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What did you read?

mrs_marty
mrs_marty Posts: 215 Forumite
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My DD who is now 8 is turning into a real keen reader, which delights me as I love reading.

I want to build a list of must reads, childhood classics if you like; so far I have my favourites from my childhood :-

Enid Blyton - Secret Seven, Malory Towers, Far Away Tree
Ann of Green Gables
Lord of the Flies
Swallow and Amazons
Ronald Dahl - All of them lol

Then my mind goes blank. What were your must reads as a child?

Thanks for your help
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  • McKneff
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    I always remember 2 books from my childhood

    Little Women

    Moonstone.

    Read them again in my adulthood and still really enjoyed them.
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  • phunkles
    phunkles Posts: 1,711 Forumite
    Heidi.
    The Railway Children
    5 Children and IT
    The Secret Garden
    The Little Princess (dont think its called that Frances Hodgeson Burnet?)
    Little Women
    What Katy Did
    What Katy Did Next
    Wind in the Willows
    Swiss Family Robinson
    Robinson Crusoe

    I had a boxset of 20 childrens classics growing up - think they still in my mums loft actually lol
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  • sophieschoice
    sophieschoice Posts: 903 Forumite
    Black Beauty
  • sophieschoice
    sophieschoice Posts: 903 Forumite
    And, although I was a girl too, (well still am!) I adored the Jennings books and also the Just William ones.
  • mrs_marty
    mrs_marty Posts: 215 Forumite
    phunkles wrote: »
    Heidi.
    The Railway Children
    5 Children and IT
    The Secret Garden
    The Little Princess (dont think its called that Frances Hodgeson Burnet?)
    Little Women
    What Katy Did
    What Katy Did Next
    Wind in the Willows
    Swiss Family Robinson
    Robinson Crusoe

    I had a boxset of 20 childrens classics growing up - think they still in my mums loft actually lol

    Oh I forgot about the Secret Garden, Little Women etc. Might Google and see if you can get a box set like this thanks
  • lovecrafting
    lovecrafting Posts: 1,715 Forumite
    the magic faraway tree and the books that followed were my favourites.
  • jakes-mum
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    edited 16 October 2011 at 8:53PM
    Oh yes little women and the 5 children and it :) also sweet valley high, the three investigators, all the narnia books (by CS Lewis), ummm . . . omg so long ago ive forgotten them all! i'll have a think

    ohh ALice in Wonderland, I also loved to read Dr Zeuss to my eldest :)
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    I actually re-read What Katy Did (& at School, & Next, & Clover) recently when I found them free for Kindle!

    I loved Little Women and the three sequel books.

    All of the Narnia series by CS Lewis.

    When thinking Enid Blyton, don't forget the St Clare series (I read them before the Malory Towers series)
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  • joannasmum
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    The Worst Witch
    Good night Mr Tom
    Back Home
    Harry Potter (Ok I was an adult but I have the set ready for dd)
    Black Beauty
    Narnia
    Sorting my life out one day at a time
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    My Naughty Little Sister.
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