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Children's books

jessicadazzler97 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:12:51 GMT

What were your favourite books as a child?

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Anonymous — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:19:57 GMT

nice topic

anything by hans christian andersen

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serendipityricho — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:31:34 GMT

Early in life-books by May Gibbs-had nightmares about the

wicked banksia men.

Later on-Robinson Crusoe--how easy the author made living on a deserted island seem...........Richo.

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kopenhagen5 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:49:41 GMT

HC Andersen, Famous Five and Tintin.

I also had a favorite bedtime book with 365 stories.

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opmania — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:59:35 GMT

As a child I was always reading

How and Why books

As a young adult I read all of

The series by Kylie Onstott and

Lance Horner about slavery in the

Deep south

Drum, Drumson,Mayor of

Falconhurst etc

I like Thomas Hardy

And have read most Stephen King

The only book i have read

Twice is Lord Of The Rings

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kopenhagen5 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:02:19 GMT

One of the few books I read more than once is The Hobbit.

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opmania — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:05:10 GMT

I read that to my girls at night

Before they went to sleep.

Also the wind in the willows

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zanadoo_56 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:16:42 GMT

Enid Blyton books - especially The Magic Faraway Tree series. Also Noddy when I was very young.

I also liked Winnie the Pooh and some of my mother's old books of fairy stories.

At age 9-10 I discovered sci fi by Robert Heinlein, Andre Norton etc at my local library and also Jean Plaidy's historical romances.

My other favourite books were the annuals that went with a weekly comic I used to buy - TV21, Captain Scarlet, Fireball XL5 etc.

I still have most of my childhood books.

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jessicadazzler97 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:18:25 GMT

Some great replies already, keep 'me coming guys 🙂

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twyngwyn — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:21:26 GMT

anything by Jane Austen & The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole & follow-ups

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lurker172602 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:30:21 GMT

I loved the Famous Five and the Secret Seven. Also the Bobbsey Twins. The Narnia books were a favourite.

I have read The Hobbit probably once a year since I was about 12 and The Lord of the Rings regularly since my late teens. Interestingly I now have a family connection with the production of all the Tolkien movies. Some one in my extended family appears in the credits for all the movies.

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opmania — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:59:43 GMT

I was very disappionted that

Tom bombadill didnt get a

Mention in the movie.

He was one of my fav characters

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ambercat16 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 13:40:37 GMT

My all time favourite reading material as a child (and still now as an adult) are fairy stories. I used to read them all. The Blue Book of Fairy Stories, the Red Book of Fairy Stories, The Green Book of Fairy Stories etc, Fairy Stories from Japan, Fairy Stories froom India, Fairy Stories from Ireland etc. When I had read everything the library had, I started again and re-read them all.......several times

I also read all the Heidi books by Johanna Spyri; Pippi Long Stocking books by Astrid someoneorother; The Bobbesy Twins; What Katy Did etc. I was never really into Famous FIve or Secret Seven but I did read lots of english boarding school books - can't remember the author now but there as a whole series of them that I used to borrow from an older cousin.

Around age ten or so I discovered Mary Steward and read all her books....and a teacher put me on to Perry Mason books around then too.

I remember reading 79 Park Avenue by Harold Robbins a little later and read all I could find of his books and like Opmania I discovered Lance Horner and Kyle Onstott in my early teens

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languidlady49 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 16:18:34 GMT

famous 5 and secret 7 when I was younger, then Brian Aldiss and Ray Bradbury, I loved science fiction.

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kopenhagen5 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:32:03 GMT

Astrid Lindgren. I had forgotten about Perry Mason, read them in my teens as well.

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lloydslights — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:38:41 GMT

Magic Pudding, Heidi, Black Beauty, How & Why x lots, Robinson Crusoe (pop up), Swiss Family Robinson, Banjo Patterson and Lawson, Tinka, Brothers Grimm, RL Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

DEB

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lloydslights — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:58:39 GMT

Forgot to mention: I also used to look at the pictures in the Yates Garden Guide, and mum's ex-shop McCall's Catalogues.

DEB

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opmania — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:04:07 GMT

What about The Laymens Guide to

Insomnia 🙂

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lloydslights — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:56:41 GMT

Re: Children's books

jessicadazzler97 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 20:20:45 GMT

@lurker172602 wrote:
I loved the Famous Five and the Secret Seven. Also the Bobbsey Twins. The Narnia books were a favourite.

I have read The Hobbit probably once a year since I was about 12 and The Lord of the Rings regularly since my late teens. Interestingly I now have a family connection with the production of all the Tolkien movies. Some one in my extended family appears in the credits for all the movies.

That's so cool!