Childrens Books

One of my most lasting childhood memories is waking up one morning to find the complete Swallows and Amazons series laid out on the floor by my bed. My parents, knowing that I'd read and loved the first one, had ordered the other 11, as a surprise present... not even my birthday or anything. I still have them, and return often to the world of the Norfolk Broads

Other childhood favourites include:

Winnie the Pooh , The House at Pooh Corner , When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six A. A. Milne I admit to being a Pooh "snob" - the Disney version just won't do.

The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis I'm sure I'm not the only child who has sat in wardrobes, hoping to escape to Narnia.

Little Women series Louisa May Alcott Even now, if I need to cry and can't manage it, I just go read the bit in Good Wives where Beth dies.

The Velveteen Rabbit Marjorie Williams How to be REAL.

The Little Prince Antoine de St. Exupery The world of grown ups brilliantly explained. Sad and poignant, I read and re-read it.

The Magicians of Caprona and any other books by Diana Wynne Jones Fantasy for children and adults.

The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper Dark old english mysteries.. wonderful books.

Chronicles of Prydain Lloyd Alexander Old Welsh adventures of Taran, pig keeper and hero. With a feisty red headed princess.

The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster Milo's journeys through a magical land. Great stuff.

Fattypuffs and Thinifers Andre Maurois This just came back to my memory as a book I really enjoyed, about two boys, one fat, one thin, and being the size you are.

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? and the other Little Bear books. Martin Waddell The best bedtime stories ever. Wonderful pictures too. Great to read out loud to yourself, and for safety stuff, like being afraid of the dark.

A great book from now is Liking Myself by Pat Palmer written just for kids, and great for inside kids too, all about self esteem and not being a "pretzel person" who twists themselves up in knots to please other people. Good stuff on feelings too.

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Winnie the Pooh , The House at Pooh Corner , When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six A. A. Milne I admit to being a Pooh "snob" - the Disney version just won't do.
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis I'm sure I'm not the only child who has sat in wardrobes, hoping to escape to Narnia.
Little Women series Louisa May Alcott Even now, if I need to cry and can't manage it, I just go read the bit in Good Wives where Beth dies.
The Velveteen Rabbit Marjorie Williams How to be REAL.
The Little Prince Antoine de St. Exupery The world of grown ups brilliantly explained. Sad and poignant, I read and re-read it.
The Magicians of Caprona and any other books by Diana Wynne Jones Fantasy for children and adults.
The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper Dark old english mysteries.. wonderful books.
Chronicles of Prydain Lloyd Alexander Old Welsh adventures of Taran, pig keeper and hero. With a feisty red headed princess.
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster Milo's journeys through a magical land. Great stuff.
Fattypuffs and Thinifers Andre Maurois This just came back to my memory as a book I really enjoyed, about two boys, one fat, one thin, and being the size you are.
Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? and the other Little Bear books. Martin Waddell The best bedtime stories ever. Wonderful pictures too. Great to read out loud to yourself, and for safety stuff, like being afraid of the dark.
A great book from now is Liking Myself by Pat Palmer written just for kids, and great for inside kids too, all about self esteem and not being a "pretzel person" who twists themselves up in knots to please other people. Good stuff on feelings too.