My Childhood Books
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I have been doing some research and I am compiling a list of books I read as a youngster, from the earliest ones i can remember, to the later ones in my teens. As I remember them I will add them to the list, so check back for my updates! (First compiled March 2011)
And so, in no particular order, here is my list:
- Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm – Enid Blyton
- The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
- Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
- Swallowdale – Arthur Ransome
- Charlotte’s Web- EB White
- His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
- The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
- The Catcher In The Rye- J. D. Salinger (school text)
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland- Lewis Carrol
- Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carrol
- The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
- Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss
- The Cat in the Hat – Dr Seuss
- The Railway Children- E Nesbit
- Tom’s Midnight Garden- Philippa Pearce
- The Sheep-Pig -Dick King-Smith
- The Iron Man- Ted Hughes
- Z for Zachariah – Robert C. O’Brien (school text)
- I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith
- 101 Dalmatians – Dodie Smith
- Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorian (school text)
- The Story of Tracey Beaker – Jacqueline Wilson
- Bad Girls – Jacqueline Wilson
- Vicky Angel – Jacqueline Wilson
- Double Act – Jacqueline Wilson
- The Mum-Minder – Jacqueline Wilson
- The Bed and Breakfast Star – Jacqueline Wilson
- Dustbin Baby – Jacqueline Wilson
- The Dare Game – Jacqueline Wilson
- Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
- James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl
- The Witches – Roald Dahl
- Danny, The Champion of the World – Roald Dahl
- Not Now Bernard – David McGee
- Where’s Spot? – Eric Hill
- Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and the other stories) – Beatrix Potter
- The Magic Faraway Tree –Enid Blyton
- The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
- A Bear called Paddington – Michael Bond
- Peter Pan – JM Barrie
- Burglar Bill – Janet and Allan Ahlberg
- Funnybones – Janet and Allan Ahlberg
- Famous Five – Enid Blyton
- The Valley of Adventure (from The Adventure Series) – Enid Blyton
- Elmer –David McGee
- The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
- Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
- Treasure Island – RL Stevenson
- Anne of Green Gables – L M Montgomery
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
- The Witch’s Daughter – Nina Bawden
- Sweet Valley High series – Francine Pascal (only read a few in this and the other series)
- Aesop’s Fables – William Caxton
- Grimm’s Fairytales – The Brothers Grimm
- The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, (and various other fairytales) – Hans Christian Anderson
- Five Children and It – E. Nesbit
- Pollyanna – Eleanor H. Porter
- The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
- The Noughts and Crosses series – Malorie Blackman
- Babar The Elephant – Jean deu Brunhoff
- The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series – Ann Brashares
- Animal Ark series – Lucy Daniels
- Flour Babies – Anne Fine
- Mr Men and Little Miss series – Roger Hargreaves
- Nancy Drew: Sweet Revenge – Carolyn Keene
- The Babysitter’s Club – Ann M. Martin
- Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli
- A Child’s Garden of Verses – R.L. Stevenson
- Goosebumps series – R.L. Stine
- Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift
- The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
- 11 O’clock Chocolate Cake – Caroline Pitcher
- Twilight series – Stephenie Meyer
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging (and other titles) – Louise Rennison
- Blinky Bill – Dorothy Wall
- T.Witches: Double Jeopardy – H.B.Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
- Pongwiffy and the Spell of the Year – Kaye Umansky
- The Wreck of the Zanzibar – Michael Morpurgo
- Wicca series (AKA Sweep) – Cate Tiernan
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