I'm going to name my overall favourite, then I hope to name at least 9 other books I enjoyed as a child. Inspired by the 'Cartoon' thread and Jake repeatedly asking me to read him a book, I thought why not ask here? (More threads can only be a good thing - Slight hint)

Favourite Books You Read As A Child - What's yours?

My No.1 - Chronicles of Narnia

I still fondly recall being caught by the imagination of this wonderful series by CS Lewis, I wasn't very fond of reading when I was little. Prior to moving schools my teachers treated me like an idiot, most never really bothered to try and aid me. I moved to a new school half way through the term in year 5, my teacher there Mrs Dobbs pretty much pushed me to take up reading and it was great fun! At the start of year 6 Mr Jackson (Stern but loving/kind) got the whole class into projects, he would always read at least one book a week and I think this really made a huge difference for me. I went up levels, as I would stay behind assembly with a few others to catch up.

Rather randomly if I recall right, some teachers were off due to illness. The duty decided to have a get Mr Jackson and another teacher to read to us all in the library.

In the afternoon we were treated to being able to watch a tape They decided to watch Chronicles of Narnia (I believe an old BBC version - as it were in black and white) I loved it! I'm not greatly into the Disney version, CS Lewis didn't want the books to be touched by others and I believe very fussy. (similar to the TinTin writer/artist)

Here's some others (I didn't intend to rant)

Roger Red Hat, Biff and chip, Burglar Bill, Funnybones, Cat in the Hat, Ronald Dahl (easier to say them all but The Twits was the first) Where's Spot, Meg and Mog, The Snowman, Elmer and Goosebumps.

Well I named a few there. LOL

P.s Super Ram - Can you recall the book where the young child wants to have an adventure out at sea, he runs away from home (if I recall right) on a toy boat or something, he ends up not liking it and encountering an octopus which I believe turned out to be friendly. I don't recall the name - Plus the Pirate Book, I think it was about Black Beard.. well a pirate who wasn't very good and pretended to be him. Wonderful memories

I recall the books you mention but can't remember the titles .I'll ask your mum and try myself to remember.

    The first book I read was Pinochio as a 6 year old and then Alice in wonderland.I loved the surreal storylines.

I recall the books you mention but can't remember the titles .I'll ask your mum and try myself to remember.

    The first book I read was Pinochio as a 6 year old and then Alice in wonderland.I loved the surreal storylines.

I recall the tape we had of the movie, that still makes me laugh today and I wished I could show it Jake. Alice in Wonderland too, though I can't say I would enjoy them as much in books but it's all down to being able to relate to them. Swiss Family Robinson was a book that I enjoyed picking up which had many pages, a-side from the wonderful stories surrounding Naria.

There are quite a few books (and films)Your mum may help me remember  later

I dont remember all of the books i used to read/look at as a child.

I used to read "the tiger who came to tea", "there was a woman who swollowed a fly", spot the dog, please mrs butler(poem book), sometimes i wish... , funnybones and dear zoo.

im sure theres more, but i can't remember anymore at the moment.

Dandy and Beano annuals.

Couldn't concentrate on reading books as a child. Even reading for English exams was a chore. Grew out of it after joining the forces.

As kids my mates and me used to swap comics.As well as The Dandy and Beano there was The Topper,The Beezer,The Hotspur,The Wizard And The Eagle and others besides.Most were comic strip but some had short adventure stories as well.A favourite of mine was 'Roy of the Rovers' in The Tiger.The Bash Street Kids,Desparate Dan,Dan Dare and so many more characters to keep us all happy on a rainy day.

Ah, The Topper, loved it.

Mind you my favourite was obviously "Shoot".

Dandy and Beano annuals.

Couldn't concentrate on reading books as a child. Even reading for English exams was a chore. Grew out of it after joining the forces.

 

I couldn't concentrate on english books for exams either , i didn't enjoy reading at all when i got a little older thats why i chose to write about when i was alot younger.

 

I don't mind reading books to the kids, but i don't enjoy reading anything for myself or for very long. I don't consider myself to be good at reading and it seems to take me longer than most people to read something, probably why i don't mind reading to the kids as their books are quite short.

