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over a year ago
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Don’t know the name off it
But it was a book that you give you choices
Like go though a door trun to page 6 turn left go to page 15 went though the door feel in a hole please go back to the start
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Books I read as a child are some of the strongest memories I have. Eagle of the 9th trilogy and other Rosemary Sutcliff. Earthsea, Dark is Rising,Alan Garner, Viking Saga, Celia Rees, Penelope Lively, LOTR, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars, the Foundation books, The Black Cauldron, Duncton Wood,Watership Down...I can still remember whole sections and phrases.
'The man who does not read lives only one life.' |
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I had a private English teacher who came to my home , when I was a boy . My spelling used to be even worse than it is now . She had me read the ‘earth sea trilogy. It was the first time I read a book for pleasure.
I believe it to be what Harry Potter was based on. My opinion, only not written for children . If you’ve not read it , and that kind of fantasy is your bag , you should give it a go |
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I never stopped reading as a child. But I suppose some stand out more than others. There was the book of poems my mum used to read to me. I can still recite When Daddy Fell Into The Pond and have taught it to my own children.
And the first time I read a Discworld book. Mort. I was hooked. |
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I remember reading lord of the rings when I was about thirteen and really loving it, then I went on to try and read The Hobbit and finding it really childish!
I remember reading a specially edited childrens version of Ivanhoe when I was about 8 or 9 and I have since read the Penguin’s Classics version and finding them both brilliant … mind if I had tried to read the Penguins Classics version as a kid, I would have been totally lost and put it down after the first few pages |
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Loved the ladybird books when I was little, so all the fairytale stories. As a teen the Point Horror books and one I remember reading at secondary school was called Children Of The Dust. I bought it recently to read again. |
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"Loved the ladybird books when I was little, so all the fairytale stories. As a teen the Point Horror books and one I remember reading at secondary school was called Children Of The Dust. I bought it recently to read again. "
God, yes, Children of the Dust was terrifying, as was Z for Zachariah. |
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"Friedrich" (or Damals war es Friedrich) by the author Hans Peter Richter. About two young boys, who befriend each other during Hitler's imminent rise to power. One boy is Jewish and the other German. It's compelling, harrowing and poignant. |
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""Friedrich" (or Damals war es Friedrich) by the author Hans Peter Richter. About two young boys, who befriend each other during Hitler's imminent rise to power. One boy is Jewish and the other German. It's compelling, harrowing and poignant."
Honestly, Nero, not just saying this, but this was about to me mine. Read it at school alongside 'Mischling, 2nd Degree' about a German girl with Jewish ancestry which she has to hide.
I wasn't a big reader as a child but pretty much the only book you would find my nose buried in was the 'Usbourne Book of Flags and Facts' or an atlas!! |
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By *ttmcdguyTV/TS
over a year ago
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The hungry catapiler
Of mice and men
Now that’s quite a big thing for me as I didn’t actually learn to read properly until I was 32 years old
But hey I went unnoticed though 11 years of school and around 20-30 different teachers  |
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Read too many books as a child hard to pick one. I’d have to go with a few, Treasure Island, The Hobbit, The Secret Garden, Tale of Two Cities and the Diary of Anne Frank. |
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""Friedrich" (or Damals war es Friedrich) by the author Hans Peter Richter. About two young boys, who befriend each other during Hitler's imminent rise to power. One boy is Jewish and the other German. It's compelling, harrowing and poignant.
Honestly, Nero, not just saying this, but this was about to me mine. Read it at school alongside 'Mischling, 2nd Degree' about a German girl with Jewish ancestry which she has to hide."
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I believe you!
No one in my circle has heard of this and I assumed it was some out-of-print pulp narrative.
We were encouraged to read this at school and, despite learning about Nazi Germany in history lessons, this book finally made sense of the spectre of the Holocaust. |
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Roald Dahls The Twits, read that many times.
All the Mr Men books when I was really young.
A series I got from the library regularly called Roddy the Roadworker.
And weirdly, Purcells Encyclopedia of Science |
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""Friedrich" (or Damals war es Friedrich) by the author Hans Peter Richter. About two young boys, who befriend each other during Hitler's imminent rise to power. One boy is Jewish and the other German. It's compelling, harrowing and poignant.
Honestly, Nero, not just saying this, but this was about to me mine. Read it at school alongside 'Mischling, 2nd Degree' about a German girl with Jewish ancestry which she has to hide.
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I believe you!
No one in my circle has heard of this and I assumed it was some out-of-print pulp narrative.
We were encouraged to read this at school and, despite learning about Nazi Germany in history lessons, this book finally made sense of the spectre of the Holocaust."
