Children's stories

[tickledtrout]

Who were your favourite authors when you were a child. I loved:
Joan Aiken
Alison Uttley
Peneope Lively
Catherine Storr
C S Lewis
Also a story called Come Back Lucy but I don't know the author.

[dove]

I loved the enid blyton ones from the famous five to the secret 7, malory towers...........

(dove dreams of the years gone by)

[legend760]

dave you loved the famous five.

or was that just your bfs in first year lol ??

[nattyg18]

i loved enid blyton too --- especially the magic faraway tree, every child should have those stories read to them, they're so magical.

[tickledtrout]

Forgotton about Malory Towers, I liked St Clares as well

[shaneystar2]

Richmal Crompton ..Just William.
Heidi ..Joanna Spyri .
I loved the classics ..Black Beauty ,What Katy Did ,Little Women .I remember a much loved book entitled Seraphina but I am blowed if I can remember who wrote it !
Ann of Green Gables ,Swallows and Amazons ,Just So Stories ,Ivanhoe ..ooooh I could on and on !
And all the annuals ..Schoofriend ,Bunty .
I had a lot of old books that belonged to my sister all about girls schools and jolly hockey sticks and that sort of thing set in the 1920's !

[saxy_jag]

In my teens I read Monica Dickens - the Follyfoot stories.

When I was younger than that, I used to enjoy the Milly Molly Mandy stories. Then there was a book called Mr Popper's Penguins, that I remember I enjoyed but I can't remember who wrote it.

Oh, yes, there were also all those fabulous pony stories by Christine Pullein-Thompson.

[dove]

awww yes and..does anyone remember my naughty little sister?

I also bought milly molly mandy for my two girls .... its sooooooo outdated it was embaressing lol
x

[natalie_1982]

Beatrix Potter
CS Lewis
Enid Blyton
Whoever wrote the Milly Molly Mandy stories too

[natalie_1982]

Dove! I only just read your answer - that was outdated when I was reading it in the 80s!

[shaneystar2]

Oh .. Monica Dickens ! The Worlds End series was good too ,where everything was falling to bits. I remember those saxy_jag and I loved her other books which I read when I was a bit older ..One Pair of Hands ,One Pair of Feet and My Turn to make the Tea Brilliant ..she was very witty .

[EngTeach]

I loved the "Trixie Belden" series written by a number of authors. It was about Trixie who lived down the road from a wealthy family and a group of kids who have a club. Trixie always embroils them in one mystery or another. She was a Tomboy and more real than perfect haired, perfect boyfriend, Nancy Drew.

[taliesin238]

When i was a kid i didnt so much like a certain author but there were certain books that i just loved and read over and over again!! Some of them i still have and still read from time to time for nostalgic reasons!! These books include

The owl who was afraid of the dark
samuels tree house
BFG (and some other roald dahl)
Adrien mole
Turbulent term of tyke tyler AWESOME BOOK!!

[tickledtrout]

I loved The owl who was afraid of the dark, also Mrs Pepperpot, Fantastic Mr Fox, The magic Finger and Milly Molly Mandy

[Aprilis]

My favourite books were Watership Down and The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. Oh how I wanted a wardrobe like that!

[birdwoman]

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren! I loved the idea of a girl who lived without her parents and had her own money and was super strong. Probably says a lot about my own childhood!

[greenfingers]

I loved Malcolm Savile The Lone Pine series and the Nettleford series also Sheila Stuarts 'Alison' books and Kathleen Fidlers books about the Brydon family.

[learntojive]

I used to love Malory Towers too and going back to being very young ...the Blackberry farm books

[Valeriea]

I loved all the Joan Aiken books!