Favourite books you read as a child
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Still have this bad boy, still awesome, still love looking at his books!
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Further edited to add, amazing that even Richard Scarry's books have been brought up to date...
Added a fella in the kitchen and a woman in the fields and a police officer.
I'm glad my copy still has the book burning middle page spread with the dancing fascist squirrels...
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Edited by dundarach on Thursday 3rd November 14:44
Further edited to add, amazing that even Richard Scarry's books have been brought up to date...
Added a fella in the kitchen and a woman in the fields and a police officer.
I'm glad my copy still has the book burning middle page spread with the dancing fascist squirrels...
Edited by dundarach on Thursday 3rd November 14:48
JimmyConwayNW said:
I have been thinking a lot about books I read as a kid lately, Anyone remember the Willard Price adventure series books?
What were your favourites.
yes, still have themWhat were your favourites.
hard to show a favourite:
Hobbit & Lord of the rings
PG Wodehouse
Hardy boys
Just William
Enid Blyton
Count of Monte Cristo
Jennings
Noel Streatfeild
Swallows & Amazons
Phillipa Pearce (esp. Tom's midnight garden)
Philip Turner
Cynthia Harnett
Miss Read
and loads more - I read a lot!
I remember always getting goosebumps books from the Library.
All the famous 5 books aswell.
Trying to think of a few titles to get the 7 year old that lives with us interested in reading, a can't put it down sort of book. All the ones she brings home from school seem pretty dull at this point.
All the famous 5 books aswell.
Trying to think of a few titles to get the 7 year old that lives with us interested in reading, a can't put it down sort of book. All the ones she brings home from school seem pretty dull at this point.
JimmyConwayNW said:
I have been thinking a lot about books I read as a kid lately, Anyone remember the Willard Price adventure series books?
What were your favourites.
Yes, I remember the Willard Price "... Adventure" series. I recently tracked down and sent a set to my 10 year old nephew. He loved them though his woke Mum wasn't too happy, apparently he was a bit of a racist. I also loved Enid Blyton stories, I wore out my copy of "Shadow the Sheepdog" when I first learned to read.What were your favourites.
Then "The Coral Island" by RM Ballantyne.
And "Treasure Island"
Then worked my way through Jack London's offerings.
Rather surprising that I didn't grow up to be a pirate or something equally glamorous.
I was always reading as a boy. Collected all the Asterix and Tintin comic books that were available in English then, plus various Usborne non-fiction books (espec anything about spies and detectives), The Three Investigators series, James Bond (too young to understand some of the adult stuff but never mind), Watership Down, and any books I could find about how cars/planes/spacecraft worked... most of these I can revisit now and still find worth re-reading.
I recall reading some Enid Blyton, all the "Famous Five" series (but not the Secret Seven for some reason), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and "The Model Railway Men" series by Ray Pope.
There was another thread about this, wasn't there? I remember mentioning enjoying "The Magic Faraway Tree" and someone saying there was a film being made. That led on to some of the names that Enid Blyton used for characters being a bit suspect in retrospect - Mr Pink Whistle being a good example.
There was another thread about this, wasn't there? I remember mentioning enjoying "The Magic Faraway Tree" and someone saying there was a film being made. That led on to some of the names that Enid Blyton used for characters being a bit suspect in retrospect - Mr Pink Whistle being a good example.
Edited by droopsnoot on Friday 4th November 08:38
I've also just remembered a trilogy of novels by John Christopher - The Prince in Waiting, Beyond the Burning Lands, and The Sword of the Spirits. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where England and Wales have reverted to a medieval world of warring city states, it's boys' adventure/sci-fi stuff but surprisingly dark in the sense that the first-person hero is a deeply flawed and self-destructive character. Intriguing anyway.
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/the-d...
Cracking adventure, perfect for a young lad who was mad about cars!!
Cracking adventure, perfect for a young lad who was mad about cars!!
A question for the older generation - does anyone remember a series about some kids that lived in the era of horse drawn coaches?
One I remember was about the kids (who I think lived in an Coaching Inn) helping to capture a Highwayman using a revolutionary new coach that was lightweight and fast.
I remember they were originally my mother's so probably from the 30s or 40s?
Others I remember reading were stuff like...
- Oxus in Summer (and the rest of the series)
- Changes Trilogy, Peter Dickinson
- Biggles stuff from WE Johns
- Malcolm Saville Lone Pine series
- Lord Peter Wimsey and other stuff from Dorethy L Sayer
- Anything by Agatha Christie
- Conan Doyle
All older generation stuff as it all came from junk shops (couldn't afford new books).
One I remember was about the kids (who I think lived in an Coaching Inn) helping to capture a Highwayman using a revolutionary new coach that was lightweight and fast.
I remember they were originally my mother's so probably from the 30s or 40s?
Others I remember reading were stuff like...
- Oxus in Summer (and the rest of the series)
- Changes Trilogy, Peter Dickinson
- Biggles stuff from WE Johns
- Malcolm Saville Lone Pine series
- Lord Peter Wimsey and other stuff from Dorethy L Sayer
- Anything by Agatha Christie
- Conan Doyle
All older generation stuff as it all came from junk shops (couldn't afford new books).
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