Favourite books you read as a child

Favourite books you read as a child

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jet_noise

5,630 posts

181 months

Monday 21st November 2022
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Kes Arevo said:
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The Hornblower series was extremely enjoyable. I still read them to this day.
'twas my introduction to historical fiction too.
Many authors followed - Patrick O'Brian, Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent and more!

Kes Arevo

3,555 posts

38 months

Monday 21st November 2022
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jet_noise said:
'twas my introduction to historical fiction too.
Many authors followed - Patrick O'Brian, Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent and more!
Yup, once you enjoy one, you do the rounds! Currently doing Scarrow.

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Monday 21st November 2022
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Tom Swift - a 'boys own' science fiction themed series.
Desmond Skirrow - The Case of the Silver Egg
Professor Branestawm

Anything by Alistair MacLean, much to my English teacher's despair.

jimmyjimjim

7,329 posts

237 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
The Moomin books by Tove Jansson
Just started reading this to my eldest.

ARFBY

439 posts

132 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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One of the first books I ever bought from the school book club was Flat Stanley. I loved that book, I was very happy to see my son bring a copy home from the school library a few weeks ago. It brought back great memories of my childhood.

I also loved "Choose your own adventure" books, similar to what was posted previously, but no dice, just two page options to turn to at the end of a chapter : Enter the cold dark cave, turn to page 11 / Continue on towards the citadel, turn to page 23.

Randy Winkman

16,015 posts

188 months

Thursday 24th November 2022
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JimmyConwayNW said:
I have been thinking a lot about books I read as a kid lately, Anyone remember the Willard Price adventure series books?

What were your favourites.
Hal and Roger Hunt? I read about half a dozen of those.

My fave book was:




jimmyjimjim

7,329 posts

237 months

Thursday 24th November 2022
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How can it not be Brendon Chase?

Japveesix

4,476 posts

167 months

Thursday 24th November 2022
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JimmyConwayNW said:
I have been thinking a lot about books I read as a kid lately, Anyone remember the Willard Price adventure series books?

What were your favourites.
I still have almost all of the Willard Price books and I'm just waiting for my newborn and 3 year old boys to be old enough to enjoy them again with me. It's where a huge amount of my wildlife knowledge came from originally.

I also had a double book of Call of the Wild and White Fang. I adore both and have read them both many times, they gave me a longing for the wilderness and made me have wolf based nightmares for a while too!

FuryV6

89 posts

48 months

Thursday 24th November 2022
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I loved the griffin pirate books by Sheila K McCullagh when at primary school, later all the Asterix and Tintin books.
The Otterbury Incident stands out as a favourite at the time.

Langweilig

4,298 posts

210 months

Sunday 27th November 2022
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Viking's Dawn by Henry Treece. A story of exploration with characters such as "Thorkel Skullsplitter" and "Horic the Laplander" who set off across the seas in their longship, the "Nameless".

CopperBolt

788 posts

66 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Hardy Drew
The Nancy Boys.

Enid Blyton "..of Adventure" series were good I thought.

I think Piers Anthony had a few (fantasy/sci-fi style) that were kid friendly, but I believe he has fallen out of favour for some reason.
Prostho Plus I remember if purely for the fact that I never finished it before it had to go back to the library, gutted. Never did get round to getting it out again. Can still remember the title 40+ years later.

jet_noise

5,630 posts

181 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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CopperBolt said:
Hardy Drew
The Nancy Boys.

Enid Blyton "..of Adventure" series were good I thought.

I think Piers Anthony had a few (fantasy/sci-fi style) that were kid friendly, but I believe he has fallen out of favour for some reason.
Prostho Plus I remember if purely for the fact that I never finished it before it had to go back to the library, gutted. Never did get round to getting it out again. Can still remember the title 40+ years later.
There's a book I haven't thought about in 40 years!
I finished it though smile

Skeptisk

7,334 posts

108 months

Sunday 22nd January 2023
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What age counts as a child?

Up to and including junior school the two that stand out are the Jungle Book and Watership Down.

However when I was around 13 or perhaps 14 I read Animal Farm and 1984 and they were far and away the books that affected me most.

Cloudy147

2,705 posts

182 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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The secret seven is my number one memory. I loved reading those books. Also read the Famous Five but never got into those characters like I did with Secret Seven. Also most of the Roald Dahl books - particularly remember the BFG, Charlie and the chocolate factory and George’s marvellous medicine.

Also remember reading The Demon Headmaster.

Loads of comic books - particularly transformers and the Beano but also Batman, Superman, Spider-Man and He-man.

Younger years was Thomas the Tank Engine and from the school library there was Meg and Mog books.

Older I read the Hobbit.

They are my standout ones for me smile

Flip Martian

19,503 posts

189 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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I always preferred the Secret Seven over the Famous Five. Can't remember a thing about them now but it was 50 years ago. Weird though how the Secret Seven seems mostly forgotten in popular culture while the Famous Five lived on.

droopsnoot

11,809 posts

241 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Flip Martian said:
I always preferred the Secret Seven over the Famous Five. Can't remember a thing about them now but it was 50 years ago. Weird though how the Secret Seven seems mostly forgotten in popular culture while the Famous Five lived on.
I was the reverse, but I don't actually remember ever reading any Secret Seven books. Maybe I just decided it would be disloyal.

Jonny_

4,108 posts

206 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Terry Pratchett wrote an excellent series of books for children. Truckers, Diggers and Wings. These, along with the Johnny series (Johnny and the Dead, Johnny and the Bomb, Only You Can Save Mankind) were a superb introduction to Pratchett's style of humour.

Flip Martian

19,503 posts

189 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Jonny_ said:
Terry Pratchett wrote an excellent series of books for children. Truckers, Diggers and Wings. These, along with the Johnny series (Johnny and the Dead, Johnny and the Bomb, Only You Can Save Mankind) were a superb introduction to Pratchett's style of humour.
I enjoyed the Johnny series as an adult. Very fond of Pratchett's writing.

p1doc

3,111 posts

183 months

Thursday 26th January 2023
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jimmyjimjim said:
How can it not be Brendon Chase?
great book just reread recently held up surprisingly well

generationx

6,644 posts

104 months

Thursday 26th January 2023
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“Dougal’s Scottish Holiday” by Eric Thompson.

It was funny as a child, it holds up for an adult reader. The interaction between Douglas and Brian is hilarious.

Dougal's Scottish Holiday (Knight Books) https://amzn.eu/d/20UGcVB