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Favourite book or books as a child

White_Dragon

Hi all,

Sorry if this question has already been asked in the forums. I was thinking about some of the books I enjoyed and treasured from my childhood, what are some of the books that are stand out to you?

Fiction books - pre teenage years - Fantastic Mr Fox (I was obsessed with this book, no idea why really?), Frog & Toad, there was also a scratch and sniff book about a country mouse, day of a dog written like a diary, Teenage years - Dragonlance books & Lord of the Rings

Non fiction - pre teenage years - not sure of the title but it was a big book on dinosaurs, used to love copying drawings of them, various historical books about ancient civilisations, I can't recall their names but used to like get them from the library. Teenage years - Normans...always had a big thing for the Normans, more Roman stuff really.

Would love to hear about some of the books that you remember with fondness

Parents

  • Oh I have so many. I read a lot and always have.

    In my younger years Brambley Hedge books were a definite favourite. Other stand out series in primary school were Swallows and Amazons, Famous Five, Narnia, The Sophie Series, Jacqueline Wilson books and Animal Ark. Some of these continued into my teenage years, particularly Jacqueline Wilson.

    Some stand alone books from primary include When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (technically this was in a series but I discovered that much later), Velveteen Rabbit, Secret Garden and the Railway Children.

    At the end of primary I discovered Harry Potter which to do this day remains my favourite series ever.

    As I got older I then came to love Benjamin Zephaniah, Michelle Magorian and Malorie Blackman. I loved so many of their books but Malorie Blackmans Noughts and Crosses is a definite stand out from my teenage years. I went on to read the rest of the series as an adult. I also read To kill a mockingbird in school as part of English and was really taken with it. 

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Thanks for reminding me of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (read that in German class though) and To Kill A Mockingbird. Not really happy places to escape to but still great books.

  • in reply to Emmalephant

    I'm not sure I've ever met anyone else that knew When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. I just love the way it tells the story through the innocence of a child. 

    No they're not the happiest of books. But sometimes I like it that way. Escaping to a less happy place can give some perspective on life sometimes I think.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    You’ve got a point there. 
    I read this book in 6th grade, I think. We read it as a class because our German teacher (I’m from Germany) was also a history teacher and she knew this book. It is an amazingly stirring and appropriately shocking story with a unique style to it.

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