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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I love reading to my daughter and could honestly not believe a statistic that i read that 1/3 of children do not have books or get read too regularly. Its part of a daily routine for me.

Im searching online for some new books for her and came across a book i dearly loved as a youngster myself 'old bear' by Jane Hissy.

What classics stood out from either your early years or teenage years?

others for me were 'Sams Sandwich'- David Pelham and of course the 'Hungry Caterpillar' - Eric Carle

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By *hole Lotta RosieWoman
over a year ago

Deviant City

I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tI0bQ-A-H0

you so have to check that out

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By *arl828Man
over a year ago

warrington, Cheshire

Showing my age, but 'Wind in the willows' was read to me as a kid and my younger brother

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By *hole Lotta RosieWoman
over a year ago

Deviant City

"I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho. "

Julia Donaldson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho.

Julia Donaldson

my 2 little ones love all her books , they are fantastic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My dad read the very hungry caterpillar every night. Also remember spot the dog!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho.

Julia Donaldson

my 2 little ones love all her books , they are fantastic"

especially the Gruffalo!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mostly Enid Blighton books

burnt sausages and custard can't remember the author

Funny bones just found out my old cassette audio book of it, my son loves it, took it into school for world book day on Thursday 7th March.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

*searches for my Ladybird book of Ladybirds*

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Dick King Smith and Roald Dahl were fave authors when i was around 10yrs old.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maurice Sendaks where the wild things are when I was about 5. I've still got it. I seem to have an emotional attachment to it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Maurice Sendaks where the wild things are when I was about 5. I've still got it. I seem to have an emotional attachment to it."

Just googled it, the cover looks familiar but can not remember the story

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl - have just bought my niece a load of their books and she's now a fan too. I'm going to borrow some of the them back to at some point just to remind myself of them because it's so long since I read them!

My niece is a big reader though...she's 7 and my sis was told she had the reading age of a 9yr old so I'm a proud Auntie! She and I have a little deal going too on some Magic Fairies books...there hundreds of the bloody things in sets of 7 so I buy her a set, she reads it, I put it back on eBay and buy her another set...it's keeping her entertained

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my daughter loves Roald Dahl and I've just introduced her to some old Enid Blyton - my faves when I was a lass.

I remember loving a book called "the search for Delicious" when I was young - if I saw that title now, it wouldnt be out of place in the adult erotica section - or is that just me?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved loads of books and still remember them fondly......... When younger Naughty Amelia Jane stories then

Swallows and Amazons, Gullivers Travels, Peter Pan.

At school When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Secondary School anything written by Paul Zindel.

Loved reading Winnie the Witch Stories to my kids, also the Very Hungry Catapillar, Peace at Last and we're Going on a bear hunt................. sorry guys spot the book worm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Loved loads of books and still remember them fondly......... When younger Naughty Amelia Jane stories then

Swallows and Amazons, Gullivers Travels, Peter Pan.

At school When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Secondary School anything written by Paul Zindel.

Loved reading Winnie the Witch Stories to my kids, also the Very Hungry Catapillar, Peace at Last and we're Going on a bear hunt................. sorry guys spot the book worm

I think we're going a bear hunt is my favourite to read to my son. X

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I loved roald Dahl!!! Still do!!

My boy has bedtimes stories every night and loves pointing out the things he loves Thomas the tank, the 'that's not my' ones and gruffalo..

'A mouse took a walk in the deep dark woods.....'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Gruffalo but in Scots Tongue what is a funny book is even funnier, if you're Scottish as you need to know how to pronounce the words properly to get the most from it lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not one to read to kids but.... Samuel l jacksons audio version of ... Go the f**k to sleep is the one book all parents need to read/listen to!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love Gruffalo but in Scots Tongue what is a funny book is even funnier, if you're Scottish as you need to know how to pronounce the words properly to get the most from it lol"

never seen that one, my grandson can almost recite the gruffalo, he loves it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i liked enid blyton, heidi, and stig of the dump.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Depending on age - Each Peach Pear Plum for the younger kids and Terry Jones Fantastic Stories and Fairy Tales for the older kids.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I have started taking my nephew to the library so he can choose books that he wants to read rather than books he has to read yo encourage him to read more.

I love listening to him Read when I look after him.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For the younger ones the Martha series by Susan Meddaugh is awesome (and funny to read as much for the parents) any thing by Julia Donaldson is great. I'm American so I grew up on Berenstein Bears and Dr Suess so those are sentimental favorites for me. Captain Underpants and Eragon for the bit older. My kids also loved Lemmony Snickett and the Harry Potter series.

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By *bbandflowCouple
over a year ago

South Devon

I loved reading the Light House Keeper's Lunch to our boys. Mr. Grinling was my hero

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By *rtemisiaWoman
over a year ago

Norwich

"Maurice Sendaks where the wild things are when I was about 5. I've still got it. I seem to have an emotional attachment to it."

