Childhood Favourites

 There’s something magical about childhood favourites—the books that first captured our imaginations, became dog-eared through re-reading, and quietly laid the foundations for the readers we are today.

These are the stories that taught me to lose myself in another world, to read past bedtime with a torch under the covers, to carry characters with me like old friends.

🌟 A Few of Mine

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
The very first series I ever adored. Mildred Hubble was clumsy and chaotic and perfect, and her wonky spells made me believe magic could be found in everyday life.

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
I still cry every time. This book was my introduction to tenderness in storytelling, and it made me fall in love with quiet, compassionate books.

The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
Both heart-wrenching and hopeful. It gave me my lifelong soft spot for animal stories and bittersweet endings.

Matilda by Roald Dahl
She loved books and libraries. She felt out of place but powerful when she discovered who she was. I read this one so many times the spine split.

The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I remember tracing the illustrations with my fingers, imagining butter churns and snow candy and lantern-lit nights in the big woods.

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✨ What They Taught Me

Looking back, I realise these books taught me to look for wonder in small things, to value kindness, and to seek stories that are emotionally rich—whether in magic schools or fox dens or prairie cabins.

They also helped shape my taste: I still love books about found family, quiet resilience, girls who read, and the comforts of nature.

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What were your childhood favourites? Did any of them plant seeds that still bloom in your reading life today?

Let’s reminisce. 💛