My love affair with books began with Beatrix Potter and her furry little animal friends.
Jemima Puddle-Duck often waddled across my thoughts, while I worried that naughty Peter Rabbit would eventually be punished for all those home-grown cabbages he used to munch on.
I later learned the jolly delights that Enid Blyton had in store. I longed to join Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on their adventurous escapades in The Famous Five.
I secretly used to reread the parts when they all went on picnics. Anne's mother would pack them mouth-watering hamper-baskets of picnic food and I loved reading the descriptions of those delectable delights!
The Secret Seven and The Faraway Tree were also a couple of the well-thumbed books that adorned my little bookshelf as a child.
My best friend and I even invented a club called 'The Secret Two' in an attempt to emmulate our favourite ficticious characters. We had stickers, badges and even a secret language! It used to drive my poor nanny crazy.
Jemima Puddle-Duck often waddled across my thoughts, while I worried that naughty Peter Rabbit would eventually be punished for all those home-grown cabbages he used to munch on.
I later learned the jolly delights that Enid Blyton had in store. I longed to join Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on their adventurous escapades in The Famous Five.
I secretly used to reread the parts when they all went on picnics. Anne's mother would pack them mouth-watering hamper-baskets of picnic food and I loved reading the descriptions of those delectable delights!
The Secret Seven and The Faraway Tree were also a couple of the well-thumbed books that adorned my little bookshelf as a child.
My best friend and I even invented a club called 'The Secret Two' in an attempt to emmulate our favourite ficticious characters. We had stickers, badges and even a secret language! It used to drive my poor nanny crazy.
Yesterday an assortment of Times writers chose the children's fiction works that most inspired them when they were younger.
Caitlin Moran: The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
Ben Macintyre: Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Erica Wagner: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
David Aaronovitch: The Bombard, by Henry Treece
Matthew Purdis: Pookie, by Ivy Wallace
Libby Purves: Moonfleet, by J.Meade Falkner
Carol Midgley: The Wishing Chair, by Enid Blyton
Simon Barnes: The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Daniel Finkelstein: Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A.Milne
What were your favourite books as a child? How will the children of the next generation answer to this question? Harry Potter I imagine.
Or perhaps they will only remember DVDs and computer games. Unfortunately I envisage High School Musical to become a notorious children's staple.
Ben Macintyre: Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Erica Wagner: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
David Aaronovitch: The Bombard, by Henry Treece
Matthew Purdis: Pookie, by Ivy Wallace
Libby Purves: Moonfleet, by J.Meade Falkner
Carol Midgley: The Wishing Chair, by Enid Blyton
Simon Barnes: The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Daniel Finkelstein: Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A.Milne
What were your favourite books as a child? How will the children of the next generation answer to this question? Harry Potter I imagine.
Or perhaps they will only remember DVDs and computer games. Unfortunately I envisage High School Musical to become a notorious children's staple.
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