Books that shaped your childhood
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Books that shaped your childhood
I was out buying a birthday present for my cousin's daughter earlier - I got her 'The Magic Faraway Tree' by Enid Blyton...and I wondered what were THE books that you loved as a child? Which ones hold those special memories?
(Yep I'm clearly and overly sentimental bookworm! )
1) Pretty much all the Enid Blyton books, but my faves were 'Five Go to Smugglers Top' and 'The Castle of Adventure'
2) The Chronicles of Narnia
3) The Hobbit - my teacher gave this to me when I was 9...thank you Miss!
4) The Animals of Farthing Wood series
5) Roald Dahl's books - especially 'Matilda' and 'The Witches'
6) Black Beauty
7) The Secret Garden
8 ) Awesome Egyptians by Terry Deary - my first intro text to Ancient Egypt...thank you mum! lol!
9) Harry Potter Series - I was 10 when Philosophers stone came out...I grew up with characters. Big part of my childhood and teen years.
(Yep I'm clearly and overly sentimental bookworm! )
1) Pretty much all the Enid Blyton books, but my faves were 'Five Go to Smugglers Top' and 'The Castle of Adventure'
2) The Chronicles of Narnia
3) The Hobbit - my teacher gave this to me when I was 9...thank you Miss!
4) The Animals of Farthing Wood series
5) Roald Dahl's books - especially 'Matilda' and 'The Witches'
6) Black Beauty
7) The Secret Garden
8 ) Awesome Egyptians by Terry Deary - my first intro text to Ancient Egypt...thank you mum! lol!
9) Harry Potter Series - I was 10 when Philosophers stone came out...I grew up with characters. Big part of my childhood and teen years.
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[face=Comic Sans MS]Amongst the many for me, and in no particular order:[/face]
~ The Family from One End Street. Written and illustrated by E. Garnett by Eve Garnett
~ Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
~ Mary Jones and Her Bible by Mary Carter
~ Black Beauty
~ The Railway Children
~ The Family from One End Street. Written and illustrated by E. Garnett by Eve Garnett
~ Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
~ Mary Jones and Her Bible by Mary Carter
~ Black Beauty
~ The Railway Children
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it is what you do with what happens to you.
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I'm very sentimental about books too!
Definitely Roald Dahl, do you remember The Tiger Who Came To Tea?? Loved that!
Also used to read Point Horror books and later, Sweet Valley High...oh the shame
Definitely Roald Dahl, do you remember The Tiger Who Came To Tea?? Loved that!
Also used to read Point Horror books and later, Sweet Valley High...oh the shame
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Beano and Dandy Christmas annual
Oor Wullie and The Broons Annual.
Never was one for childrens fiction apart from these annuals.
I loved the library but was always in the reference section and never in the kids section.
God I wanted so much to take those books home
Oor Wullie and The Broons Annual.
Never was one for childrens fiction apart from these annuals.
I loved the library but was always in the reference section and never in the kids section.
God I wanted so much to take those books home
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one of my earliest memories was with my dad in the library (I think I wa about 3 - 4 years old, cos we moved house when I was 4)- and I choose a 'Topsy & Turvey' book
love:
The Water Babies
What Katy Did next
(desperately trying to remember the others ...............................)
(showing my age !)
love:
The Water Babies
What Katy Did next
(desperately trying to remember the others ...............................)
(showing my age !)
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[face=Comic Sans MS]DawnBev wrote:just remembered another:
a poetry book by A A Milne
(can remember a poem about a mouse called John!)
I don't remember a mouse called John, but there is an uncle John in the poem Missing which is about a mouse. Do you mean this one?[/face]
Missing
by A. A. Milne
Has anybody seen my mouse?
I opened his box for half a minute,
Just to make sure he was really in it,
And while I was looking, he jumped outside!
I tried to catch him, I tried, I tried….
I think he's somewhere about the house.
Has anyone seen my mouse?
Uncle John, have you seen my mouse?
Just a small sort of mouse, a dear little brown one,
He came from the country, he wasn't a town one,
So he'll feel all lonely in a London street;
Why, what could he possibly find to eat?
He must be somewhere. I'll ask Aunt Rose:
Have you seen a mouse with a woffelly nose?
He's just got out…
Hasn't anybody seen my mouse?
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What shall I call
My dear little dormouse?
His eyes are small,
But his tail is e-nor-mouse.
I sometimes call him Terrible John,
'Cos his tail goes on -
And on -
And on.
And I sometimes call him Terrible Jack,
'Cos his tail goes on to the end of his back.
And I sometimes call him Terrible James,
'Cos he says he likes me calling him names...
But I think I shall call him Jim,
'Cos I am fond of him.
