Post by: sweetiepi on September 01, 2017, 12:46:30 am
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
Post by: prickles on September 01, 2017, 07:04:47 am
So I was randomly having a convo about my favourite childhood books and I want to hear about yours! ;DYes 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.
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
Post by: sweetiepi on September 01, 2017, 07:16:58 am
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 ❤
Post by: Phoenix11 on September 01, 2017, 08:03:53 am
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.
Post by: heids on September 01, 2017, 09:55:20 am
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.
Post by: Natasha.97 on September 01, 2017, 10:04:29 am
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 :)
Post by: bowiemily on September 01, 2017, 10:11:56 am
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!
Post by: peterpiper on September 01, 2017, 10:49:07 am
EDIT: AND GOING ON A BEAR HUNT or whatever was also my jam in kindie
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 01, 2017, 11:19:45 am
Post by: chelseam on September 01, 2017, 12:45:02 pm
i remember reading the rainbow magic books almost religiously from about year 2-4. and then harry potter came alongAhhh 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)
Post by: katie,rinos on September 01, 2017, 04:32:34 pm
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Post by: JG97 on September 13, 2017, 07:56:42 am
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.
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 04, 2017, 06:06:36 pm
Post by: elysepopplewell on December 04, 2017, 08:32:10 pm
Post by: sweetiepi on December 04, 2017, 08:38:35 pm
The Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton
The Chronicles of Narnia- CS Lewis. :)
Post by: Wales on December 04, 2017, 08:41:53 pm
Talking dogs and child spies? eh, sounds like your average childhood dreams :P
Post by: sweetiepi on December 04, 2017, 08:44:07 pm
Cherub and Selby come to mind :PCHERUB is one of my all-time faves :P
Talking dogs and child spies? eh, sounds like your average childhood dreams :P
I once emailed the author and he replied back and it was kinda cool! ;D
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 04, 2017, 08:54:26 pm
Post by: PhoenixxFire on December 04, 2017, 10:23:12 pm
-Anything by Rohl Dahl
-Deltora quest
-Anything by Enid Blyton (particularly famous five and Mallory towers)
-Cherub
-warriors (a many book, multi series stories about cats with human emotions that I grew out of before they stopped writing - sometime during the 3rd series, I read the 1st several times)
-Inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini (better known as Eragon)
-Pern series by Anne McAffrey (late primary school you would never see me without one of these books). It's targeted at older teens. I reread every now and again, still love them.
Post by: vox nihili on December 06, 2017, 07:17:58 am
2. Zombie bums from Uranus
3. Bunaggedon
I rest my case
Post by: sweetiepi on May 20, 2018, 08:24:10 pm
- Esio Trot, James and the Giant Peach and Matilda by Roald Dahl <3
- Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey (I thought it was hilarious at the time)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events- Read this religiously throughout year 6. ;D
Post by: hums_student on June 28, 2018, 10:30:01 pm
- The Famous Five / Secret Seven
- Deltora Quest
- Selby / Emily Eyefinger
- Anything written by Roald Dahl
- Kevin the Troll (not as well known, but I remember reading this book as if it was a bible)
- Harry Potter
And also, please tell me I wasn't the only kid who spent hours on I SPY books...
Post by: Bri MT on June 29, 2018, 07:41:59 am
I read a lot of nonfiction in primary school - any science in the school library (particularly a book called Oxygen which I kept coming back to because I couldn't get a grip on redox reactions), some space stuff and LOTS of marine biology and turtle focused texts.
My favourite fiction texts were probably:
- Harry Potter (J K Rowling)
- Deltora Quest ( Emily Rodda)
- Ranger's Apprentice ( John Flanagan)
- The Inheritance Cycle (Christopher Paolini)
- the Riftwar Saga (Raymond E Fiest)
Post by: peterpiper on June 29, 2018, 08:32:47 am
LOTS of marine biology and turtle focused texts.
Username checks out :P