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By *stella OP   Woman
over a year ago

London

I’ve recently repurchased a set of books I adored as a child, the Susan Cooper “The Dark is Rising” series. Really looking forward to rereading them, and drifting off to childhood memories of reading these on holiday in Cornwall. There are so many children’s books that I consumed and I love rediscovering them as an adult!

Tell me about a children’s book, or books, that you recall being really into.

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

I recall reading a whole set of 'choose your own' adventure stories. There would be multiple twists and endings according to which page you chose at end of a chapter.

They were so much fun. The same book could be read 3 or 4 times, and be different each time.

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster


"I’ve recently repurchased a set of books I adored as a child, the Susan Cooper “The Dark is Rising” series. Really looking forward to rereading them, and drifting off to childhood memories of reading these on holiday in Cornwall. There are so many children’s books that I consumed and I love rediscovering them as an adult!

Tell me about a children’s book, or books, that you recall being really into. "

All of the Terry Pratchett discworld series. I still have them all, some are over 20 years old. They weren't exactly children's books, but straddled the worlds where you can read so much into them as adult or teen.

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

Harry Potter (I know, who would have guessed it)

I loved A Series Of Unfortunate Events. My mum was a manager at a book shop and bought me one every time a book was released. When the TV show came out and the children at work started going on about it I felt proud. I still have the books, I read them often and adore them.

The Magic Faraway Tree series. Loved them.

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


"I recall reading a whole set of 'choose your own' adventure stories. There would be multiple twists and endings according to which page you chose at end of a chapter.

They were so much fun. The same book could be read 3 or 4 times, and be different each time. "

I did a lot of them growing up as well

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


"I’ve recently repurchased a set of books I adored as a child, the Susan Cooper “The Dark is Rising” series. Really looking forward to rereading them, and drifting off to childhood memories of reading these on holiday in Cornwall. There are so many children’s books that I consumed and I love rediscovering them as an adult!

Tell me about a children’s book, or books, that you recall being really into.

All of the Terry Pratchett discworld series. I still have them all, some are over 20 years old. They weren't exactly children's books, but straddled the worlds where you can read so much into them as adult or teen."

One of the best authors we have produced. Just amazing to read when in 6th form.

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

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Goosebumps! And The Selfish Giant (and other stories) by Oscar Wilde. The latter I read obsessively. Oh and Noughts & Crosses.

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I recall reading a whole set of 'choose your own' adventure stories. There would be multiple twists and endings according to which page you chose at end of a chapter.

They were so much fun. The same book could be read 3 or 4 times, and be different each time. "

I loved these books x

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


"I recall reading a whole set of 'choose your own' adventure stories. There would be multiple twists and endings according to which page you chose at end of a chapter.

They were so much fun. The same book could be read 3 or 4 times, and be different each time.

I loved these books x"

And now I've been reminded of them, I'm going to find some to buy for my small person.

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I loved reading all the Roald Dahl books. My mini me loved them too x

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. Children on The Oregan Trail. All the Mallory Towers books. The Water Babies. Wind in The Willows. And too many more to mention.

My parents used to make up stories too and tell them to us.

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

I remember reading those!

As a child I always had my nose in a book. I’d love that luxury of time again.

You probably all know by now that the Anne of Green Gables series always was and still is my absolute favourite. I couldn’t hazard to guess how many times I visited Anne and Gilbert in Avonlea and beyond.

Other than that, the Narnia Chronicles and Roald Dahl transport me right back to the corner of my childhood bedroom where I would retreat for hours happy in my literary worlds.

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By *stella OP   Woman
over a year ago

London


"I remember reading those!

As a child I always had my nose in a book. I’d love that luxury of time again.

You probably all know by now that the Anne of Green Gables series always was and still is my absolute favourite. I couldn’t hazard to guess how many times I visited Anne and Gilbert in Avonlea and beyond.

Other than that, the Narnia Chronicles and Roald Dahl transport me right back to the corner of my childhood bedroom where I would retreat for hours happy in my literary worlds. "

Kindred spirit! Anne with an e is one of my favs!

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

The Whitby Witches series and the Deptford Mice series, both by Robin Jarvis.

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

stig if the dump

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex


"I remember reading those!

As a child I always had my nose in a book. I’d love that luxury of time again.

You probably all know by now that the Anne of Green Gables series always was and still is my absolute favourite. I couldn’t hazard to guess how many times I visited Anne and Gilbert in Avonlea and beyond.

Other than that, the Narnia Chronicles and Roald Dahl transport me right back to the corner of my childhood bedroom where I would retreat for hours happy in my literary worlds. "

Anne of Green Gables! I'd forgotten those books

I loved Little Women too. When I was much younger The Saggy Baggy Elephant was a big favourite.

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By *ommyxyzMan
over a year ago

Crawley

Wind in the Willows, and Swallows and Amazons but worried that would draw the wrong type of comment on here!

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

Faraway tree books were great and all the pony girl stuff, Jill books and Jinny at Finmory, Silver Brumby, a few I most remember. Sigh. Xx

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I remember reading all the sweet valley high books too x

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

right throwing this out here, I do not read books nor listen to music.

but as a teen, I liked danny champion of the world, a bit of Misery and Sunset Song.

I'll really never, ever read a novel, I'm a really highly visual person...I however can write fiction I'm told(not from stories n fantasy section lol), but I'd wish I went into graphic novels a time ago really.

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By *.gerri.xTV/TS
over a year ago

North west

Any book i could get my hands on i read

Magic faraway tree series

secret seven and the famous five series

roald dahl books

even pilgrims progress

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

The Famous Five! Loved them all!

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

Aww memories!

