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Favourite Childhood Books
« on: September 01, 2017, 12:46:30 am »
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So I was randomly having a convo about my favourite childhood books and I want to hear about yours! ;D

Mine were-
Possum Magic- I went to see this as a play/musical at Her Majesty's Theatre  (Ballarat) once

Koala Lou

The hungry little caterpillar

Boo to a goose
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2017, 07:04:47 am »
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So I was randomly having a convo about my favourite childhood books and I want to hear about yours! ;D

Mine were-
Possum Magic- I went to see this as a play/musical at Her Majesty's Theatre  (Ballarat) once

Koala Lou

The hungry little caterpillar

Boo to a goose
Yes loved all the above...and not much gets past Dr Seuss and his many many books about anything. Loved trying to read his books really fast and then trying to untie your tongue afterwards.

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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2017, 07:16:58 am »
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Yes loved all the above...and not much gets past Dr Seuss and his many many books about anything. Loved trying to read his books really fast and then trying to untie your tongue afterwards.
Ah yes Dr. Seuss as well! Especially Green Eggs and Ham ❤
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2017, 08:03:53 am »
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Dr. Seuss was one of my favourite!

Also, Wombat Stew! I used to want to read that book everyday!
Especially the song: Wombat stew...Wombat stew.
However now  that I look at it that book's a bit sad.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2017, 09:55:20 am »
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I loved, and still love, Dr. Seuss.

Enid Blyton was my favourite: first, Noddy, then The Wishing Chair and the Faraway Tree series, and later, the detectives series (famous 5, five findouters and dog, etc), Malory Towers and St Clare's, and many more.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2017, 10:04:29 am »
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So I was randomly having a convo about my favourite childhood books and I want to hear about yours! ;D

Mine were-
Possum Magic- I went to see this as a play/musical at Her Majesty's Theatre  (Ballarat) once

Koala Lou

The hungry little caterpillar

Boo to a goose

The hungry little caterpillar! That was the book that got me into my primary school :) (apparently I didn't speak for the majority of the interview, but just by chance I was shown this book and started talking non-stop about it )

I loved, and still love, Dr. Seuss.

Enid Blyton was my favourite: first, Noddy, then The Wishing Chair and the Faraway Tree series, and later, the detectives series (famous 5, five findouters and dog, etc), Malory Towers and St Clare's, and many more.

YAAAS Enid Blyton! I think I re-read Malory Towers, St Clares, and the Faraway Tree series quite a few times :)
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2017, 10:11:56 am »
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I loved, and still love, Dr. Seuss.

Enid Blyton was my favourite: first, Noddy, then The Wishing Chair and the Faraway Tree series, and later, the detectives series (famous 5, five findouters and dog, etc), Malory Towers and St Clare's, and many more.

I remember reading Faraway Tree with my class in Year Two! I adored Friday afternoons, a whole hour of reading as a class.

My own favourite childhood book was Audrey and Barbra:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3996838-audrey-and-barbara
I remember trying not to read it too often, because I didn't want to get sick of it (in some ways, I think I loved it more for the person that gave it to me as a gift than the book itself). It still sits in my bookshelf as I type this!
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2017, 10:49:07 am »
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WHAT ABOUT THE RAINBOW FISH?? ....Anyone? Also, loved the wishing chair hahah

EDIT: AND GOING ON A BEAR HUNT or whatever was also my jam in kindie
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2017, 11:19:45 am »
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i remember reading the rainbow magic books almost religiously from about year 2-4. and then harry potter came along
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2017, 12:45:02 pm »
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i remember reading the rainbow magic books almost religiously from about year 2-4. and then harry potter came along
Ahhh me too! Whenever they released a new group I always hoped one of them would be called my name but they never did :( I used to read the Go Girl! books as well and I absolutely loved Enid Blyton, and Jacqueline Wilson too I think (not sure if I loved her or was super shook from reading My Sister Jodie  :P)
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2017, 04:32:34 pm »
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I liked most of the books here. I had a huge collection of rainbow fairy magic books (got Katie and Caitlin :) ) and still have Enid Blyton in my bookshelf (Fantastic five, secret seven and the magic Faraway Tree). I also read Go Girl!, Emily Eyefinger, Tashi and Selby. And of course, Harry Potter :D.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2017, 05:41:09 pm »
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The Magic Faraway Tree blew my fucking mind. I almost get shivers thinking about it.

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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2017, 07:56:42 am »
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James and the Giant Peach
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (thought it was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, seen the movie too much :P)
The Twits
The BFG

Basically any Roald Dahl book was my favourite childhood book, haha! I also liked the Singenpoo series by Paul Jennings, quite funny from what I remember.

Oh, yes, Captain Underpants! I loved these books as a kid. Toilet humour was the funniest thing ever to 8-year-old me, so I'd laugh and laugh at the books. I wondered what it would be like if my principal were to become Captain Underpants.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2017, 06:06:36 pm »
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Top 3 childhood authors: Enid Blyton, Dr. Seuss, and Roald Dahl. Absolutely loved those books, they were awesome. To this day I love Dr. Seuss, though Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl have fallen out of favour of late.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Books
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2017, 08:32:10 pm »
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I LOVED 'The Witches' by Roald Dahl!
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