Haha, yes, that was a bit dramatic! We had a whole term on "othering" which, looking back, was really rather progressive...(in a very traditional school!!) |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The film only captured the bawdiness; it utterly lost most of the plot.
Mind you, I suppose "Ford Escort" or "Ford Mondeo" doesn't quite have the same ring to it. |
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By *edheadjMan
over a year ago
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Adrian Mole came instantly to mind when I read the title. My mum suggested it and I loved it. I remember then picking up the sequels for pennies at the second hand book shop down the road.
I think I'll have to re read the first off the back of this now  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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""Friedrich" (or Damals war es Friedrich) by the author Hans Peter Richter. About two young boys, who befriend each other during Hitler's imminent rise to power. One boy is Jewish and the other German. It's compelling, harrowing and poignant."
Sounds a bit like the boy in the striped pyjamas. Well the fact it’s 2 boys one Jewish one German during Hitlers regime but that may be where the similarities end? |
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"Loved the ladybird books when I was little, so all the fairytale stories. As a teen the Point Horror books and one I remember reading at secondary school was called Children Of The Dust. I bought it recently to read again.
God, yes, Children of the Dust was terrifying, as was Z for Zachariah."
Not read that one, I’ll have to buy it now  |
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By *llaandGCouple
over a year ago
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A huge number, including loads mentioned above.
But with the recent death of Raymond Briggs I would have to say "When the wind blows". An absolutely devastating tale of love, aging and how we don't understand much of the world around us.
It also taught me the Graphic Novels are not just for kids and can tackle really complicated issues.
Worth tracking down even now if you've never read it... but have some tissues nearby....
G
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"I never stopped reading as a child. But I suppose some stand out more than others. There was the book of poems my mum used to read to me. I can still recite When Daddy Fell Into The Pond and have taught it to my own children.
And the first time I read a Discworld book. Mort. I was hooked. "
My first Discworld book was Reaperman… and the same, I was hooked!
But my favourite as a child was the velveteen rabbit.
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It was a book called Homecoming by Cynthia Voight.
I was about 10/11 at the time and it had a huge impact on me being the first young adult book I'd read and really gave me a love for reading |
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Too many to mention, I constantly had my nose in a book when I was a kid. I did pinch my dad's copy of IT to read when I was about 10..thus began my love affair with Stephen King and horror in general. |
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As a child I was a voracious reader. Still am for that matter.
I went through the Faraway Tree and The Wishing Chair and on to Famous Five, Swallows and Amazons despite them portraying a life that I didn’t have any experience of.
Moved on to William, Bunter and Jennings and Darbyshire books.
The first proper non-fiction I read was Reach For The Sky, a biography of Douglas Bader. Must have read that book four times from cover to cover in my teens.
Does anyone else remember Passion Flower Hotel? I read that (well, some of the pages) a lot! |
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Dr Who and the Cave Monster was the first book I read by all by myself and I can still remember how chuffed I felt at stepping up from reading comics.
Animal Farm and To Kill a Mockingbird were the two books I can remember from my school days that really resonated with me.
The love of books has never left me.
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Soooo many I probs lay couldn’t list them all, I lived close to our local library and was in there al the time, some of my faves were:
Little Old Mrs Pepperpot
Flat Stanley
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Dr Who - numerous episodes
Charlottes Web
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Great Glass Elevator
Bram Stokers Dracula - was smitten from the start
To Kill a Mockingbird - still love it now
My Family and Other Animals
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"Too many to mention, I constantly had my nose in a book when I was a kid. I did pinch my dad's copy of IT to read when I was about 10..thus began my love affair with Stephen King and horror in general. "
My first Steven king book was Cujo… I was 11 and I too pinched it off my dad! Gave me bloody nightmares, but didn’t stop me reading all of his other books!
Love him, Dean Koontz and James Herbert. |
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"Soooo many I probs lay couldn’t list them all, I lived close to our local library and was in there al the time, some of my faves were:
Little Old Mrs Pepperpot
Flat Stanley
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Dr Who - numerous episodes
Charlottes Web
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Great Glass Elevator
Bram Stokers Dracula - was smitten from the start
To Kill a Mockingbird - still love it now
My Family and Other Animals
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I loved My Family And Other Animals |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Soooo many I probs lay couldn’t list them all, I lived close to our local library and was in there al the time, some of my faves were:
Little Old Mrs Pepperpot
Flat Stanley
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Dr Who - numerous episodes
Charlottes Web
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Great Glass Elevator
Bram Stokers Dracula - was smitten from the start
To Kill a Mockingbird - still love it now
My Family and Other Animals
I loved My Family And Other Animals "
Oh and Menagerie Manor |
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