reading books aimed at children?

lostinrates

Yes, I read them. Some childhood books are old friends, and can be rattled through in no time anyway, so a nice brief revisit. I used to read everything my nieces read when they were a bit younger...because we could chat about it.

One of the things I love about children's books is they are written for an audience that is less sceptical, more prepared to give in to imagination and that allows authors to start from a place they are sure their readers will be able to follow from.

Have to say though, our books ar emainly still in boxes and the only thing I could find near the top of a box that I haven't read recently was Moominland Midwinter. It was nice but I rather fancied something like some Gabriel Garcia Marquez....so though it was a nice flight of fancy it made me feel colder and didn't satisfy my ''reading hunger''.

thorsoak

A book I loved when I was about 12 was The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. I gave my copy to my daughter when she was 10, I think - and she loved it and she has given it to all her god-daughters as they reached that age and now that her daughter is 10, she's given her a copy of it as well - and DGD is loving it too!

Introduced DGS to Moonfleet and Treasure Island during the summer - and I notice that they didn't make it back onto my bookshelf - so they are now in the US!

red_devil

one of my fave enid blyton books when i was younger was those dreadful children if anyone knows it?

minerva_windsong

Having a three year old nephew is a great excuse to read children's books - you can just say you're reading it to him or making sure it's OK for him to read. He has a small stash of kids' books at my parents' house which contains a lot of the books I read when I was little (Judith Kerr, Shirley Hughes, Topsy and Tim etc) and a few newer ones like Julia Donaldson books such as The Gruffalo and Stick Man.

I've bought him One Snowy Night (Percy the Park Keeper) for Christmas - I've already read it through myself twice and am secretly hoping he asks me to read it to him over Christmas so I can read it again...

jackieglasgow

I agree with most of the previous posters, but I would say EVERYONE should read Michael Morpurgo's books, he is a fabulous storyteller. The first book of his whish I read was The Fireworkmaker's Daughter, which I read with my then seven year old son, it is a beautifully written book with some beautiful imagery, and amongst the books I have read, the one which has stood out the most to me, and the one which I read most recently was Private Peaceful which is simply beautiful.

Toomuchdebt

amandada wrote: »

Absolutely! I couldn't wait till my daughter was old enough to get the Mallory Towers and St Clare's books so I could read them!

I love love love these books and have read them about a hundred times now

tiernsee

Definitely the Chalet School - read them avidly and am a member of the Chaletian Bulletin Board, where there is a lot of fiction written by fans of the series.

Also love Susan Cooper's the Dark is Rising Sequence, John Christopher (Tripods, Lotus Cave), Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House books) and Madeleine L'Engle (Wrinkle in time etc)

Son aged 13 likes Anthony Horowitz, and I've read the Alex Ryder and Power of 5 series. Daughter, aged 5, very avid reader, loves the Rainbow Magic books and Horrid Henry.

Callie22

I've just re-bought myself a set of Dorothy Edwards' 'My Naughty Little Sister' books. I love them, and love the illustrations. There are some lovely Christmassy stories in there too - my favourite is the one where the naughty little sister helps her granny to make Christmas puddings.

shellsuit

Callie22 wrote: »

I've just re-bought myself a set of Dorothy Edwards' 'My Naughty Little Sister' books. I love them, and love the illustrations. There are some lovely Christmassy stories in there too - my favourite is the one where the naughty little sister helps her granny to make Christmas puddings.

I was just going to mention those books! Was in a book shop looking for some books for the baby and I noticed a big book with all the stories in it. Was soo tempted to buy it for myself!

My daughter had Judy Blume books, which I read again as I used to read them as a kid. (I thought they were ace because they spoke about boobs and periods! :rotfl:)

I was a huge fan of Enid Blyton too, especially the Magic Faraway tree and Adventures of the wishing chair.

I had soo many books as a kid (must have been hundreds!) and I gave them all away to cousins ~ could kick myself now :cool:


I am looking to get The Owl who was afraid of the dark, I used to love plop!

And lastly, I was going to treat myself to the little matchgirl, but I remember being so sad reading as a kid, that I got upset just thinking about it a couple of weeks ago!

PolishBigSpender

Well, anyone who learnt English as a foreign language will know about the value of children's books. Enid Blyton is one of my favourite authors - especially if you read the slightly older editions which aren't censored in some way.