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Mine was Ann of Green Gables, little women and railway children and I still ove them when they come on tv.

Alice in Wonderland. We didn't have much money when I was a child but remember having this as a Christmas present and really treasured it as it was so exciting chasing a rabbit. I always remember how much fun it was.

Thomas the Tank engine, they had so much fun and so many adventures.

Up to the age of 11, I enjoyed a lot of the already mentioned books/series, e.g. What Katy Did, Heidi, Chalet School, Mallory Towers.
During my first year at secondary school, a French assistant told us about Tolkein, I read The Hobbit and was hooked. For several years after that, I mostly read only fantasy which led me into sci-fantasy and then sci-fiction. I still love those genres nowadays.
I am currently reading The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (I'm 63) ? had the box set in the house for years but never got round to actually reading them before.

Such a long time ago that I'm not sure what was my absolute favourite but What Katy Did & What Katy Did Next would be high up there

I loved anything by Enid Blyton

I loved the Jennings and Darbyshire stories by A Buckeridge as I spent some time at boarding school myself and always wished that the school I went to could be more like this one!

I am equally torn between "The Swish of the Curtain" by Pamela Brown and "Crowns" by Katherine Hull and Pamela Whitlock both of which I read many times. "Crowns" transports four children in a prolonged feat of imagination to a land where all are royalty with different skills. This may remind you of Narnia but predates those books, I think, and is without the religious or moral messages. I still have my copy from 1951.

I loved all the Paddington books because I thought they were funny!

Jane Eyre was my favourite book as she was such a kind and thoughtful person, completely unspoilt, so much so that it read as pure fantasy to me.

My favourite book as a child was the Secret Seven , by Enid Blyton. As a child born into a hectic , working class family, the Secret Seven allowed me to escape into my own world : a world where I sat next to Peter and Janet in their shed at the end of the garden. Their adventures were my adventures,and I was thrilled, excited and keen to delve into every adventure and mystery that the friends encountered.
Enid Blyton was my childhood saviour who made a rather dim council estate life fade into significance as I joined the Secret Seven on their escapades; needless to say, my love of the mystery genre continues , and still provides blissful escapism .

I loved Enid Blyton's Famous Five books. They all seemed to have so much fun in their holidays and exciting adventures. I just wish I was one of them.

Ur of the Chaldees by Leonard Cottrell. It was my first introduction to ancient history and archaeology. I think I was about 8 years old when I read it. Archaeology has stayed with me as a passion all my life.
When I was going to boarding school, the headmistress asked what I wanted to be. I replied I couldn’t decide between medicine and archaeology but I supposed I’d be a doctor as achaelogists didn’t earn enough money.
My dgd can’t decide between a palaeontologist and an astrophysicist!

I loved so many books: little women, good wives etc, what katy did, and what katy did next, all the mallory towers books. Ballet shoes, and one i cant quite remember the whole title, something like lydia gaff

As a very young child the ‘twins’ books were my favourites, The Eskimo Twins, The Indian Twins etc telling of lives in faraway places. Then it was the ‘Biggles’ books with tales of adventure and excitement. In my early teens I read ‘The Long Walk’ and still remember it vividly today, with its story of deprivation and danger. It has been made into a film ‘The Way Back’.

What Katy Did books - I loved Katy's bold but sometimes flawed charcter and wanted to be like her; I was also intrigued by this picture of American life.

Am I the only one to recall the Lone Pine series created by Malcolm Saville? I felt they were far more believable than the Famous Five and Secret Seven books though dating from a similar era. He painted such wonderful word paintings of the locations from Rye to the Lake District that when visiting some of them in later life I almost felt I had been there before. It was the little details that stick with me such as finding a message scratched by a diamond in a glass window pane at the Mermaid in Rye. At least, that is how I recall it!

Any Enid Blyton - went to the library many times a week. Couldn't get enough of them.

Enid Blytons famous five

I absolutely loved The Midnight Folk by John Masefield, which my mother read to me when I was quite young. It was a world full of magic, witchcraft and talking animals which really appealed to me. I identified with Kay Harker, the small boy who was the main character, as I was also an only child.

Cherry Ames==American nurse==1950s/60s

I used to read all the Famous Five books, The Chalet School books and Heidi, Black Beauty. Difficult to say which was my favourite. I guess the famous five books as they used to have such great adventures.

I loved the Heidi books, Heidi, Heidi grows up and Heidi's children. I remember long summer days, sitting on a wall under an apple tree reading the books to my young, next-door neighbour. We both loved the adventures she had and the positive way she looked at life.

As a young child it was Thumberlina, which I read over and over again. Hans Christian Andersen was a brilliant children's writer and it stood the test of time as that book was already over a hundred years old when I read it, and still going strong with children.

Also many others including Call of the Wild - Jack London, Heidi and Enid Blyton books. I could never forget Black Beauty also always a favourite. The theme tune from the later film still gives me goosebumps too.

I loved Heidi. A feel good story with a few harsh realities along the way. Heidi had a caring nature although she had her own adversaries.