What was your favorite book as a child?

Mo34 · #1 27th June 2015, 18:17

My parents were relatively old when they had me so I had my fair share of much older childrens books. My fav when I was really young was:

The original of course! NOT the awful pc brigade corrupted modern version.
Got to be Jo, Bessie, Fanny and Dick. Along with Dame Slap and the rest.

I loved George's marvellous medicine as well. My best friend at the time also loved it and we tried to make our own 'marvellous medicine'. It was extensive...
We also got extensively bollocked for it.

Read a few Judy Blume books as well. Aimed at teens I suppose but we all read them much younger. My copy of forever was passed around nearly everyone in my class at junior school including the boys.
Quite tame, naïve and idealistic by todays standards!

BFG_ · #2 27th June 2015, 21:30

Faraway tree or just so stories

Redrick · #3 27th June 2015, 23:34

Oh i loved that page where he ate all the improbable things. Hell i still love that page. Maybe i should get the popup version

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Unnecessarily Long Username_1 · #4 28th June 2015, 02:22

Matilda. I could relate to the eponymous hero because I was a precocious little shit. And also because I could move things with my eyes.

I can't really think of a Roald Dahl book that I didn't/don't love.

Rocket Spud · #5 28th June 2015, 02:32

^

I remember loving The Twits.

-Simon- · #6 28th June 2015, 10:36

This really shows how ancient I am, I remember my dad would read Brer Rabbit stories to me and my brother at bed time and I particularly loved the illustrations. When I progressed to reading for myself I read and reread all the William books and then went on to PG Woodhouse. I think I was probably the only 10 year old boy in Ireland reading PG Woodhouse, I was a weird kid.

flumpsy · #7 28th June 2015, 19:58

professor branestawm

-Simon- · #8 28th June 2015, 22:20

God yes, I'd forgotten about Professor Branestorm!

Serephina · #9 12th July 2015, 19:06

Anne of Green Gables,I had a childhood crush on Gilbert Blythe

Pink*Lady · #10 12th July 2015, 23:05

I loved Enid Blyton books as a child such as Famous 5, The Find Outers and the Naughtiest Girl. Also enjoyed Roald Dahl books, Milly Molly Mandy, Rupert the Bear and Black Bob. Happy and innocent times...

les · #11 13th July 2015, 20:22

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory then the follow up Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. and Stig of the Dump, these books were purchased via the Puffin book club at school, we all had a magazine to choose the books from and a form to fill out and tick your choices, and we had a few weeks to pay for the books and when they arrived the classroom was heady with the smell of brand new books.

Caribou · #12 13th July 2015, 21:14

Ladybird books. There was one called 'Magnets, Bulbs and Batteries' which we had at junior school. I was fascinated with that book.

Caribou · #13 13th July 2015, 21:18

Imagine an educational book showing kids taking batteries apart and licking sharp pieces of metal these days. Innocent times.

Pandapop · #14 14th July 2015, 02:25

I collected a lot of these books and still have them

Mo34 · #15 14th July 2015, 13:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Serephina

Anne of Green Gables,I had a childhood crush on Gilbert Blythe

I never read the book but loved the tv series as a kid. Your post though brought into my head two other books.

Greyfriars Bobby

The other one is :

No book even as an adult has made me cry so hard as Black Beauty.

Bluebear · #16 14th August 2019, 16:56

Orwell20 · #17 14th August 2019, 17:17

Enid Blyton's Secret Seven books. But my all time favourites were Roald Dahl's 'Boy' and 'Going Solo'. Oh, and a cassette recording of Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World'. The first serious/grown up book I remember reading was George Orwell's 'Down and Out in Paris and London'.