And think you might like to re-visit. But will they be as good as you remember?
I am thinking of Emil the Detective for one. And an old classic called Mark and Bevis {?) but I can't remember who by.
Books you read as a child...
The Body Book - how I learnt about sex. My mum just handed it to me so she didn't have to explain.
Malory Towers and The Twins at St Claires - both Enid Blyton. 
Really boring choice, but The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one that sticks in my mind. Both reading it, and my mom reading it to me. I also loved Watership Down, and remember reading it when I was young.
Bevis: The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies?
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Cay
Stuart Little
Anne of Green Gables
That's my short list.
I'm aaalways revisiting childhood books.
I've ordered some on eBay and Amazon recently. But they have to have the same cover I remember or I'm not interested.
Most of them so far have been exactly as good as I remember. Either I had fantastic taste back then, or I have kept the critical level of an eleven year old.
Roald Dahl is all really used to read. I had all of them and loved them all. He was awesome.
Matilda and Esio Trot were my favourites though.
I have recently re-read the Narnia Chronicles, which I loved as a child. I hate to say this but I found them really badly written.
I have re-read my childhood favourite Rebecca's World by Terry Nation and it was still good.
I used to read the Jill pony books (I particularly remember one called Jill Enjoys Her Ponies, which I wondered why my brothers found so funny at the time and now I know). Looking at them now Jill is a horrible stuck-up cow.
Jane Eyre was another childhood fav.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 29 2009, 4:57 PM BSTI have recently re-read the Narnia Chronicles, which I loved as a child. I hate to say this but I found them really badly written.
Were you also shocked at how racist they were and the shock ending in the final book?
I read practically everything written by Enid Blyton as a child and it never did me any harm. I read a lot of Bible stories as well. Used to be a sweet boy. Also used to read those books which were pre-cursors of adventure games on computers, where you had to jump to the appropriate page of the story based on your decision/deduction - those were f**king weird shit and so obscure I don't know why I've mentioned them.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 29 2009, 5:00 PM BSTI read practically everything written by Enid Blyton as a child.
Me too. I loved the Magic Faraway Tree. Secret Seven, Famous Five. Just all of them!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 29 2009, 4:57 PM BSTI used to read the Jill pony books (I particularly remember one called Jill Enjoys Her Ponies, which I wondered why my brothers found so funny at the time and now I know).
Heheh.
Quote: EllieJP @ July 29 2009, 4:59 PM BSTWere you also shocked at how racist they were and the shock ending in the final book?
I know! Good stories, but don't like the way they're written. Same with Tolkein. The Hobbit is like a poor fairytale.
Quote: zooo @ July 29 2009, 4:55 PM BSTI've ordered some on eBay and Amazon recently.
So you've not been saving for rent either.
Quote: Griff @ July 29 2009, 4:55 PM BSTAbout four billion Doctor Who Target novelisations.
Snap! I had rooms full of the bloody things!
Also, I remember loving Ray Bradbury. Who's still alive and still publishing.