Favourite childhood books

[TVC]

Here are some of mine.

Many more are here:

http://moderntoss.tumblr.com/post/97206952712/bagofdelights-classic-childhood-books-from

 

[Markymark]

My all time favourite book as a kid which I read over and over was Grimble

 

[Fab Foodie]

http://moderntoss.tumblr.com/post/97206952712/bagofdelights-classic-childhood-books-from

Brilliant! Inspired!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

My dad's 'Parade'

 

[stephec]

My dad's 'Parade'

I always prefered Escort, the stories were much better.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

For me, it was some classics by C.S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, Alan Garner et al.

 

[Profpointy]

[QUOTE 3274519, member: 259"]Great stuff. My son's girlfriend's dad is an evangelical minister and listened with obvious incredulity when I told him that I had read all of CS Lewis's Narnia books without noticing a Christian influence.[/QUOTE]

I didn't notice till much much later either.
I re-read them (all) one afternoon a few years ago - this explained why I could read a book in a couple of evenings as a kid, but takes me weeks now - it's not entirely Altzheimer's after all, but the books are a bit more effort

 

[Diggs]

Here are some of mine.

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Many more are here:

http://moderntoss.tumblr.com/post/97206952712/bagofdelights-classic-childhood-books-from

When that Telekinesis book was published, I bet it was flying off the shelves..

 

[rich p]

Biggles. I loved the racist world-saving, heroic, fascist bastard

 

[Profpointy]

Biggles. I loved the racist world-saving, heroic, fascist *******

I loved Biggles as a kid, but even in the sixties some of the "slant eye'd Japs" stuff seemed a bit iffy.
There's a big box set going in some of the cheap remainders shops for about 12 quid - I admit I'm tempted.

 

[tyred]

I remember enjoying the Secret Seven books (hides behind sofa in embarrassment) but I love R.L. Stephenson's Treasure Islandd.

I loved Professor Brainstrawm (SP?)

I also loved a book called "Bunst and the Secret Six" by I think Norman N. Chance which was present to my Dad when he was a boy. I have never seen any reference to this anywhere but I think it was a fabulous story.

 

[rich p]

I loved Biggles as a kid, but even in the sixties some of the "slant eye'd Japs" stuff seemed a bit iffy.
There's a big box set going in some of the cheap remainders shops for about 12 quid - I admit I'm tempted.

Biggles' casual racism was pretty tame next to most of the comics I read

 

[rich p]

Stig of the Dump was another - I believe we have a member of that name.
@Stig-OT-Dump

 

[Profpointy]

I remember enjoying the Secret Seven books (hides behind sofa in embarrassment) but I love R.L. Stephenson's Treasure Islandd.

I loved Professor Brainstrawm (SP?)

I also loved a book called "Bunst and the Secret Six" by I think Norman N. Chance which was present to my Dad when he was a boy. I have never seen any reference to this anywhere but I think it was a fabulous story.

re-read Treasure Island the other day - now that is great literature as well as a superb adventure yearn "for all ages" as they say. Ditto Kidnapped.

 

[tyred]

re-read Treasure Island the other day - now that is great literature as well as a superb adventure yearn "for all ages" as they say. Ditto Kidnapped.

Kidnapped is great too but for me it never hit the spot in the way that Treasure Island did. I have re-read Treasure Island a ridiculous amount of times.