British children's novels - best of (in my opinion):

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The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Classic Mammoth)
1.  The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Classic Mammoth) by Dodie Smith
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  "My very favourite book of all time!"
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The Railway Children (Penguin Popular Classics)
2.  The Railway Children (Penguin Popular Classics) by E. Nesbit
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Mary Poppins
3.  Mary Poppins by Pamela L. Travers
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  "And all the other in the series - superb!"
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Paddington Treasury
4.  Paddington Treasury by Michael Bond
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  "All the novels in one book"
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Swallows and Amazons
5.  Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
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  "And, of course, all the others in the series are highly recommended."
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Cautionary Verses
6.  Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc
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  "These are hiliarious - clever and wise."
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The Song of Pentecost
7.  The Song of Pentecost by W.J. Corbett
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  "This, and the whole series, are really well written."
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St. George for England
8.  St. George for England by G. A. Henty
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The Once and Future King
9.  The Once and Future King by T. H. White
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Gulliver's Travels (Oxford World's Classics)
10.  Gulliver's Travels (Oxford World's Classics) by Jonathan Swift
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Robinson Crusoe (Oxford World's Classics)
11.  Robinson Crusoe (Oxford World's Classics) by Daniel Defoe
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Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics)
12.  Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Jungle Books (Penguin Popular Classics)
13.  The Jungle Books (Penguin Popular Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
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The Wind in the Willows (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  The Wind in the Willows (Penguin Popular Classics) by Kenneth Grahame
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Watership Down (Puffin Books)
15.  Watership Down (Puffin Books) by Richard Adams
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics)
16.  The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics) by Roger Green
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Greyfriars Bobby (Penguin Popular Classics)
17.  Greyfriars Bobby (Penguin Popular Classics) by Eleanor Atkinson
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The Starlight Barking (Egmont Classics)
18.  The Starlight Barking (Egmont Classics) by Dodie Smith
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Jennings Goes to School
19.  Jennings Goes to School by Anthony Buckeridge
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  "There are stacks of Jennings books, not many published nowadays - the first book I ever read, I love it!"
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
20.  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
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The Wombles (Take Part)
21.  The Wombles (Take Part) by Elisabeth Beresford
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  "Elisabeth Beresford wrote 5 Wombles novels, this is the first (others are: Wandering Wombles; Wombles at Work; Wombles to the Rescue; and, Wombles Go Round The World)."
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