If a book doesn't grab my attention on the first page I find it very hard to continue reading.

  I do enjoy reading biographies and autobiographies though,especially football related ones.

I remember reading 1984 by George Orwell when I was at secondary school, it was the first grown up book I read and it gave a scary picture of the future which at the time seemed a long long way off.

I used to like reading Beano, I tended to get Dandy but mainly for Banana Man (if I recall correctly) I was never a huge fan of Dandy, the stories weren't as good as the Beano for me which offered better value. I used to get Super Ram to look out for the Transformer's Comic, when it stopped I got very annoyed with the publishers because it was a favourite.

Before my dad got a car  we used to go to my grandparents in Bradford by train.It was a long journey as we had to catch a bus to Chesterfield for the train My mam and dad would buy me a comic to keep me amused and I always chose a DC comic,either Superman or one similar

I've never really been a fan of comics myself, but i know Notts Joe still likes zombie comics but there isn't as many around anymore.

I've never really been a fan of comics myself, but i know Notts Joe still likes zombie comics but there isn't as many around anymore.

Don't get me started on Zombies! It's frustrating how this trend as exploded and all these people who sell hard-copy's of things like the Walking Dead thinking it proves them as a massive horror/zombie fan. I would take part in the zombie game which has/is coming to Notts if it wasn't for bumping into some of those types of people who bore you with trying to prove themselves.

Yawn... The Walking Dead, The Last Zombie and The Goon (all very good)

It's a shame when things attract people who only jump onto things because it's 'popular'.. I wished i could go back to watching Night of the Living Dead at my parents as a young child again, lights off and hearing 'They're coming to get you Babara'

Anything to do with zombies (as long as its remotely realistic) would interest you @notts-joe

I used to have a lot of the original Superman comics, I loved them, wish I had them now they'd be worth a fortune.

oger Red Hat, Biff and chip, Burglar Bill, Funnybones, Cat in the Hat, Ronald Dahl (easier to say them all but The Twits was the first) Where's Spot, Meg and Mog, The Snowman, Elmer and Goosebumps.

I remember these Joe, Biff and Chip at school and the tales of the magic key.

I remember the biff and chip books at school too @SteveMUP , I didn't mind reading them... but i hated the Rodger red hat books.

I loved the one about the thief, I suppose these days books aren't allowed to write stories like it and if they were probably only published independently. That's what's wrong with life today, no morals or life lessons. They believe keeping things will stop being going wrong in the head, like those who believe a video game can encourage a psycho to commit murder or worse.

Sure people who do have issues prior to it, I've seen many horror movies and have no desire to see blood. *faint*

Yet some people would prefer to hide it from the screens and the safe guard don't work in my opinion. Let children be kids!

It's up to us adults to teach our children right from wrong.We have to show them how to share and play together and encourage them with their learning.Unfortunately there are a lot of poor roll models around and a lot of people in the public eye who do not set a very good example.Politicians,sporting,  music, TV  and film 'stars', royalty etc are often in the news  for the wrong reason.Newspapers and the rest of the media delight in sensationalising misdemeaners and often ignore charity work and the good things that people do.We can't hide the terrible things that are reported on the news every day from our children , but we can point out the good things in life and lead them in the right direction.

Yes, some people think that being a parent is going to be easy, some also make better parents than others. Its about what makes the kids happy and safe. Obviously we can all only do our best, but most of us safeguard our children as much as possible with letting them live their own lives and make mistakes.

Children learn by their mistakes.Sometimes it takes a while .Kids being kids will continue to do things their way.As you say,sometimes we just have to let them get on with it.

They will eventually learn whats wrong and right with good parenting and letting them make their own mistakes. Some people protect their kids too much and some let their kids get in lots of trouble thinking they will learn eventually. I think it should be abit of both in my opinion, because children still need boundaries just like some adults do too.

You have to be a bit like that rare person-a very good referee. Let some things pass, give out warnings(Yellow card),  send kids to bed/naughty step(red Card).