Thursday 14 April 2016

Back to my childhood

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again. ~Elizabeth Lawrence

I was looking for books to buy our soon to be 9 year old grandson Connor for his birthday which is on Friday.  The shop had an offer on buy three for the price of two.  As I was looking at the books I found a compilation of books by Enid Blyton that I loved reading as a child and so decided to get that as my free one - a treat to myself.


I loved reading Enid Blyton books including similar books to the above as well as all the Famous Five and Secret Seven books.  I will be able to read this to the grandchildren when they stay over, although I am sure I will be reading it to myself very soon.

What were your favourite books as a child?

4 comments:

Justine said...

Happy memories! I loved Alice in Wonderland, and many other classics such as Heidi, The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit... I read a lot as a child.
What did you get for your grandson? I have a soon to be 8 year old who loves reading and am always looking for recommendations.

The Knitting Cross Stitcher said...

Oh wow,Enid Blyton,I loved reading The Secret Seven,Mallory Towers and all her Mystery of... books.
I loved The Secret Garden,Children of the New Forest and Black Beauty and all three Heidi books to name a few.I avidly read my mum's Agatha Christie and Neville Shute books too at quite a young age! I am visiting Memory Lane with your questin,Linda:)

Saxo Stamper said...

Oh this has taken me back. I loved Famous Five, my sister loved Secret Seven (I read both), I read Malory Towers, Faraway Tree etc. I loved Enid Blyton, she is a true legend. Enjoy every single page of magic.

K xx

Brigitte said...

Reading still has some magic for me. And I still remember some of the books I read when I was young. A series that I read at least 20 times was Sue Barton by Helen Dore Boylston. I was totally fascinated by these books. And I also loved reading books by Enid Blyton, those that were available back then.