What Was Your Favourite Book as a Child

[said]

Good job you didn't read 'The Tiger That Came To Tea' .

I loved the Famous Five books. Bothered my parents until I had them all. Wish I still had them.

I remember the very first book I got from the library. It was called 'The Egg' and I can still see the front cover. My Mum was a librarian, and I was so proud of my first library card. I must have been about 3 or 4. Been an avid reader ever since.

Loved 'Stig of the Dump' and the Chronicles of Narnia too.

I also read Chronicles of Narnia - they were good.

[said]

as a child at school we had and read the sven hassel books about ww11 it was always about the german miltary conflicts...a great read
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I never came across those books as a kid - I have read Andy McNabb recently though.

[said]

Can't really remember any novels read as a young child, but I do recall spending hours and hours reading through Arthur Mee's Childrens Encyclopaedias

There should be more published today like those - may open children's minds more.

[said]

on the thread jules verne thousand leagues watership down,absolutly all stuff about underwater exploration and space,all things medical and anything about creatively making.

Under water exploration, yes - outer space no, it did not appear to be so realistic.

[silver fox]

as a child at school we had and read the sven hassel books about ww11 it was always about the german miltary conflicts...a great read
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When you say child, what sort of age?

The language and situations in the Sven Hassel books is hardly childhood reading material and I have read them.

The actions of a Nazi penal battalion during WW11 particularly during the Russian campaign is not the sort of easy reading for a child.

[said]

When you say child, what sort of age?

The language and situations in the Sven Hassel books is hardly childhood reading material and I have read them.

The actions of a Nazi penal battalion during WW11 particularly during the Russian campaign is not the sort of easy reading for a child.

Ha!Ha! That depends on the mind of the child!

[Little Londoner]

Biggles flies undone was a real eye opener.

[Nick2]

Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

[said]

Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Ah yes! Treasure Island - a classic!

[KissThis]

What was the best book you ever read when you were young?

I had quite a few really, of surprisingly varying genres, especially for a kid barely at adolescence! I loved anything by Enid Blyton, but also loved reading my big brother's Encyclopedia's of knowledge.
Perhaps the most surprising one was a very old and tattered hard backed book, 'The complete works of Shakespeare' At first, I just liked holding it and flipping through the pages, just to inhale that unique smell of a very old book, and also running my fingers tips over the pages, worn ultra smooth by age and time. And from there, I started to read it, and I liked it too!

[said]

I had quite a few really, of surprisingly varying genres, especially for a kid barely at adolescence! I loved anything by Enid Blyton, but also loved reading my big brother's Encyclopedia's of knowledge.
Perhaps the most surprising one was a very old and tattered hard backed book, 'The complete works of Shakespeare' At first, I just liked holding it and flipping through the pages, just to inhale that unique smell of a very old book, and also running my fingers tips over the pages, worn ultra smooth by age and time. And from there, I started to read it, and I liked it too!

I did read one or two Shakespeare novels - but I don't think I actually finished them as I found them boring. Othello was weakly funny in parts - but the stories were not memorable.

[Nick2]

I did read one or two Shakespeare novels - but I don't think I actually finished them as I found them boring. Othello was weakly funny in parts - but the stories were not memorable.

Shakespeare wrote novels???

[said]

Shakespeare wrote novels???

Sure! They were novel to me!

[Nick2]

Sure! They were novel to me!

Yeah! you're a dramatist too, like the Bard, but not much of a poet!

[said]

Yeah! you're a dramatist too, like the Bard, but not much of a poet!

Wouldn't you just know it
I am told I am not a poet
I may not be like Shakespeare
Nowhere near
But comparing his talent to mine
I think I make out just fine!