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Thinking of Christmas presents remembering the books I loved but not sure grandchildren would like them.
Baba (the elephant that went up and down in the lift)
Heidi
Orlando the Marmalade Cat
The Magic Faraway Tree
Sold for a fathing (by Clare Kipps) just bought this off ebay
Malloray Towers and the all the Nurse stories (can't remember the name)
Ballet shoes Noel Streatfeild
and later read Gone with the Wind under my desk at school, probably why I didn't pass my exams.
Wish I had kept all my old books.

The Little Ghost by Otfried Preubler

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

The owl who was afraid of the dark by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard

Plus all of the Secret Seven series by Enid Blyton  ;D ;D

Malcolm Saville.The Lone Pine stories.

His stories were about a group of friends who had lots of Adventures.

Mainly based in Rye and Shropshire.

I was delighted to find out that there is a Malcolm Saville society.

We have an AGM every year,visit lots of the book locations,Have a wonderful meal on the Saturday night.A good time had by all.

Any other Lone Piners out there?

Quote from: Borlotti on November 29, 2008, 00:13:37

The Magic Faraway Tree

Oh my gosh, Borlotti, I missed this on my first reading of your post but I'm so glad I took another look!  My son loved these books when he was younger (he's 22 now!) my husband and I used to read them to him every night at bed time and lately I've been driving myself crazy trying to think of the titles!  There's a series isn't there, Enchanted Wood and another ..... that I can't think of the name of ... aaaargh!

Just off to the book shop, will have a look at The owl who was afraid of the dark, as have two 5 year old boys to buy for.  Oh I am getting all excited, books and seeds turn me on, clothes are boring.

Quote from: Borlotti on November 29, 2008, 12:21:06
Just off to the book shop, will have a look at The owl who was afraid of the dark, as have two 5 year old boys to buy for.  Oh I am getting all excited, books and seeds turn me on, clothes are boring.

But...ya..will.....have..some...on. :o

I'm going to sound all po-face and pious, but my most fave childhood book was an illustrated Childrens Bible, and the illustrations in the Old Testament were truly spectacular and full of blood and thunder 8)...Daniel in the Lions Den stays vivid in my memory to this day...Billy Smart's Circus was never like this ;D

We read a lot as children and were fortunate to have books our mother was given for Good Attendance at Sunday School.....Victorian tear-jerkers like City Sparrows and Froggy's Little Brother, Victorian epics which taught the working classes that their reward would be in heaven after a life starving to death in a garret on earth :P Splendid stuff!!!

;D ;D ;D

Secret Seven and Famous Five - went every week to Manningtree Library and got a new one out to read.
The Secret Garden
Children of the New Forest - always wondered how they were never found out!
Swiss family Robinson
Little Mrs Pepperpot.
I am sure there were many more as I loved reading ...and still do!

Borlotti, was the nurse called Nurse Ross?  I read all the books except the last as our library didn't have it.  I have never some across anyone else who had read them before.  I loved Mallory Towers and the Chalet School series.  And 'The Boy Next Door' by Enid Blyton.  My OH loved Arthur Ransomes books set in the Lake District.  And I mustn't forget 'The Night Before Christmas' we have a wonderful pop-up copy which we read every christmas eve - well just me now! :-[ ::)

I have only just read The Secret Garden and loved it, also a sequel which someone else had written - I was given this but needed to read the Secret Garden first and was glad I did.

I am lucky in that I have worked with children's books for a while now and just love them.  I love the Pumpkin Soup series by Helen Cooper and Oliver's Vegetables if anyone is looking for a book about Allotments.  My most favourite childrens book now is Owen and the Mountain by Malachy Doyle.  Sorry, one of my favourite subjects. :-[

Will go quick....

T.

Ohhhhhhhh!!!, my all time favourite was HEIDI, how i loved that book. I think it compensated me for the sad life i was living at the time.I shall never forget it,  My adult favourite was Gone with the wind. You can loose yourself in a good book.

5 Children and It.  The Magic Faraway Tree and all the follow ups to it.  The Worst Witch.  When I was a teenager it was Sweet Valley High  ::)  As an adult Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights (still looking for my Heathcliff  ::) )  and anything psychological/serial killer/ghost/gruesome lol  ;D

Arthur Ransome and anything by Enid Blyton

Tulipa
The nurse books were Sue Barton, Student Nurse right up to Sue Barton, Staff Nurse by Helen Dore Boylston.  I think I read them as my older sister was training to be a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The book 'Sold for a Farthing' is the recorded biography of a common sparrow from the cradle to the grave.  Just been to the library and they are selling off old books 2 for 10p. Caught them just as they were closing and as the till was closed got one for nothing.  The library is being refurbished with a grant so they are either sending books to another library or selling them as it will be closed for a while and only have a mobile library.

What Katy did
What Katy did next
Anne of Green Gables
Swiss Family Robinson
Flambards

Hans Anderson Fairy Tales (the book belonged to my big brother though).

True to the Last by E Everett-Green (My father was given the book for highest marks in school in 1923.  A really sad book that reduced me to tears every time I read it)

Swiss Family Robinson

Christmas time, cant beat, The little match stick girl and The snowman.    :)

In the '50's we had, nearby, a private library/bookshop where one could rent popular books for 6d per week OR buy the latest release for all of 2/6d 8) I didn't have that much available pocket money in one go (after deducting essential expenditures for aniseed balls, etc. ::)) and the book was reserved until the whole amount was paid.

And that's how I got my Enid Blyton 'Five go..' collection ;D

when i was small a fairy tale book which had the little matchgirl in it then when i hit primary school i read and loved watership down

Just spoken to granchildren and they are not too impressed with my book suggestions for Xmas.  I suppose it is just happy memories for me, and they are all into Jacqueline Wilson or whatever. Will just wait for their list for the normal Argos rubbish.  Might slip a book in and hopefully they will read it.  Don't forget to watch 'Outnumbered' tonight on BBC1 at 9.20.  My grandaughter could be the little one in this programme.  What lovely/horrible children.  'Daddy if you want to save money stop buying brocolli' and Mummy killed my mouse (that was last week) so very true, couldn't stop laughing.

Just watched the first episode on iplayer, will watch the others when kids aren't around to get any more ideas....

Fav. books were..

Anne of Green Gable series..
Little House on the Prairie series..
Mallory Towers
Heidi
Judi Blume books
The Faraway Tree

Jane Austin and Stephen King when older.... though good job was a fast reader as couldn't go to sleep until had finished a Stephen King book