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Gosh, many years ago, from the book club, you would get a diary, it was excelletn.

I too was a huge Enid Blyton fan. I remember being on holiday once, on a coach trip with my parents and siblings. When we arrived at the tourist attraction, I had an argument with my parents. They wanted me to view some caves as I recall and I wanted to stay on the coach to finish my latest Mallory Towers story.
Enid Blyton just had a knack of holding my interest with her tales, be it Brer Rabbit, Famous Five or Mr Twiddle. To this day, I have a battered Brer Rabbit title I cannot bear to part with.

The Magic Faraway Tree ,it was always my favourite ,and happily also my daughters when she was tiny . She moved to Ireland in her twenties and my husband drove a Luton Van across full of books and University reading.
Now she's adopting a little boy and hoping he will enjoy books too.

one of my favourite books was five children and It by E. E Nesbitt, intrigued by the grumpy sand fairy giving out wishes

Famous Five for me, too. Also adored Rupert the Bear and Milly Molly Mandy. Loved Swallows and Amazons and Twin books - I don't know who wrote these. Each book had a story of twins of a different nationality - The Chinese Twins, The Canadian Twins etc. Another of my favourites was a book title I cannot tell you, as I have set it for a U-2-U comp that is still running.
I spent a lot of time reading when I was a child. No wonder I belong to a book club now!

I was a great fan of Babar the Elephant. I don't know why but maybe that's where my love of wildlife stemmed from. I also found Heidi by Johanna Spyri a lovely book and always fancied being tucked up on a bed of straw looking out at the mountains! Have never managed to achieve that as I live in one of the flattest places in the UK (Norfolk)!

my favourite was " Little Women" by Louisa M Alcott I could lose myself in the March family at any time

It has to be Enid Blyton for me too. From Noddy and Big Ears through Famous Five and Malory Towers I remember hours and hours of reading pleasure. I never felt the same about the Secret Seven though for some reason.

As a child I loved all the Dickens classics e.g. A tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist. One of my other favorites was Little Women I loved Jo, s feisty character.

I loved Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery,and then read the sequels.

For me it was Enid Blyton-I loved the Famous Five stories and then The Mallory Towers -they seemed to have such fun. I honestly cannot remember reading anyone else when I was young although in my teens I read Jamaica Inn and was enthralled with the romance !!

I was a child in the late 60's - early70's and my favourite book from then is "The Little White Horse" by Elizabeth Goudge. I've always had a memory of this book in my head from childhood but didn't know it's name, the only thing I could really remember was that there were salmon pink geraniums and a unicorn in it, googled it one day and found it from those details. I bought it and read it again as an adult and it is still a great book. It has since been made into a film called "The Secret of Moonacre" not nearly as good as the book.

The Enid Blyton books were my favourites too. I always got a copy of the latest Girl Guide Annual every Christmas as well which delighted me. I was always happiest with a book as a present and still am. Am trying to interest the great grandsons in reading but it's a hard competition against their i-pads, computers, games boxes, etc.

I have a real favourite from my childhood called Seven Days Wonder by Elizabeth Denys. I have read it again as an adult and still found it magical! The story is of a Victorian child who is knocked unconscious when falling from a swing and spends a week in 'the present day' ie 1959 when the book was written. It follows her astonishment when she sees modern day inventions, and also helps solve a century old mystery. How I loved that book. I think it set me off on my life long love of reading.

I loved so many books as a child but one that sticks in my mind is Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree...so many wonderful characters and I hear it is going to be made into a film!

I too was glued to Enid Blyton books, particularly the Mallory Towers series and the Mystery Books, The Mystery of the Hidden House, the Mystery of the Invisible Thief are two which I can vividly remember. I loved them.

I loved the Famous Five, followed by pretty much everything else by Enid Blyton.
Shortly after that I moved on to Nancy Drew.
I will always remember the librarian showing me the adult Fantasy & Sc-Fi section in our local library - he suggested Dragonflight by Anne Mccaffrey - it was ( & still is) a great book.

I loved the Ladybird classics such as How to Swim and Dive and Things To Make. Enid Blyton and her tales were fascinating and a really exciting backdrop to the 1960s!

I loved the Enid Blyton Books - Secret Seven and Famous Five. Also the Just William Books by Richmal Crompton were a good read - my husband has a collection of these old books.

I love the Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton and have recently bought them and will share them with my daughter when she is a bit bigger. We love reading and have started on all of the fairy tales and Mr and Miss Men books, I love reading my own books but once I start a book, I can't stop, means comping dinner etc all stop. Tomorrow the kids have to dress up for World Book Day, the boy 11 is going as the Wimpy Kid and my 6 year old is going to be Elsa (Frozen).

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was one of my favourites - still is.

My favorite book as a teenager was Jane Eyre and the Great Mr Rochester, i couldn't put it down, i so wanted a happy ending!

