Books I loved as a child - and some I still read

A Listmania! list by Four Violets (Hertford UK)
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The Owl Service
1.  The Owl Service by Alan Garner
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  "Brilliant and suspensful, eerie and gripping"
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Five Children and It (Puffin Classics)
2.  Five Children and It (Puffin Classics) by E. Nesbit
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  "Funny, endearing, and very original indeed"
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Marianne Dreams (Faber Children's Classics)
3.  Marianne Dreams (Faber Children's Classics) by Catherine Storr
The list author says:
  "Quite scary, be drawn into the other world in the dreams!"
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The Midnight Folk
4.  The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
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  "Real old fashioned adventure story"
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Stig of the Dump (Puffin Modern Classics)
5.  Stig of the Dump (Puffin Modern Classics) by Clive King
The list author says:
  "As children we loved the cave-boy's name and the whole concept"
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Ballet Shoes
6.  Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
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  "Three sisters, all talented, all different and all so true to life."
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What Katy Did (Wordsworth Children's Classics)
7.  What Katy Did (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Susan Coolidge
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  "Can be a touch too good to be true but far too good to pass over"
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Heidi (Puffin Classics)
8.  Heidi (Puffin Classics) by Johanna Spyri
The list author says:
  "Gave me my first idea of how different another country can be: the mountains and clear air!"
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Tarka the Otter (Puffin Modern Classics)
9.  Tarka the Otter (Puffin Modern Classics) by Henry Williamson
The list author says:
  "I still cry at the end.  It started me on a quest to read everything H Williamson had written"
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The Children Who Lived in a Barn
10.  The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham
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  "The children's parents are missing presumed dead: the children fight to stay together"
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Black Beauty (Young Reading Gift Editions)
11.  Black Beauty (Young Reading Gift Editions) by Anna Sewell
The list author says:
  "Probably the first book that ever made me cry.  Perfect book for horsey children"
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The Children of the New Forest (Wordsworth Children's Classics)
12.  The Children of the New Forest (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Captain Marryat
The list author says:
  "Really repays the little effort it takes to read.  England in 1647 - Cavaliers and Roundheads"
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The Chronicles of Narnia (2) - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
13.  The Chronicles of Narnia (2) - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The list author says:
  "Opens the door to all the Narnia stories. My siblings and I fought over these books..."
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The Borrowers (Puffin Modern Classics)
14.  The Borrowers (Puffin Modern Classics) by Judith Elkin
The list author says:
  "An entire world below the floor boards, tiny people living out of sight and "borrowing" our things"
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The Secret Garden (Puffin Classics)
15.  The Secret Garden (Puffin Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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  "A boy encouraged to be an invalid coaxed out of his isolation by two other children"
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Collins Modern Classics - The Phantom Tollbooth
16.  Collins Modern Classics - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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  "Might just encourage a reluctant reader to take an interest - so clever!"
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The Secret Seven
17.  The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
The list author says:
  "When I was a nanny to two boys I lost my voice reading this. They never wanted me to stop readiing!"
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First Term at Malory Towers
18.  First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
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  "Hideous cover. But inside the wonderful old school yarns.  Still charming now."
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Famous Five Slipcase 1-7
19.  Famous Five Slipcase 1-7 by Enid Blyton
The list author says:
  "Because as everyone knows....food always tastes better outdoors!"
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The Hobbit
20.  The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "From here the way leads on, excitingly, to the Lord of the Rings..."
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Biggles' Big Adventures - Biggles in the Baltic + Biggles Sees It Through + Biggles Flies North + Biggles in the Jungle
21.  Biggles' Big Adventures - Biggles in the Baltic + Biggles Sees It Through + Biggles Flies North + Biggles in the Jungle by W.E. Johns
The list author says:
  "Old fashioned, but so what! Real action heroes for boys - and girls too"
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The Just So Stories (Collector's library)
22.  The Just So Stories (Collector's library) by Marcus Clapham
The list author says:
  "It HAS to be this edition, with the wonderful illustrations. Learn to write runes!"
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The Jungle Book
23.  The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The list author says:
  "PLEASE get an edition with either the original illustrations or this one!"
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Lorna Doone (Wordsworth Classics)
24.  Lorna Doone (Wordsworth Classics) by R.D. Blackmore
The list author says:
  "Surely the most exciting (and romantic) book a child could discover"
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Collins Modern Classics - The Sword in the Stone
25.  Collins Modern Classics - The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White
The list author says:
  "Even "doing" this at school couldn't spoil its charm"
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Last updated: 04/02/2008
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