Where the Wild Things Are is the first book I really remember and looking at the illustrations takes me right back to being a little kid again.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Callum had some really lovely books. Every night for half an hour before bed was story time.

I used to read all he enid blyton when i was young and the famous five, secret seven, st clairs. Callum never picks a book up now whil ive always been a book worn.

Oh he had the complete beatrix potter set and some other lovely sets

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Oh he had the complete beatrix potter set and some other lovely sets"

Was Boris the Badger in there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i used to read sooty and sweep, puddle lane and thomas the tank engine to my son when he was little.

i used to like ladybird books, jack and the beanstalk, at xmas i liked tammy and sally annual, bunty and jack and jill.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dr.Suess, i still read them now to my little one but she doesn't seem as into them as me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved Andy Pandy and Topsy and Tim when I were young. Judy Blume when I were older.

My children joined the library at a very young age so always had books to read. Their favourite bedtime stories were the ones I used to make up as I were going along. Don't think they ever got to hear an ending. Come to think about it, maybe they didn't fall asleep from being tired, I might have bored them into sleeping lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Hans Christian Andersen, I had a great big book of his when I was a kid, had all his stories in one book, the tinder box was always my favourite

He did some classic fairy tales, I used to read them to my kids too, my eldest daughters fave was the princess and the pea, I think I read that story every night for about 3 years, shes 20 now and I think I could still tell it word for word lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 was one of my favourite books during my formative years. I may dig it out give it a re-read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love Hans Christian Andersen, I had a great big book of his when I was a kid, had all his stories in one book, the tinder box was always my favourite

I had the giant book of The Brothers Grimm, some excellent stories in their too.

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By * n zCouple
over a year ago

leamington spa

"Dr.Suess, i still read them now to my little one but she doesn't seem as into them as me

I love these too....:....especially green eggs and ham, such fun to read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dr.Suess, i still read them now to my little one but she doesn't seem as into them as me

I love these too....:....especially green eggs and ham, such fun to read

the style of drawing in his books used to scare the shit out of one of my kids, every time I got one out she would cry, never figured out what she didn't like about them, had to get rid of them lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love reading to my daughter and could honestly not believe a statistic that i read that 1/3 of children do not have books or get read too regularly. Its part of a daily routine for me.

Im searching online for some new books for her and came across a book i dearly loved as a youngster myself 'old bear' by Jane Hissy.

What classics stood out from either your early years or teenage years?

others for me were 'Sams Sandwich'- David Pelham and of course the 'Hungry Caterpillar' - Eric Carle "

Not everyone can read, if someone is dyslexic or illiterate then obviously they won't be able to read to their child

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Back in the 1960s (yes that long ago) my favourite was a series of books 'Bobby Brewster's Bicycle', 'Bobby Brewster's Torch', etc. You could really get totally lost in these stories.

I tried to find some to read to my young nephew many years later, but they seem to all now be out of print. Pity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho.

Julia Donaldson

my 2 little ones love all her books , they are fantastic

especially the Gruffalo! "

Our 3 year old adores all Donaldson stuff, especially Squash & a Squeeze. But the old man is a brummie voice and the old lady is a Scottish accent.

Try it.

Donaldson is a genius because of that kind of sing song nature of prose. We love em.

I remember Flat Stanley and for Lola a series called Sweet Valley High. But she's northern so what does she know x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My 2 year old loves any book with fire engines or cars in ......10 yr old its the horrid henry and 11 yr old loves.harry potter ....

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By *lipperyWhenWet!Couple
over a year ago

Rochester

"Donaldson is a genius because of that kind of sing song nature of prose. We love em "

Also love the Hairy McCleary books for the very same reason, their rhythm made them easy reading, mine also loved anything by Alan Alberg when she was young, think they may have fostered her love of skeletons

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By *ohn Wilson96Man
over a year ago

from inside your wardrobe

There's a lovely book called before you go to sleep that I read my son. Written my some parents in tribute to their son.

Also love all Julia Donaldson books they're great and so well illustrated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We're reading Enid Blyton books at the moment. Including the characters Fanny and Dick.

I had a sneaky look in an updated version in the shops today. They'd changed Dick to Rick.

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

I loved the Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton when I was younger

My daughter is a complete book geek and very def takes after me. She can go through 2-3 books in a week most fairly thick ones which I always encourage

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Not everyone can read, if someone is dyslexic or illiterate then obviously they won't be able to read to their child "

I do appreciate some adults have difficulties, however if it were me personally who had those issues id make it even more important that my child didnt face the same and was encouraged even more to enjoy stories and shown books. Can get audio books for kids these days that follows the words and has a sound effect when its time to turn the page.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love reading to my daughter and could honestly not believe a statistic that i read that 1/3 of children do not have books or get read too regularly. Its part of a daily routine for me.

