 | | | Subject: Talking Point: Favorite Children's Books
Posted Mar 14, 2012 by  Bluebottle
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  | | My children's favourite books are many by Julia Donaldson – I know The Gruffalo and Gruffalo's Child off by heart. Others include The Tiger Who Came To Tea, We're Going On A Bear Hunt, It's A Bear!, The Very Hungry Caterpiller, Thomas the Tank Engine, Winnie-the-Pooh, Nick Sharrat fairy-tales with flaps and Aliens Love Underpants. Current favourites are ladybird fairy-tale books.
As a child I remember reading lots of ladybird books, Biggles and Captain WE Johns' sci-fi series, Hardy Boys, Isaac Asimov's 'Lucky Starr' books, Target Doctor Who novelisations as well as many other novelisations of science fiction films, 'The Lost World', 'Ivanhoe', Edgar Rice Burrough's 'Mars' and 'Venus' novels, Willard Price's Adventure series, Asterix comics, Professor Branestawm, the Narnia series and Moonfleet, which despite being set at Carisbrooke Castle, I didn't really get on with.
As a child I deliberately didn't read books my sister had read (I was fed up of always being in her shadow), so I avoided Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, E Nesbitt. I even avoided reading Tolkein until I was in my teens as my sister read it. She also read Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy at school and frequently said it was rubbish, which put me off reading it for a few years, until The Fish (U43536) got me into the radio series.
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| | | Subject: Talking Point: Favorite Children's Books
Posted Mar 15, 2012 by broelan
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| | My favorite books to read to my youngest were the Sandra Boynton books, and the David Carter pop-ups (the Bug books). The artwork in them is cutesy, but small children love the activity in the pop-ups, and the bouncy rhyming of the Boyntons.
Both of my boys enjoyed Seuss, Fox in Socks was a frequent request. The oldest was a big fan of Shel Silverstein, who I also enjoyed.
The littlest one is just starting to read on his own, but the oldest is a voracious reader, and writer, too. I read more to my oldest, I had more time back then, and some of his favorite memories are being read Harry Potter (because I would put on the accents, which fascinated him. He has begged me to do the same for the littlest, who so far has shown absolutely no interest in sitting still long enough). I introduced him to Pratchett with the illustrated Cohen the Barbarian book, which he adored.
When I was young I liked mysteries and read a lot of Trixie Beldens and Encyclopedia Browns. I also liked Robert Peck, especially the Soup books. I remember reading a lot of historical fiction, too. I apparently skipped most of the "classics", but did read most of the Narnia series. (And when I started reading it to my oldest, I read them in the printing order, not the new order).
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| | | Subject: Talking Point: Favorite Children's Books
Posted Mar 15, 2012 by pedro
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| | I can't really remember loving children's books, which is kinda odd cos I read voraciously as a wean: after reading all the previous posts I remember reading some Biggles, about 50 of The Hardy Boys (but I didn't love them). I loved Asterix and TinTin, but haven't read them for decades.
And also my eldest brother's stash of Commando comics. A child's vocabulary isn't complete without 'Gott in Himmel' and 'The war is over for you, Englander!' 
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| | | Subject: Talking Point: Favorite Children's Books
Posted Mar 16, 2012 by Vip
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| | This is a fantastic thread for people like me, looking for inspiration as to which books to buy for little people.
The only book I remember (although I know my parents read many to me) is The Little Go To Sleep Book, but I can't remember much about it other than it was blue and was about how different animals went to sleep.
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| | | Subject: Talking Point: Favorite Children's Books
Posted Mar 16, 2012 by Lanzababy
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| | If someone had the time to volunteer to put all these recommended titles and authors into some sort of list, eg a small paragraph for each of the most frequently or highly recommended books, it would make a very useful Guide Entry.
Often, these older titles are available in bookshops - but they are overwhelmed by newer, brasher looking titles - often spinoffs from tv cartoons and with little literary merit. Even though my previous occupation had much to do with stocking libraries for children, I often forget those beloved titles, an aide-memoire would be really useful.
Do I see a volunteer stepping forward? please
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| | | Subject: Talking Point: Favorite Children's Books
Posted Mar 26, 2012 by Vip
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| | I haven't been able to start on any of the content yet, but I have made a list of all the Researchers who have contributed to this discussion.
Anyone who has posted to this thread, even if they have only posted to say they agree with someone else, has been credited (which is the way I like to do it as you have still bothered to contribute!). Please could everyone pop over to A87749914 to check that I haven't missed out their name please?
Also, if you *don't* want to be credited for any reason (yes, that has happened before!) please let me know and I will remove you.
It's slow going but I will get there eventually. Or  and thrust my pile of notes at Bluebottle. Except I can't because I've made them on paper. 
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