World Book Day 2013
From listening to the radio this morning, I discovered that lots of children were going to school dressed as there favourite book character. Didn't get to do that when I was in Primary school.....
I love reading books, I don't just read Recipe books. My dream job would be too own a Book shop, with a little cafe. Specialising in Traditional home baking. Melding my two favourite things mmm.
So to celebrate world book day, thought I'd take a walk down memory lane and list my favourite books from childhood.
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are found as orphaned babies in different parts of the world by eccentric fossil collector and explorer Gum. He adopts them, takes them to his London home and leaves them in the care of his niece Sylvia and the family Nurse. Then off he goes to continue his exploring, saying that he'll be back in five years' time. When the three little girls are old enough, they choose the surname Fossil for themselves and vow to make the name famous. At first they lead privileged and sheltered lives. But when Gum fails to return after five years, Sylvia's money begins to run out. First she is forced to take in some boarders - an engaging and eclectic mix of characters - but then she decides that the girls should go to acting school. This way they will be able to earn some money before they grow up. Pauline adores the school, as she dreams of becoming an actress. Petrova hates it, all she wants to do is learn about cars and planes and engines. Posy loves it too - she is born to be a dancer and the school is the perfect place for her.
Charlottes Web - E.B.White
The story of a girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. It tells of how Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan - a plan so original that no one else could have thought of it.
Here, The Stories Of How Charlie Bucket Wins One Of The Prized Golden Tickets Enabling Him To Vist The Factory Of Willy Wonka - Chocolate Maker Of Distinction - And Its Sequel In Which Charlie And His Family Go Into Orbit In A Great Glass Elevator, Are Gathered In A Single Volume.
Charlie and the chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M.Montgomery
When Anne Shirley "erupts" into the Cuthberts's lives, they don't realize how fond they will become of the red-haired orphan. Both entertained and exasperated by her constant chatter and imaginings, they soon find it hard to remember what Green Gables was like without its adopted daughter.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S Lewis
Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
A great book, is one you still remember years later and read again xxx
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