Definitely an Enid Blyton fan, Magic Faraway Tree, The Wishing Chair, Naughtiest Girl at School,

Point Horror as I got older, along with all the Sweet Valley High books. Literally anything I could get my hands on....

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

Famous five, A_elia Jane books, anything Judy Blume, anything Roald Dahl,... so many

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

I remember The Magic Faraway Tree and some Roald Dahl books very fondly. I took great joy in reading them to my children when they were younger too.

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By *stella OP   Woman
over a year ago

London

Ronia the Robber’s Daughter - Astrid Lindgren

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Are you there God, it's me Margaret was a book that was read a few times too x

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

Famous five as well. I remember when at middle school - age 10 I think. Teacher reading The Hobbit to us over several lessons. Ignited my passion for fantasy. That and Star Wars in film terms.

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

Famous Five

Mr Galliano circus

The Magic Faraway Tree and assorted that went with it

Chalet school books by Elinor M Brent Dyer

Little Women.

Have always loved to read and am currently just starting to enjoy them all over again with my daughter - still just as magical. Although I bought her her own copy of the faraway tree books as she aint having mine

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By *piritsonfabCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Not met many people who read the Silver Brumby series! One of my favourites.

Anything Enid Blyton (I get incandescent when I hear how they've "updated" her books ..grrr.

I still have a lot of them from the 70s, my daughter has read them and now we're keeping them for when she has children

Basically I read everything I could get my hands on, any time I had a second to spare

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By *ischiefmanagedWoman
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk border

Yes to the Silver Brumby series, Sweet Valley High and the choose your own ending ones.

Also The Borrowers. Loved those books. Always remember learning the word "wainscot" from those... Quite a delicious word. Wainscot. Wainscot. Go on, say it out loud a few times; it's delightful.

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


"Yes to the Silver Brumby series, Sweet Valley High and the choose your own ending ones.

Also The Borrowers. Loved those books. Always remember learning the word "wainscot" from those... Quite a delicious word. Wainscot. Wainscot. Go on, say it out loud a few times; it's delightful. "

I did..... it was delightful but now it sounds like a made up word

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By *.gerri.xTV/TS
over a year ago

North west


"

Also The Borrowers. Loved those books. Always remember learning the word "wainscot" from those... Quite a delicious word. Wainscot. Wainscot. Go on, say it out loud a few times; it's delightful. "

can't beat some good old fashioned wainscotting play

Mrs pepperpot books

Willard prices Adventure series

jack london call of the wild

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By *ischiefmanagedWoman
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk border


"Yes to the Silver Brumby series, Sweet Valley High and the choose your own ending ones.

Also The Borrowers. Loved those books. Always remember learning the word "wainscot" from those... Quite a delicious word. Wainscot. Wainscot. Go on, say it out loud a few times; it's delightful.

I did..... it was delightful but now it sounds like a made up word "

Yep I had to Google before I posted just to check I hadn't actually made it up!

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By *ischiefmanagedWoman
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk border


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Also The Borrowers. Loved those books. Always remember learning the word "wainscot" from those... Quite a delicious word. Wainscot. Wainscot. Go on, say it out loud a few times; it's delightful.

can't beat some good old fashioned wainscotting play

Mrs pepperpot books

Willard prices Adventure series

jack london call of the wild "

Ah, yes, Call of the Wild. Classic.

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

I remember desperately wanting to learn to read and as soon as I could I wouldn’t stop. I went to sleep with a book in my hand and picked it back up the moment I woke. A favourite book? I couldn’t possibly pick ONE. My favourite authors? That’s easy, Enid Blyton, Judy Blume, Willard Price and Roald Dahl

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

Calvin and Hobbes.

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By *stella OP   Woman
over a year ago

London


"Calvin and Hobbes. "

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.

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


"Calvin and Hobbes.

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help."

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By *.gerri.xTV/TS
over a year ago

North west

Or going even further back - dick and dora and nip and fluff books and then the wide range readers

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

Offfftttttt, that's a question.

I absolutely LOVED Enid Blyton - still do actually, just finished the second Naughtiest Girl book. Mallory Towers & the Famous Five were my favourites. I think I had one of the Magic Faraway Tree books too, and a couple of books of her short stories too. Loved Roald Dahl and Jacqueline Wilson too - I actually have many Roald Dahl books too, and a few Jacqueline Wilson books on kindle as well, I'm currently reading a more modern book called Hetty Feather. And Harry Potter too ofc.

When I was a teenager I loved Noughts & Crosses, the Ally's World books by Karen McCombie, the Mates Dates series by Cathy Hopkins, the Confessions Of Georgia Nichloson books by Louise Rennison and books by Catherine Robinson. I really enjoyed the Adrian Mole books and My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (still do tbh) as well.

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By *ascade35Man
over a year ago

Alnwick

The Animals of Farthing Wood was always a series of books that got me reading.

I remember the Faraway Tree series also

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


"I’ve recently repurchased a set of books I adored as a child, the Susan Cooper “The Dark is Rising” series. Really looking forward to rereading them, and drifting off to childhood memories of reading these on holiday in Cornwall. There are so many children’s books that I consumed and I love rediscovering them as an adult!

Tell me about a children’s book, or books, that you recall being really into. "

Oh I remember we touched upon this on another thread. For me the chronicles of narnia

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

Snow spider by Jenny Nimmo. Worst witch series...all of the chronicles of Narnia

X

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By *s_bettyboopWoman
over a year ago

-3

Enid Blyton and Judy Blume, Sue Townsend who did the Adrian Mole books. I loved books and used to go to the library and take out the limit which was 12 everytime as a kid.

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

flat stanley

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By *unnflirtyCoolWoman
over a year ago

toon army

Point horror

The babysitters club

Sweet valley twins and high

Jacqueline Wilson

Michael morpeguo

Enid bylton

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