I can remember as a child in infants school hating reading - it was so difficult - until one day in the school corridor, which doubled as the school hall, whilst waiting to go in to read to someone - can't remember whether it was a teacher, parent or assistant - the light struck and I mean that someone switched the lightbulb on, all of a sudden it became clear and since then there's been no stopping me reading. The first books I can remember reading are Enid Blighton's Famous Five, Secret Seven and Adventure (eg Castle of Adventure) books, though I can vaguely remember the reading the same author's Noddy books. I progressed on to Arthur Ransome's books, Capt W E Johns Biggles and Gimlet books. I can remember reading some Nancy Drew and Hardy boys books. Most of these got passed on to the son of one of my mother's teacher colleagues. The only books that I've got from this period of my reading are by Andre Norton and Alan Garner. On occasion I still buy children's books - the series by Lloyd Alexander is great fun loosely based on the Mabinogion, and of course I've got the complete Harry Potter series so far.
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