I was always pony mad as a child and loved the "jill" books by ruby Ferguson. They were about a young girl who longed for a pony and although they were poor, there were eine lucky breaks along the way and we follow jill and her much longed for pony black boy's adventures at Chatton show. My sister and I were encouraged to read and we read everything we could. Even now I can't keep myself in books I love them

I loved The Famous Five series, but wasn't so keen on The Secret Seven. Later on it was What Katy Did and What Katy Did Next.

The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat by Enid Blyton, there was a series of the mystery books, I remember reading this over and over
I have them in a box set and read them to my children.

I loved collecting the Ladybird books. My favourite was one on knots - kept me entertained for hours.

Thanks for the comp!

My favourite books were the Malory Towers series and the Twins at St Claire's series both by Enid Blyton. I loved them and read them many times.

I loved Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White

How I loved Charlotte's Webb by E. B. White, it's a wonderful read

has to be Enid Blyton, especially the Secret Seven, Famous Five and the Mallory Towers books. I can remember saving my pocket money to buy a book every couple of months. I still have all the books and both of my children read them all and the books are now stored back in the loft for the next generation when they come along.

I loved so many books as a child.but I think my favourite must have been Jo's Boys. The characters were my 'imaginary' friends who I played with (right little tomboy I was).

I just loved 'The Secret Garden' (Frances Hodgson Burnett) and all the Winnie-The-Pooh Stories (A.A. Milne).
I also loved every single Enid Blyton book ever written!

Another Enid Blyton fan here -especially the Mallory Towers books

My favourite children's book is The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett - I loved the story of the children and their animal friends and thought the idea of a garden behind high walls and a door magical. Was probably the first book where the happy ending made me cry. I have a lovely illustrated edition of the book now. My husband also made part of our garden into my own"secret garden".

We lived next door to a book shop when I was a little girl and my Grandad used to treat me to a new Enid Blyton book every week, I absolutely devoured them, Mr Pinkwhistle, The Famous Five, Noddy, Brer Rabbit, just thinking about it is bringing them all back, they gave me enormous pleasure, I can't wait to have grandchildren so I can read them all again.

I liked books like Lassie Come Home and The Black Stallion. When I was 9 I read Lorna Doone and LOVED it!

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I loved my Dad reading Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. When I started reading I loved anything by Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers and the Adventure books. I remember our local library was a scary place to go, there was an old librarian who clearly didn't like children and I would ask my Dad to go to the library for me. It is a wonder I carried on with my love of books. Fortunately times have changed.

The Magic Faraway Tree...still got it too!

I loved Mr Twiddle books by Enid Blyton. I thought it was very funny and totally engrossing. Enid was a total genius with a stunning imagination.

I was mad on Enid Blyton, loved the school stories best especially Malory Towers.

I loved Just William by Richmal Crompton. I was a tom boy and liked the things he got up to. I thought it was so funny.
Enid Blyton's Famous Five and The Secret Seven were my favourites too.

Has to be Swallows and Amazons as my father and his before always sailed and the seed was set !

For me it would have to be Peter Pan - was named after it! as my brothers saw it before I was born - have a brother called Peter, we had a cat called Tinker - I've read the book, seen all the various films especially the classic one loads, seen the ballet and the Panto and my kids love it too!!!

I adored Enid Blyton books. Loved the famous five, the wishing chair series but most of all my favourite was the enchanted wood. Following the adventures of Jo, Bessie and fanny, silky, moonface and the saucepan man. Not to forget the angry pixie, same washalot and Mr whatisname. always dreamt of having a slippery slip (the slide inside the tree that takes you straight from the too of the tree to the bottom. Magical reading

My favourites were the Chalet School books by Elinor Brent-Dyer & the Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton

My favourite childhood book was Anne of Green Gables By Lucy Maud Montgomery. I love this story of red headed imaginative and clever orphan Anne winning over her new family and making everyone love her and forging her way in life and having many adventures on her way. I have re read it recently and still love it,

I preferred The Secret Seven books, loved Malory Towers, the St Clare's series, the Five Find-Outers and the Barney Mysteries all from Enid Blyton but in High School I was given Lord of the Flies and I still have my copy today and I'm 45. What a book!

I used to go to our library and I always went to the Enid Blyton shelf,I used to love reading 'The Adventures of the Famous Five'.They always seemed to have such a great time.

I was a complete bookworm as a child and I'm pleased to see me daughter also growing to love books just as much as I do.

Favourite books from my childhood were the classic Enid Blyton faraway tree series as well as the hobbit when I got a little older. My daughter is only 2 but I can't wait until I can get to share some of my favourites with her.

Plop the Owl who was afraid of the dark - I absolutely loved it and it actually helped me see evenings and darkness in a much more positive way.