Im searching online for some new books for her and came across a book i dearly loved as a youngster myself 'old bear' by Jane Hissy.

What classics stood out from either your early years or teenage years?

others for me were 'Sams Sandwich'- David Pelham and of course the 'Hungry Caterpillar' - Eric Carle "

Is that the stat from the National Literacy Trust? If so, take it with a large pinch of salt.

It is really important to read to your children though, and I think it benefits the parents as much as the kids.

Books I remember from childhood are Secret Seven, Famous Five, Wishing Chair, Faraway Tree and Rupert the Bear - all books our kids enjoy reading now. They also love David Walliams and at the mo we're reading The Golden Acorn series.

My favourites to read are Dr Seuss - genius writer (and illustrator!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not everyone can read, if someone is dyslexic or illiterate then obviously they won't be able to read to their child

My daughter is dyslexic and she can read, you get book for dyslexic people depending on their grade, my daughter had to read on green paper, some use yellow, they do these book for people of all ages, if you was dyslexic with children you'd just buy childrens books to suit your need and read to them from that, of course it would be harder to teach your children to read as books suitable for dyslexic people are not suitable to read to kids and show them the words while you was reading as it would confuse them when they went to school and was given books with correct writing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A friends ex bloke couldn't read or write and he refused to have books in the house, he felt as if they were 'mugging him off' by reading, he was a horrible person. I guess if there's one family like that then there's got to be more

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over a year ago

"A friends ex bloke couldn't read or write and he refused to have books in the house, he felt as if they were 'mugging him off' by reading, he was a horrible person. I guess if there's one family like that then there's got to be more

There are lots. Although despite what some of the 'research' suggests, kids read more now than ever before.

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

I used to love the Moomin books by Tove Janssen. Had me howling with laughter - I was very young though!

My great niece loves The Gruffalo, and my daughter's favourite was The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling, though she also liked Peter Pan, Beatrix Potter and Alice in Wonderland. She had (and still has) a beautifully illustrated copy of The Jumblies by Edward Lear too which she would spend hours with just looking at the finely detailed pictures.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Donaldson is a genius because of that kind of sing song nature of prose. We love em

our grandson has the hairy McCleary books but everyone in the room ends up reciting the last line of each verse out loud. you can't help yourself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson is a favourite, but hated the TV program they made at Christmas, was so disappointed as I loved both The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I work in a primary school, we really try and push shared reading at home but often come across parents who sign their kids books off as read and need changing when they haven't even discussed the title with their kids, let alone read any of it!

They even become argumentative when we put a comment like ....please read again as couldn't talk about story, characters etc!

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

There are lots. Although despite what some of the 'research' suggests, kids read more now than ever before."

My dad was always trying to stop me reading - he saw it as a 'waste of time'. Didn't stop me though. I would be in the local library every wet Saturday afternoon with a pile of books - lost to the world. Even today I cannot simply nip in to a bookshop - I can spend hours there and a lot of money!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love 'a squash & a squeeze' (think that's what its called), can't remember who its by tho.

Julia Donaldson

my 2 little ones love all her books , they are fantastic

especially the Gruffalo! "

The Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's child are brilliant book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are lots. Although despite what some of the 'research' suggests, kids read more now than ever before.

Borders bookstore closing was a sad day - wasted many days browsing books and magazines with a coffee. And they did readings for kids

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

There are lots. Although despite what some of the 'research' suggests, kids read more now than ever before.

Borders bookstore closing was a sad day - wasted many days browsing books and magazines with a coffee. And they did readings for kids

Was never that keen on Borders - much preferred Waterstones - there's a fab one on Deansgate in Manchester (well, there was a while ago - not been there in a long time as I tend to go to Stockport now).

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Every tuesday used to take callum to the library, they had a great childrens reading area with all big bean bags sloppy cushions, we would sit and read for an hour and then he would choose two to bring home.

They also had things going of some saturday mornings, cant understand people who dont take advantage of these free activities.

I still go in the library but will admit its rarely now what with it so easy to find books and download online. I know i should because if everyone did this we would see the closure of libraries and that would be a terrible shame

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The kids have kindles but still love real books too. We tried to go to a library today, but it was closed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we have so many books here and at the exes - they wont get rid - both were reading very young = went library every week for story time - read every bedtime as well as whenever they could snatch book time - daughter had a book in every room jsut about and now doing english at uni - son doing modern languages - so i also have books in many languages here too = the love of books is a wonderful gift

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Every tuesday used to take callum to the library, they had a great childrens reading area with all big bean bags sloppy cushions, we would sit and read for an hour and then he would choose two to bring home.

They also had things going of some saturday mornings, cant understand people who dont take advantage of these free activities.

When i lived in Warminster (Wiltshire) there was an amazingg libary and i loved going around and exploring all the books

Sadly where i live doesn't have the same kinda facilities and is very very basic.

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