^Pipit^ said:
OMG, doesn't ANYONE remember the picture book
"Hairy McLary from Donaldsons Dairy?" ????
That was a favourite of mine, and my 2 younger sisters, the youngest is finishing yr 12 this year and mum still remembers all the words!
Hairy Maclary ruled. There's a whole series of new books about his adventures and those of all his friends out - like, at least 15 new books. And an audio tape, an audio CD, and a DVD collection.
I haven't bought them yet, but I will. "For Georgia". Ahuh
Other favourite books of mine when I was a little tacker were The Tiger Who Came To Tea, There's A Hippopotamus On The Roof Eating Cake, Where The Wild Things Are and Whistle Down The Chimney (good LORD, is it any wonder I took psychadelics as a teenager?). I also loved a book called The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate, and all the versions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
When I was a bit older it was all about Enid Blyton, The Babysitters Club, Christopher Pike books (does anyone remember him? he was like R.L. Stine, but cooler), and some weird random books with cool covers that I coveted from the library.
In fact, I still have a big copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar that I borrowed from the SA State Library when I was 4. They closed down and I never did work out where to take it back to..