My dear little dormouse?
His eyes are small,
But his tail is e-nor-mouse.
I sometimes call him Terrible John,
'Cos his tail goes on -
And on -
And on.
And I sometimes call him Terrible Jack,
'Cos his tail goes on to the end of his back.
And I sometimes call him Terrible James,
'Cos he says he likes me calling him names...
But I think I shall call him Jim,
'Cos I am fond of him.
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[face=Comic Sans MS]Ah! I don't know that one.
The only other one that I could think of with the name John in it was about a mac (I think!), but I can't remember it properly at the moment so maybe I need to brush up on my A.A. Milne too.[/face]
The only other one that I could think of with the name John in it was about a mac (I think!), but I can't remember it properly at the moment so maybe I need to brush up on my A.A. Milne too.[/face]
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I love my childhood books and I have them all out here
Family from One End street all three
Little Women all four
Narnia all 7
Little House on the Prairie all 7
All Anne of Green Gables
Railway Children I defy anyone not to cry when she says Daddy oh my Daddy
Secret Garden
Children of the New Forest
Heidi trilogy
Plain Jane and For the King - civil war stories
Jane Eyre
Coral Island
Pollyanna
I reread them all on a regular basis
Family from One End street all three
Little Women all four
Narnia all 7
Little House on the Prairie all 7
All Anne of Green Gables
Railway Children I defy anyone not to cry when she says Daddy oh my Daddy
Secret Garden
Children of the New Forest
Heidi trilogy
Plain Jane and For the King - civil war stories
Jane Eyre
Coral Island
Pollyanna
I reread them all on a regular basis
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[face=Comic Sans MS]Jane - you are the only person I have come across who knows The Family From One End Street.
I didn't list all my favourinte childhood books but you've pretty much done it for me, and I've still got most of mine too.[/face]
I didn't list all my favourinte childhood books but you've pretty much done it for me, and I've still got most of mine too.[/face]
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I love those stories, don't you think they are a little like Egypt today. We forget what a short time ago things were really tough for working class families. And how really simple pleasures were treasured.HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]Jane - you are the only person I have come across who knows The Family From One End Street.
I didn't list all my favourinte childhood books but you've pretty much done it for me, and I've still got most of mine too.[/face]
Jane Akshar - mad about egyptology -sane otherwise ....... I think
I also remember the Family From One End Street. In fact we were read the book by our teacher in our 'winding down' sessions at the end of the school day. Do you remember Carnation Lilly Lilly Rose?
My own personal favourite has always been The Wind in the Willows, magical.
And what about Swallows and Amazons. The original womens liberation book.
My own personal favourite has always been The Wind in the Willows, magical.
And what about Swallows and Amazons. The original womens liberation book.
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[face=Comic Sans MS]I actually think it's about time I read them again. I've been thinking about them for some while now, ages before this thread started, but just haven't got round to it. Maybe nows the time. Wasn't it the corner shop that had a sign saying 'If you've got nothing to do, don't do it here!'[/face]Jane Akshar wrote:I love those stories, don't you think they are a little like Egypt today. We forget what a short time ago things were really tough for working class families. And how really simple pleasures were treasured.HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]Jane - you are the only person I have come across who knows The Family From One End Street.
I didn't list all my favourinte childhood books but you've pretty much done it for me, and I've still got most of mine too.[/face]
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Crikey! Thought that was only me! I think I discovered the reference section when I was about 7, loved that bit! Think I was about 10 when I checked out the complete book of martyrs!Ebikatsu wrote:
I loved the library but was always in the reference section and never in the kids section.
God I wanted so much to take those books home
Before I discovered the reference section I always had my nose stuck in an Enid Blyton book, loved most of the Famous Five and Secret Seven books. I actually found an Enid Blyton book last year and read it in about an hour - loved it!
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It was the shop where thye went on holiday after measles and the shop keeper knitted with red woolHEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]I actually think it's about time I read them again. I've been thinking about them for some while now, ages before this thread started, but just haven't got round to it. Maybe nows the time. Wasn't it the corner shop that had a sign saying 'If you've got nothing to do, don't do it here!'[/face]Jane Akshar wrote:I love those stories, don't you think they are a little like Egypt today. We forget what a short time ago things were really tough for working class families. And how really simple pleasures were treasured.HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]Jane - you are the only person I have come across who knows The Family From One End Street.
I didn't list all my favourinte childhood books but you've pretty much done it for me, and I've still got most of mine too.[/face]
I love the description of the birthday tea, and Kate getting to grammer school and losing her precious hat
Jane Akshar - mad about egyptology -sane otherwise ....... I think
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