General Chat

me too!! anything by Enid Blyton, the tales from moomin valley were great too mrs pepperpot...... I could be here all day!

Morning Andy, Looks like most of us were raised on Enid. I too loved the Faraway Tree, Wishing Chair, later it was Mallory Towers, Chalet School and Nancy Drew Mysteries. As well as the Famous Five and Secret Seven. Loved Ann of Green Gables and What Katy did. My favourite book was The Boy Next Door - Enid Blyton, not mine but my brothers, still have it on the shelf. Aah yes Gwynne, White Fang, read it and re-read it one advantage of being a teacher, you get to read the classics all over again. M x

Mine was Black Beauty and 101 Dalmations, but I remember that my aunt bought me the Bunty and Judy annual every year and I really looked forward to them.

I've just remembered White Fang by Jack London - I cried and cried. Gwynne

The Secret Garden The Little Princess The Family From One End Street and seeing David mention The Magic Faraway Tree I can now picture 'Saucepan Man' , and the land above the clouds Dee xx

Don't think I could say one favourite but I loved The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Enid Blyton's Secret 7 & also the Magic Faraway tree stories. When I was a bit older (early teens)there was a book called My Brother In the Land and I can't remember the author at the minute but it was post nuclear war stuff and brilliantly written. Penelope Lively was a great author too.

Morning Andy, loved any of Enid Blytons, Milly Molly Mandy, and my lovely old nursery rhyme book, then moved on to the classics, What Katy Did and Little Women, there were lots, always had my head stuck in a book, with a bag of sweets present! :))

My Naughty Little Sister Little House On The Prairie Dianne

Heidi, followed in no particular order by: The Secret Garden A Little Princess Pollyanna Little Women Are any of you really surprised? lol Both my girls love them too and it's been wonderful reading them over and over again for the past 19 years! Funnily enough my son always preferred Biggles! Daisy

Anyone remember Mr Twiddle.......... Stel.xx

Sue, I loved the Nancy Drews too and couldnt wait to get the next one from the library lol and the Hardy brothers

Enid Blyton books, from Noddy to Mallory Towers - and everything in between. My all time favourite book though is The Secret Garden and I reread it at least once a year! Whilst clearing out a cupboard at the weekend I found my daughter's boxed set of Mrs Pepperpot books. I will give them to my grandaughter (her daughter) tomorrow and I know she'll adore them. They are very dogeared now, but it just shows how loved they were. My elder son loved the Nancy Drew Mysteries and Stig of the Dump. Younger son's favourite was Tom's Midnight Garden and all the Roald Dahl books. Both daughters loved Teddy Robinson and My Naughty Little Sister books. Happy memories :o) Sue xx

Joe I can still hear my mum reading 'They're Changing Guards At Buckingham Palace'. I now have bought the books and will start my grandaughter on them shortly! They have the same pictures in and so brings back the memories! I've just introduced her to Cat in the Hat and she loved it! On the bookshelf waiting are Winnie The Pooh, full set of Beatrix Potter and Just So Stories. Debby

The Jungle Book,The Pooh Books,AndEnidBlytons Famous Five.Fred.

puppys and kittens had to be my favourite, read to me then , but when i could read myself, famous five, and heidi

Just same as Debby - 'Now We Are Six' and 'When We Were Very Young' I was raised on those two books and my children were too and I have seen my daughter reciting the same to her children. I am surprised at how many people dont know these great books. Later, Biggles (of course), Just William and Treasure Island.

Enid Blyton- The faraway tree! Lovely memories from being 6/7 years old :)) Lib

Pretty much the same as everyone else Secret Seven Famous Five Mallory Towers Little Women etc and the weird thing is my 8yr old has discovered Famous Five books now, been around most of the local charity shops /carboots looking for them. Star

My Favourite Books were: Famous Five Secret Seven One Hundred and One Dalmations Mistys Foal My Friend Flicka Black Beauty Secret Garden Marie

The 'Jill' series by Ruby Ferguson; 'My Friend Flicka' and subsequent books, by Mary(?) O'Hara; A big story book, called 'Story Land' - don't know the author - but I'd love to get another copy of that big book, over 40 years later! x