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Listopia > Beth's votes on the list Favorite books from my childhood (48 Books)
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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"I tried to read this book when i was younger and didn't get into it so put it down. I tried it again when i was 18 and i raced through the whole series, loved it and is now one of my favourite books.
Beth
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The Secret Garden
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"I read this book a few years ago and wondered why i hadn't read it earlier. It is a great novel and a lovely story."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Matilda
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"Roald Dahl is awesome and Matilda is my favourite of all his books. "
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Green Eggs and Ham
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"I love Dr.Seuss, he is amazing and one of my favourite all time children's poets."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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"Again this was a book i didn't read until my twenties and i loved it. I love Bilbo Vaggins and can't wait for the movie."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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A Little Princess
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"This is my all-time favourite classic. I absolutely love this novel. Sara is a gorgeous character."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
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"Heidi i have read 2 or 3 times since i was young. i love all of the books but Heidi is my favourite."
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rated it 4 stars
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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"I have read this book over and over again. I love Judy Blume and this is my favourite of all her novels."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)
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"Ramona Quimby is one of my all time favourite characters and i have still got my hardback copies of the whole series which i have read over and over. Ramona and Beezus is my favourite book."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
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"I love Winnie the Pooh. My favourite book when i was little was When i Was Six. My favourite ever poem by him has got to be Vespers about Christopher Robin."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Witches
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"The Witches is brilliant. It is scary, funny and wicked. Everything you would expect from a Roald Dahl book."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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"This book is awesome and i still get a thrill from reading the first page everytime i read the first line: Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2)
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"Susan is the first person to call Ramona a pest and she retaliates by pulling one of Susan's curls. I love Ramona she is so cool."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Superfudge (Fudge, #3)
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"The Peter Hatcher books are great. I have read them so many times. I love love love Fudge, he is so wicked.
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)
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"This is my favourite of this series. Peter is a great character."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Jane Eyre
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"This book is amazing and one of my favourite classics. I loved the story and the characters."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Tuck Everlasting
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"This book was amazing. i loved the story from start to finish. I read this not so long ago and i will definitely read it again."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)
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"My favourite Ramona book ever! Beezus is so patient when Ramona is so naughty."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
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"Excellent books. I love Beverly Cleary, she is so easy to read and the books remind me of the My Naughty Little Sister books."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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"My favourite character in the Harry Potter world is Dobby. And i love the start of this book when Dobby is first introduced."
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rated it 5 stars
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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"My favourite of all of the Harry Potter books. I love Sirius and this was the book which made you think more than the others."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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The Famous Five Adventure Collection (1, 2 And 16)
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"I have read the Famous Five books more times than i can actually count. My Mam used to buy me a Famous Five book for my stocking every year to keep me reading in my bedroom as long as possible on Christmas day. George will always be my favourite character and my favourite book is Five on Demons Rocks with Tinker & Mischief the monkey."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Little Men (Little Women, #2)
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"All of these books are lovely and Jo is my totally favourite character."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Now We Are Six (Winnie-the-Pooh, #4)
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"My favourite book when i was little. My Mam read these poems to me over and over when i was little and i knew most of them by heart."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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The Faraway Tree Stories (The Faraway Tree #1-3)
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"I loved the Faraway Tree stories and was absolutely out-raged that when the new editions came out that they had changed some of the names!"
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Jo's Boys (Little Women, #3)
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"Lovely book. Loved the boys in the book and the school always seemed like a magical place to me."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The Neverending Story
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"This book is brilliant from beginning to end. I always get tearful when Artax dies."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Ramona and Her Father (Ramona, #4)
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"I love the sense of family in these books, how they all become closer when Ramona's father loses his job and how Beezus wants to be so like her Aunt."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The 101 Dalmatians (The Hundred and One Dalmatians, #1)
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"I loved this book even though i don't generally like books based on animals. I liked the humour in the story and prefered it to The Twilight Barking."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Malory Towers Boxset (6 Books)
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"These were my comfort books when i was younger and i would read them time and time again. I loved Darrell but Sally Hope was my favourite character."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
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"This book is one every child in the whole world should have!"
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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"This was the first Harry Potter book with non-stop action and i loved the fact that it was the first long-length book she had written."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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What Katy Did
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"The Katy books are excellent. They are so old-fashioned and interesting. Katy is my favourite character."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5)
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"Again, Ramona shines in this book and i love the relationship between her and her mother."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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"This had one of the most hated characters JK Rowling has ever written. Delores Umbridge. She was so well written that i hated the character with a passion and wanted her to die a very horrible death. She was very well cast in the film."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Anastasia Krupnik (Anastasia Krupnik, #1)
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"The Anastasia books are really good. Very American but i really like the humour and i loved Anastasia's character."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
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"This my favourite of all the Narnia books which i read for the first time when i was pregnant with my Daughter. I always got a thrill when Aslan was about to appear. Mr.Tumnus was one of my fav characters. "
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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The Naughtiest Girl in the School (The Naughtiest Girl, #1)
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"As with all the Enid Blyton books i loved this series. I loved that the main charcater was called Elizabeth the same as me. I still re-read them even now and when i see a copy of this book i can't stop myself picking it up and starting to read."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1)
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"Even though my favourite book is Demon's Rocks, i will always love this first one because it is when they first meet George and discover Kirrin Island for the very first time."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The Night Before Christmas
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"I love this poem. I read it to my children every christmas eve after watching Muppet's Christmas Carol. It was exciting because it was the last thing they did before going to sleep."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The St. Clare's Story Collection
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"As with Malory Towers, these books will always be on my top 100 list of my favourite books. I love the characters and they are so familiar. My favourite twin is Isobel as she is much more level-headed than Pat and she is the one who keeps them out of trouble. I also like Kathleen who loves animals and finds the stray dog whom she keeps in the attic. "
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The Wishing Chair Collections: Three Exciting Stories in One
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"These books i absolutely loved when i was little. I loved Molly and Peter and Chinky the pixie who rides on the chair with them to strange lands and amazing adventures."
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Forever...
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"All of my class read this book because it was slightly rude and it was our first "teen novel" before the Sweet Valley High and Point Horror books became popular. I love their relationship and i loved how the story was very funny and romantic."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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"The Deathly Hallows will always be one of the best books i have ever read. I loved the way she tied up all of the loose ends and how every character from the series has some part to play. I loved that she developed Dumbledore's character and how Harry saw him and how he goes home to see where he lived for the first time. Best book ever! "
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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Little Red Riding Hood
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"I had this whole series when i was little and this and Goldilocks & the Three bears were my favourites."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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"This book i loved because of the background on Voldemort and Harry's travels with Dumbledore. "
Beth
rated it 5 stars
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The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
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"I loved Milly Molly Mandy when i was little and Little friend Susan was my favourite of all the characters."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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The Silver Sword
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"I read this book a few years ago and totally loved the story. The journey the children take is excellently written and the descriptions of each place really made the story for me."
Beth
rated it 4 stars
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