Quote: JohnnyD @ July 29 2009, 4:55 PM BSTBevis: The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies?
That's the fellow just put myself into the title for some reason.
Books you read as a child... Page 2
Quote: Aaron @ July 29 2009, 5:01 PM BSTSo you've not been saving for rent either.
They were 0.01p!
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 29 2009, 5:00 PM BSTAlso 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.
No, they were ace. 
Stig of the Dump. Charlottes Web (very sad). Animal Farm.
I've still never read Animal Farm. Don't fancy it much.
Quote: zooo @ July 29 2009, 5:05 PM BSTI've still never read Animal Farm. Don't fancy it much.
Surprisingly easy to read and fun. More fun than Orwell's other books, especially the journo stuff.
Ring of Bright Water. A 'kind of' biography of an otter.
Wasn't really into reading storybooks as a child. Still not. Prefer fact to fiction.
Any Enid Blyton books I could get, the best being the 'Mystery' series with the Five Find-Outers (Fatty, Larry, Pip, Daisy, Bets) and Buster the dog. And The Three Investigators (much better than the boring Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden). And Roald Dahl. And the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Beatrix Potter. Aesop's Fables. And a memorable book called The Girl With Green Eyes. And Spike Milligan's war memoirs. Too many to list. And then at age 13 found One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in a cousin's house. And then found Catch 22 and thought books couldn't get any better.
Richmal Crompton's William Brown books, which took him unaging from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Quote: JohnnyD @ July 29 2009, 5:11 PM BSTRichmal Crompton's William Brown books, which took him unaging from the 1920s to the 1960s.
But not in a good way alas.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Quote: The Cool Mikado @ July 29 2009, 5:13 PM BSTFantastic Mr. Fox
Quote: Griff @ July 29 2009, 5:13 PM BSTI wish they'd let Terrance Dicks have a crack at the new series.
Is he still alive? And what's he up to nowadays? Also, have you used that Pooh joke before? 
Quote: Marc P @ July 29 2009, 5:12 PM BSTBut not in a good way alas.
Well, it was kind of a social history - particularly from the behaviour and interests of his brother and sister.
I never did like the original illustrations, though.
Quote: Griff @ July 29 2009, 5:13 PM BSTI wish they'd let Terrance Dicks have a crack at the new series.
Agreed. I've recently watched a stack of 'classic' Who on DVD and he features prominently in the various 'special features' segments and comes across as very professional and affable.
Anything by Roald Dahl, Jaqueline Wilson, Enid Blyton (Mainly the Famous Five et al.), Phillip Pullman, Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider), J.K. Rowling, William Nicholson (Windsinger Trilogy), Lian Hearn (Grass For His Pillow), Phillip Reeves, Kenneth Opel (Sunwing/Silverwing) and any of the Horrible Histories books.
Oh and Kensuke's Kingdom, that was so good!