favourite book as a child?.........

[jojojoanne]

what was yours?
(mine was jane eyre)

[jojojoanne]

sorry yes, alice and gullivers are both satires,

i take alice to be about the loss of innocence and peter to be about the exploration of possibility, i take both to be about the exploration of the self if looked at from a psychoanalytical perspective.

[China Doll]

Hmmmm... maybe. I see your point but I'm not entirely sure I agree. However it's a while since I read either so you'd have to give me a chance to re-read before I commit myself! ;c)

[tiggerblue10]

I like factual books. I have read 2 books about Elizabeth I and I thought her life was extraodinary. Marie Antoinette is another fascinating subject.

I love history which I know isn't to a lot of peoples taste.

[jojojoanne]

if were talking fiction history the other boleyn girl phillipa gregory is quite a good read, ok ish though a few years old,

[tiggerblue10]

That rings a bell jojo. I'm sure I've heard of The other Boleyn Girl.

<Making a note to one self>

[jojojoanne]

arabella weir too, i think she has written a book on mary queen of scots.
She has done a few on henry viii too ,

[tiggerblue10]

I've got a book about Elizabeth I by Alison Weir.

I thought Arabella Weir was a comedian who wrote Does My Bum Look Big in This.

[MONTCRIEFF49]

chrimstmas carol
and the little red mini

[tiggerblue10]

Hi Monty, hows you hun?

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Night all xxx

[MONTCRIEFF49]

good night tigger
every one going to bed
with jane eyre
i wish
xxxxx

[yogasun]

Alice in Wonderland - still love it just as much

[bigmamma]

I'm going right back to my infant school reading books which I loved .....Janet and John ....and Chicken Licken :-)
xxx

[rabbitygirl]

I loved a book called The Silver Sword by Ian Serrallier. About orphans in WW2, we read it at school and asked for a copy to be bought for me.

Books long gone, but memory still strong.

Was at a Jim Davidson show a few years back and he said a book in his childhood had had a big impact. He asked if anyone had heard of The Silver Sword.

It was all I could do to stop myself yelling out YES!