What books did you love reading as a child?

I live in New Zealand and when I was a kid I enjoyed Enid Blyton, Mr Meddle, The Narnia Series, Sweet Valley High, The Babysitters Club, RL Stine's Fear Street, nancy Drew, and the classics like Little Women etc. Not to mention all of Roald Dahls books!

I remember this one book that I read when I was about 10 or 11. The title was, "Are you there God?, It's me Margaret". But I have always loved reading V.C. Andrews, her books were my favorite.

As a toddler it was all about Dr. Seuss. Which I think ever toddler should have a set of them. Then as I got older it turned into The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries.

Hello Anne, this is quite funny as now that I think about it, I remember reading some really funny books! I don't know if you remember or have heard of them but, Billy Blue Hat? Roger Red Hat? Do you remember those books? What about the Mr Men books? Ok, I'm really returning to a very young age when I read these books, it's funny that I still remember them. I think that over the years your reading improves and you tend to go for more challenging books, I certainly do. I love melodramas and true life stories. Anyway, I think they still have those books somewhere, the ones I mentioned above! Andrew

I loved science fantasy when I was a child.

when I was a kid I liked reading lots of books.I like to read Agatha Christie,Sydney Sheldon,mills and boon,Nancy drew,hardy boys.I use to pick from library or borrowed it from my friends.Sometimes I bought them from the bookshop and then sell it second hand.As once I read the book I dint like to re read it again in future.

Dr. Seuss and the Grim Fairy tales were always my favorite.

i used to read all of Laura Ingels Wilder books (Little House on the Prairie) and from a young age (i guess around 11 or 12) i started reading biographies which sparked my love for history.

I can hardly remember me reading books during my childhood years. If there was, it was mostly books that we use from school. Though there were books on fairy tales that I have read but most of them were with pictures. One thing I do remember however were the Hardy Boys books that I have read later on in my childhood years. I have read each of them from the first published up to the last. If I am not mistaken, the first one was "The Tower Treasure" well something about treasure and tower. It really fascinated me that I would borrow 2-3 books during weekend and read them when I have no classes.

I loved reading the books of Tintin. Tintin is a marvellous character. I have read the books of Tinitn, many of them again and again and I have been overwhelmed by the wonderful stories. I guess none else could produce such marvellous stories. Tintin is unique and incomparable, good not only for children, but also for adults who are innocent like children.

I loved hardy boys and nancy drew books...in fact I used equest our librari in school to give me only these books. we werent allowed to go into the section where books were kept, apparently we were too young to maintain the discipline there hi hi

Way back I love reading fairy tales and Aesop. I am fond of reading thoughtful stories. I can really say that reading those wonderful stories helped me become a better person today. shadow41

I had the Hardy Boys mystery novels! For some reason, I loved Frank and Joe's detective work. And how their best friend Chet would screw up their work and get them in trouble. I remember having a lot of these books and starting a collection, because I had the hard bound ones. Now, the only title I could remember is 'The Mystery of the Crooked Nose'.

i used to read the secret of the gnomes series and they were all nice, i still love to read them, those adventures were definetly nice. Gnomes were really funny [IMG]http://www.mylot.com/w/image/2261771.aspxice[/IMG]

I loved reading Judy Bloom and S.E. Hinton the best. I've also read their adult books now, but I think their kids stuff was better.

What a great topic. Thank you! The two books that I re-read more often than any others when I was young were Charlotte's Web and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I highly recommend them!

I liked reading the lion,the witch and the wardrobe, that was my favorite. My son was telling me one day about this book he was reading and I was surprised to find out that other books after the lion witch and the wardrobe came out and it was a series. When I was around 13 I started reading the VC Andrews series of flowers in the attic. For some reason now I can't climb into books like I used to and now I wish I could.

I was a fan of the 'Secret Seven' and the 'Famous five' etc. I also just loved th Little Women books. A few years ago when I was in New England I went to their home - somewhere near Concorde I think. This was amazing and I saw the drawings by Amy everywhere, She used to draw on the walls or anywhere ther was a flat surface. I also saw Meg's wedding dress and had a tour of the house. It was autobiographical and I actually re read the books again. It was a wonderful experience. I would read anything and still do. The Arthur Ransome books also thrilled me. Have read everything Catherine Cookson wrote too. She could really spin out a tale. I also was a fan of Charles Dickens and one wet summer read several of his books - unabridged - and I was only nine years old. He came from Portsmouth which was my home as a child. We read a lot as there wasn't any television but even when we got a television it still did not stop me from reading. If you have a couple of books then you are not lonely.

When I was a young girl I loved reading "Little Women". I also loved reading the Nancy Drew Detective Bookds. I would get a new on every year either on my birthday or Christmas. They were such good books I would hate it when the book ended. The books you mentioned I never heard of. I guess that is because I live in the States. Happy reading and Happy Mylotting!

I used to read a lot of stuff, mostly fantasy books! The book that helped me start reading was Charlotte's Web by E.B.White! And then I started to read Harry Potter, Darren Shan, Unfortunate Events, His Dark Materials, Stephen King books, Artemis Fowl, Catherine Webb's Mirror Dreams (and the sequel)! Ahh, there's just so many I can't fill them all here! :D But I loved reading every one of them! It helped me learn English better, understand how human personality can be made (although it might not be the same in real-life, but there are similar traits that's relatable!) and I learned new words too! :D I think I read books as much as I watched movies! :D