My Childhood Books

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