Do you remember these books?
1)Happy Venture Readers.
2)The Wonderful World Of Walt Disney.
I loved these books.I started finding them and slowly built up a collection.
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the books i read as a child were all by Enid Blyton : Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers and St Clares
i still have these collections on my book shelf as i cant bear to part with them
I learned to read with Janet and John books
My favourites at primary school and as a young teen were the Just William books by Richmal Crompton, Jennings Books by Anthony Buckeridge, the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome and, of course!, Biggles by W. E. Johns (essential reading for every young person then).
The first two series I thought were hilarious, the other two just plain adventurous (until I read King Solomanâs Mines which scared the s%^t out of me).
Another I remember with some pleasure was one called The Silver Sword, I canât remember who wrote it but it was a war time adventure taking place in Europe.
When I was very young I liked the Little Grey Rabbit, Peter Rabbit and Noddy but obviously they were not my choices at that age.
I loved âThe Turf Cutterâs Donkeyâ. Still have a very old paper back version.
My favourite is; âThe Wind in the Willowsâ and i still read it now
As a mature teenager it was âLady Chatterlyâs Loverâ and 'Thomas Hardy Books, especially when made into Films
If I told you it would be the same old story. Insulted by the git for getting to grip at about 9? with the wisdom of books for younger children . And he had never heard of Kipps
Same here, but I have them all on Audio Files. I have a big collection of online jigsaws and I always listen to an audio book when Iâm doing themâŠ
Same here re Thomas Hardy - especially like Tess of the DâUrbervilles
I have always enjoyed reading. The Kindle is one of the best modern inventions, imo.
I liked the Enid Blyton books, in particular, when very young.
Black Beauty Little Women and What Katie Did
Alan Garnerâs âThe Weirdstone of Brisingamenâ and âThe Moon of Gomrathâ are impossible to beat, in my estimation.
Noddy, Rupert, Toby Twirl (handed down from my much older siblings) Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens (loved his books) The Water Babies, Grimms Fairy Tales and Hans Christian Andersonâs.
Gillâs Gymkhana, Anne McCafferyâs dragon books, then all the spooky stuff by Dennis Wheatley!
When I was very young I had lots of Enid Blyton books, Amelia Jane, Noddy, Bimbo and Topsy⊠then the Mallory towers and St Clares series.
Also the Bancroft Classics books, like Little Women, Three Musketeers, Tom Sawyer etc.
One book that did make a lasting impression on me was an Enid Blyton book, The Land of far beyond. A simpler version of Pilgrimâs Progress. My copy eventually fell apart. But I just bought a reprint edition recently, it is still an endearing story.
Biggles
I too read Enid Blyton when I was a youngster. I liked her adventure books.
When I was older I loved the Bulldog Drummond books, and also books by John Buchan.
As an older teen I remember going through a phase of reading awful romance novels.
In the school holidays, l would spend a whole day in the library reading Enid Blyton magazines! Then l would take out the Famous Five and Secret Seven books to read at home! Later, l liked to read Nancy Drew books, âHeidiâ and â What Katie Didâ books
My mother used to buy me a book every so often, my favourite book of all time was Little Women. She also bought me Alice in Wonderland and Black Beauty, plus other classics.
At school the teacher read The Railway Children to us, which l loved! Other books read to the class were, The Circus is Coming and Moonfleet, l remember John Trenchard was in it!
I was a real bookworm in those days!
Treasure Island
I had book with a strip cartoon version of Robinson Crusoe
Another strip cartoon book was of Fudge and Speck; no-one seems to mention them or have heard of them now
Swallows and Amazons, and others by Arthur Ransome; I learned to recognise the distinctive patterned & coloured covers in the childrenâs section of my local library.
Do you remember how proud we felt when the teacher said we were ready to move onto the next book?