Do any of you still read children's books

There are some amazing books, ostensibly children's, that are well worth a read, Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy being a great case in point.

Read Adrian Mole a few years back for the first time in since childhood. Wasn't as funny as I remembered it.

Pratchetts childrne's books are worth a read - the truckers series and the johnny and the bomb/dead ones.

I love "Candy on the DART" by Ita Daly.

It was first read to us in 4th class by our teacher and I fell in love with it.
For those of you who don't know, it's a story about 10-year-old Candy, who decides to run away from home after being left in the care of her narky housekeeper while her parents are away abroad.

She leaves home and meets Sharon, another 10-year-old, and the story follows them as they travel around Dublin, on the run, meeting quirky characters on the way.

It was a story I always remembered and still a book I read every now and again because it was a decent storyline.

fussyonion wrote: »

I love "Candy on the DART" by Ita Daly.

It was first read to us in 4th class by our teacher and I fell in love with it.
For those of you who don't know, it's a story about 10-year-old Candy, who decides to run away from home after being left in the care of her narky housekeeper while her parents are away abroad.

She leaves home and meets Sharon, another 10-year-old, and the story follows them as they travel around Dublin, on the run, meeting quirky characters on the way.

It was a story I always remembered and still a book I read every now and again because it was a decent storyline.

I got that for Christmas one year. I loved it

Matilda is my favourite book. It's like comfort food in book form

Alice in Wonderland is amazing

Yes, somewhat regularly. My favourite book is a children's book- Anne of Green Gables. I re-read it so often as a child that it had a big influence on my vocabulary and English writing skills.

I also read St Clares and Malory Towers every so often, they are amazing. As someone else said, comforting! The famous five though are a bit of a struggle to enjoy when older. Books like under the hawthorn tree and all of the rest she wrote...especially Faraway Home..are classics. I loved another Irish series 'Rosie's Gift/War' about a girl who could time travel. And Narnia.

Oddly enough, I tried to source a few books online recently that I'd read as a kid. 3 in particular stood out but I couldnt find copies. Seeing pics of the covers was super nostalgic in itself. One was Stan by Ann Pilling, about a boy who runs away (from England to Ireland, I think) and there's a bad guy after him - I can't remember much of the plot but do remember the bad guy being a very chilling, vivid character in my imagination. I remember fighting with my brother over the book - it must have belonged to one of us and the other got annoyed that it was being hogged!

New Patches for Old by Christobel Mattingly about a girl that moves from the UK to Australia. She is bullied and has trouble fitting in to the new culture. Some of the themes were a bit "grown up" for me at the time of reading, so Id like to read it again and remember what confused me!

Song for a Tattered Flag by Geoffrey Trease was one I loved and really got me into historical fiction. An Irish/Romanian lad goes to his mother's hometown in Romania for the summer and it's during the fall of the Iron Curtain so he gets mixed up in revolutionary activity. I thought it was so cool when I looked up names like Ceaucescu afterwards and realised the story was based on real historical events.

I want to re-read all the Harry Potters in one big marathon. I loved Judy Blume's books too and would happily read them again with the delight of having survived those awkward teenage years

Alisha Dead User wrote: »

Just bought a couple of the original Malory Towers on line. No decimal currency or references to 'record players' etc to spoil the 1940s nostalgia.

Buy some ginger beer and have a midnight feast whilst you read them

stinkle wrote: »

Oddly enough, I tried to source a few books online recently that I'd read as a kid. 3 in particular stood out but I couldnt find copies. Seeing pics of the covers was super nostalgic in itself. One was Stan by Ann Pilling, about a boy who runs away (from England to Ireland, I think) and there's a bad guy after him - I can't remember much of the plot but do remember the bad guy being a very chilling, vivid character in my imagination. I remember fighting with my brother over the book - it must have belonged to one of us and the other got annoyed that it was being hogged!

New Patches for Old by Christobel Mattingly about a girl that moves from the UK to Australia. She is bullied and has trouble fitting in to the new culture. Some of the themes were a bit "grown up" for me at the time of reading, so Id like to read it again and remember what confused me!

Song for a Tattered Flag by Geoffrey Trease was one I loved and really got me into historical fiction. An Irish/Romanian lad goes to his mother's hometown in Romania for the summer and it's during the fall of the Iron Curtain so he gets mixed up in revolutionary activity. I thought it was so cool when I looked up names like Ceaucescu afterwards and realised the story was based on real historical events.

I want to re-read all the Harry Potters in one big marathon. I loved Judy Blume's books too and would happily read them again with the delight of having survived those awkward teenage years

Quick ebay search found them,