keep hold of them.

[Blubster]

The Jennings books and Dr. Doolittle before graduating to the works of Dickens such as Great Expectations and David Copperfield. Thence to the Sherlock Holmes series - I've been a great fan of Holmes' ever since and never get tired of reading them.