The Anne of Green Gables series
by L.M.Montgomery
The thing about Anne is that people either love her or hate her. Her imagination (which runs wild all too often), her need to find poetry in the most mundane of things and her insistence that her name be spelt with an 'e' at the end may not be to everyone's taste, but for me, she was always a 'kindred spirit', with her posse of imaginary friends, her storytelling clubs and fiery repartee with her rival schoolmate (and eventual lover, no surprises there), Gilbert Blythe.
And because no post on childhood (or at least, our childhood, I have no idea what kids these days read *insert disapproving shake of head*) can ever be complete without Enid Blyton:
Even though I've read all the Famous Fives and loved her school series (particularly St.Clares and the twins), the Five Find-Outers and Dog (despite their rather cumbersome name) were my favourite, prolly because they were more of mysteries (which needed figuring out) rather than adventures. Not to mention Fatty's vast collection of disguises which I sincerely envied.
Incidentally, I never cared for The Secret Seven. Probably because seven is two too many for a detective club.
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Kids today also read Enid Blyton, but now edited for Political Correctness. :P
I quite liked the Anne books too. And oh yes, the Five Find-Outers and Dog. :)
Never liked Secret Seven - for one thing, I could never quite remember all their names!
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