books you enjoyed when you were young..

[looobylooo]

i was thinking the other night, about the books i used to enjoy when i was a wee nipper..

enid blytons were my all time fave :o)

i can fondly remember the funny short stories of mr meddle and mr twiddle..

and of course there were the famous five books that i just used to love,
i remember being quite envious of all their exciting adventures which always involved a picnic and lashings of ginger beer..

oh and the naughtiest girl in the school and mallory towers books! anyone used to read those too? ohh they were great, loved em all!

soooo, what were among your favourite reads when you were a youngster then?

[marval]

The famous five and the secret seven

[naomi24]

I loved Enid Blyton too. In fact Noddy taught me to read. Thanks Noddy. :o)

[ummmm]

Noddy use to be my nick name :-)

I loved the Folk of the Faraway tree....I so wanted to live in a tree.

[woofgang]

the Chalet series by Eleanor Brent-Dyer, The Narnia series, CS Lewis, Tolkien of course, loads of sci fi Pat Smythe wrote some great books about kids and ponies, How to be Topp (Nigel Molesworth)

[piggynose]

only remember reading " jennings " that was in the late 60´s

[T&S]

Adrian Mole!

[ummmm]

I skipped from The Folk of the Faraway Tree to Lord of the Flies and MacBeth...

[naomi24]

What about the Little Women saga? Oh, I've wept buckets!!

[zzxxee]

i remember an enid blyton book cant remember the title it was about a strange man that always offered peppermints to people that were upset
can anyone remember the title?

[gingejbee]

Isn't it sad that , in thirty years time, this question won't mean very much. "Book, What's a book?"

[naomi24]

Ahh nooooo! That's a terrible thought!

[looobylooo]

im wondering if it mightve been mr twiddle or mr meddle zzxxee? lol ..

one of them was very forgetful, that i do remember, but i dont think i remember anything about a peppermint though ......?.

[China Doll]

I was an avid fan of Roald Dahl as a child. I also loved the story of Peter Pan.

[zzxxee]

it may of been looby i think a libary trip is in order lol

[piggynose]

oh and of course wind in the willows, plus 101 dalmations

[mazie]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Water Babies
Famous Five and Secret Seven Books
Mallory Towers, I think the series was called also Enid Blyton

[looobylooo]

blimey, you were a bit of a whizz werent you eddie?
i remember a lad at my first school - gavin b*r*o*s, he used to read sooo fast, he left us all standing.
we were all still working our way through the red, yellow, blue, green books, while he'd moved on to the more advanced story books that were kept on the stand over in the corner of the class room!

gosh yes, ginge, wouldnt it be awful if it really did come to that in the future..!

[Sqad]

Gun Moll for Hire.
Sleigh Ride for Cutie.

Two memorable books.

[yogasun]

I used to love the 'William' books by Richmal Crompton.