Fizzle Knit Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I was mad on Enid Blyton. And Plum, you've reminded me about E Nesbitt - I loved her books too. Individual novels that stick in my mind were Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce (?) and a book about a girl who is ill in bed, she draws pictures of a house during the day and the pictures become real to her at night - anyone remember the title or author? When I was first reading, the Bobby Brewster books. And later the Jennings books by Anthony Buckerigde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terracata Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I used to make my Dad read me "A fly in my eye" every night, he was the only one who can do the voices. The Junglebook too Harry potter obviously, although I wouldn't class it as a children's book. Some of the Terry Pratchet books were good as bedtime stories. Annnnd I think that's it actually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I'd forgotten about Jennings - I loved those too. And Just William stories - I think they were good because he was naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 ... and a book about a girl who is ill in bed, she draws pictures of a house during the day and the pictures become real to her at night - anyone remember the title or author? It's 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr - I loved this, and I was also a fan of the Jennings books. I wasn't allowed to read Enid Blyton books. My mother disapproved strongly, I'm not sure why, and so I never got them out of the library - I can remember borrowing 'Famous Five' books from a friend and smuggling them home! Strange really as she never censored my reading in any other way and allowed me to read quite adult things. She took the view, very wisely I think, that either I wouldn't understand it or if I did understand then it wouldn't do me any harm. I don't know quite why she thought Enid Blyton books were so pernicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzle Knit Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 ... and a book about a girl who is ill in bed, she draws pictures of a house during the day and the pictures become real to her at night - anyone remember the title or author? It's 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr - I loved this, and I was also a fan of the Jennings books. I wasn't allowed to read Enid Blyton books. My mother disapproved strongly, I'm not sure why, and so I never got them out of the library - I can remember borrowing 'Famous Five' books from a friend and smuggling them home! Strange really as she never censored my reading in any other way and allowed me to read quite adult things. She took the view, very wisely I think, that either I wouldn't understand it or if I did understand then it wouldn't do me any harm. I don't know quite why she thought Enid Blyton books were so pernicious! Thanks Olly - title, author AND Amazon link - how will I resist? (For my 12 and 10 year olds of course). Re your mother, I do remember as a child talk of them being banned from some libraries - can't remember if that was based on poor standard of writing or lack of PC'ness (not that they called it that in those days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I think with my mum, it would have been the standard of writing - not anything to do with PC! She grew up in the 1920s with almost no books in the house, and she was very keen for me to read the classics that she'd learned at school, some of which (The Water Babies, Alice in Wonderland) I still don't really enjoy today. Possibly my favourite book for her to read to me - and I can still hear her voice - was 'The Princess and Curdie' and 'The Princess and the Goblins' by George McDonald. I've got the big hardback editions that she read to me from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzle Knit Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Olly, I remember the Water Babies in my Once Upon A Time comic, and the thought of it still gives me goose-bumps today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Oh the Water Babies - I still have that book! Loved Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby and bedonebyasyoudid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Ferdinand the Bull Gosh, I used to love that one, and had completely forgotten about it. The one who liked flowers? Lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Re your mother, I do remember as a child talk of them being banned from some libraries - can't remember if that was based on poor standard of writing or lack of PC'ness (not that they called it that in those days). I was so disappointed, as it meant I had to pay money to be able to read the books, as my library didn't stock them. It was because of the Golly character, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMitch Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The Silver Brumby series,Ponies Plot, The Black Stallion Black Beauty Misty of Chincoteague Anything by the Pullein-Thompson sisters (can you see a theme here? ) oooh I love the Silver Brumby series, I also liked Enid Blyton's The Secret Island. I read it again recently....not very politically correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I loved Heidi by Johanna Spry. I didn't eat cheese I remember till I read Heidi when I was about 7. I still have a beautifully illustrated edition whcih brings back so many memories. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy-Mama Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 this has taken me back I'd forgotten about naughty amelia jane. I also loved the magic faraway tree, Enid Blyton, wind and the willows, ronald dahl, the animals of farthing wood, a fox cub bold and many more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The Borrowers was my most favourite book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 For me it was The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston. A truly magical book about a very ancient house by a river, based on a medieval house the LMB actually lived in herself somewhere in East Anglia. The story is about a very lonely litttle boy sent from boarding school to stay with his aunt in the house, and the ghost children from the civil war period who who also live in the house, are his ancestors and become his friends. Totally non-scary ghosts and very magical. I sometimes read it again even now. Other than that, was also horse mad so Pullein-Thompson books and particularly the Jill series - Jill and the Perfect pony et al, about Black Boy and Rapid, and the wonderfully named sisters April, May and June Cholly-Sawcutt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 The Silver Brumby series,Ponies Plot, The Black Stallion Black Beauty Misty of Chincoteague Anything by the Pullein-Thompson sisters (can you see a theme here? ) oooh I love the Silver Brumby series, I also liked Enid Blyton's The Secret Island. I read it again recently....not very politically correct. That was always one of my faves along with Jennings and Just William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
