Childhood nostalgia poll

[rachelmanija]

Please reminisce, fondly or not, about any of these, or other books read in childhood, especially if they seem to have, deservedly or undeservedly, vanished from the shelves. I'd love to hear about non-US, non-British books, too.

[Poll #1720139]

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[ironed_orchid]

And now the list of books/series/authors I did read repeatedly and r compulsively as a child (e.g. before highschool)

Swallows and Amazons
The Borrowers
Moomin books
Roald Dahl
Pippi Longstocking and everything else by Astrid Lidgren
Lousia May Alcott
Laura Ingalls
E. Nesbitt
L.M. Montgomery
Narnia books
Tolkien
Susan Cooper
Rosemary Sutcliffe
Barbara Sliegh's Carbonel series
Nicholas Fisk - kids SF books from the 70s
Alan Garner
Nina Bawden - especially The Witch's Daughter, which I read until it fell apart
Elanor Farjeon
Rumer Godden