What's your favourite children's book?

onlyroz

As a child I loved Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl. Now I love the Harry Potter books, and also Phillip Pullman and Eoin Colfer.

Having a son who is a reluctant reader and who struggles a bit, I've been looking for less arduous reads that are still good fun. He likes the Wimpy Kid books, and also the Tom Gates books.

DigForVictory

In no particular order
Winnie the Pooh
Swallows & amazons
Over sea under stone (all 5)
The tiger who came to tea
Where the wild things are
Dahl.
Flika
5 minutes peace
Alice stories


Harry (& comics) were gateway reading for the lads - they hauled their grandfather into Hogwarts!
Now all three read almost anything, (but weren't smitten by Malala.)

Lunar_Eclipse

Mr Stink - David Walliams
Danny Champion of the World - Dahl
Wonder

Mayflower10cat

Anything by Jackie Morris - such beauty.
Beatrix Potter delights me even now at the age of 51!

Former_MSE_Andrea

lika_86 wrote: »

Charlotte's Web still has the power to make me cry. Maybe now more than ever.

Totally with you there!:o

heartbreak_star

I Am Otter, and the follow-ups, by Sam Garton

HBS x

McKneff

Cant make up my mind between Little Women and the rest of the series and Moonstone.


Im 66 now and read them at school about 55 years ago....and have read them many times since...

KRB2725

The BFG will always be my favourite book! I loved it as a child and still love it now.

I also liked the St Clare's & Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton.

System

When i was tiny it was all about Noddy. I think thats where my love of bright colours came from. Noddy pictures were full of bright colours.

As a child i loved Enid Blyton. The Famous Five and Secret 7.

As i got older i loved The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Pure fantasy and escapism.

thriftyemma

emmatthews wrote: »

The BFG will always be my favourite book! I loved it as a child and still love it now.

I also liked the St Clare's & Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton.

I LOVED St Clare's and Malory Towers! I so wished I was a strong, determined girl going to boarding school. I'm sure the reality is somewhat different, but Enid Blyton had such a way of storytelling. I would read those books for hours. They also got me in trouble a couple of times, such as sneaking in to the kitchen to cook sausages for a midnight feast

I also seem to be the only person I know who read Secret Seven over Famous Five. Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl are two of the greatest writers, I think, to have ever lived. Even the biographical books by Dahl are full of amazement and wonder.

My favourite kids book now is Green Eggs and Ham, followed closely by The Snail and The Whale