famous five and anything by enid blyton, anne of green gables books, jinny books, jill books (i was horsemad for a while), just william books, noel streatfeild
the william books are still brilliant, she wrote so beautifully. roald dahl is a genius, but nothing he wrote gripped me like the first time i read "going solo" - i don't think i moved a muscle for about 2 hours.

alt: bangbangbang. no thanks. put a bit of tune in there.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:53, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Just William was brilliant, I always to try a bullseye

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:54, Reply)

^
"Jus' William", surely?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

there is an unfortunate contraction in that the boys say cun't
as in, i cun't do that maths or i cun't hit him.

i lol every time i reread it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:56, Reply)

Really? Man - I need to revisit them.
I loved Just William.

And Jennings, too - the posh equivalent. Jennings and Derbyshire - what ho!
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:12, Reply)

you really do, they are awesome even for adults
she had a cracking way with words. and like so many of those female children's authors, quite a sad life herself.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:17, Reply)

she wrote one about a naughty girl called patricia too, but it just didn't sell
sign of the times: little girls had to be nice, i guess. you can get it on ebay or abe, but i've never seen a good copy that's not silly money. I WANT TO READ IT!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)