Favourite childhood author

Kiwi Shelf · 12-11-2005, 08:27 AM

I used to love to read Beatrix Potter when I was little. I still do, actually. How many other people out there used to loved to read her or have her read to them and what's their favourite story?

Flora · 02-25-2006, 04:07 PM

I really loved her storyes, though I discovered them quite late (I think I was about nine, or something), they weren't translated in my language, and I had to wait to know enough english to read them.
I think my favourite was (is) The Tailor of Gloucester, and The tale of Mrs Titlemouse, it always made me laugh...

Rosie Cotton · 03-14-2006, 10:38 PM

I love them. Oh, Benjamin and Peter and Jemima. Come back to me. I miss you so much. My days of naivete. Oh how I miss Benjamin and Peter and Jeremy and Jemima and all them.

emily655321 · 03-15-2006, 10:42 AM

OH! I used to take out at least one Beatrix Potter book whenever we went to the library. I have a lot of fond childhood memories and icons, but she holds a very, extra-special place in my heart, right next to Roald Dahl.

lavendar1 · 03-15-2006, 03:22 PM

My mom always read the Beatrix Potter books to us when we were little guys. Now I read the books to my own kids -- even though they're getting beyond the age of finding them amusing.

But my all-time favorite book when I was a kid was Mister Dog - The Dog Who Belonged to Himself by Margaret Wise Brown. Crispin's Crispian (the dog) was the best -- and still is... IMO.

Artygurl · 10-30-2007, 03:29 AM

My childhood favorites are Beatrix Potter's stories, and A.A. Milne's stories of Winnie-the-Pooh! I still have all the stories, still read them and love them!

I couldn't pick a favorite amongst Beatrix Potter's works. I think in terms of her characters: Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Kitten. Just love them!!

I recently saw the movie Miss Potter, and although it may not be historically accurate, for anyone with fond memories of her stories, it's a wonderful film. Greatly enjoyed it!

Inka · 11-28-2009, 10:59 PM

Our English literature teacher've discovered her to me at the University, since then I want to read her stories to my children, I think they will love them.

kasie · 11-29-2009, 08:37 AM

One of the charms of Beatrix Potter for me as a child was the format - a little book just the right size for little hands, the colours were so gentle on the eye aand there were pictures on every page with a manageable slice of text in between

When I visited Hill Top Sawry, her much-loved home, it was almost like revisiting a place I had known for years - so many nooks and crannies are recognisable from the illustrations.

The vocabulary is pitched just right: the tales are simple but not simplistic, she treats her readers as intelligent beings and does not talk down to them - how I hated patronising authors when I was a child! She does not edit difficult words - hands up all who learned that lettuce is very soporific from her books!

12-11-2005, 08:27 AM	#1
Kiwi Shelf Daydream Believer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada = Heavenly Bliss Posts: 607	Favourite childhood author I used to love to read Beatrix Potter when I was little. I still do, actually. How many other people out there used to loved to read her or have her read to them and what's their favourite story? __________________ "Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand."

03-15-2006, 10:42 AM	#4
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,440	OH! I used to take out at least one Beatrix Potter book whenever we went to the library. I have a lot of fond childhood memories and icons, but she holds a very, extra-special place in my heart, right next to Roald Dahl. __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

11-28-2009, 10:59 PM	#7
Inka Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: from Dreamland Posts: 36	Our English literature teacher've discovered her to me at the University, since then I want to read her stories to my children, I think they will love them. __________________ If I know what love is, it is because of you. Herman Hesse

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02-25-2006, 04:07 PM	#2
Flora Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Neverland Posts: 23	I really loved her storyes, though I discovered them quite late (I think I was about nine, or something), they weren't translated in my language, and I had to wait to know enough english to read them. I think my favourite was (is) The Tailor of Gloucester, and The tale of Mrs Titlemouse, it always made me laugh...

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Rosie Cotton Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 55	I love them. Oh, Benjamin and Peter and Jemima. Come back to me. I miss you so much. My days of naivete. Oh how I miss Benjamin and Peter and Jeremy and Jemima and all them.

03-15-2006, 03:22 PM	#5
lavendar1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 474	My mom always read the Beatrix Potter books to us when we were little guys. Now I read the books to my own kids -- even though they're getting beyond the age of finding them amusing. But my all-time favorite book when I was a kid was Mister Dog - The Dog Who Belonged to Himself by Margaret Wise Brown. Crispin's Crispian (the dog) was the best -- and still is... IMO.

10-30-2007, 03:29 AM	#6
Artygurl Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6	My childhood favorites are Beatrix Potter's stories, and A.A. Milne's stories of Winnie-the-Pooh! I still have all the stories, still read them and love them! I couldn't pick a favorite amongst Beatrix Potter's works. I think in terms of her characters: Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Kitten. Just love them!! I recently saw the movie Miss Potter, and although it may not be historically accurate, for anyone with fond memories of her stories, it's a wonderful film. Greatly enjoyed it!

11-29-2009, 08:37 AM	#8
kasie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 611	One of the charms of Beatrix Potter for me as a child was the format - a little book just the right size for little hands, the colours were so gentle on the eye aand there were pictures on every page with a manageable slice of text in between When I visited Hill Top Sawry, her much-loved home, it was almost like revisiting a place I had known for years - so many nooks and crannies are recognisable from the illustrations. The vocabulary is pitched just right: the tales are simple but not simplistic, she treats her readers as intelligent beings and does not talk down to them - how I hated patronising authors when I was a child! She does not edit difficult words - hands up all who learned that lettuce is very soporific from her books!