Hi Girls Happy New Year to you all. I'm also looking forward to all the posts and recommendations this year. Dryad - I didn't watch Narnia (and no I'm sure you weren.t a deprived child) but might, if I get chance or the time get it from the library to read, the trouble is my book list gets ever longer and I can't read fast enough. I've also been writing down the recommendations from the classic list that people have posted. Ginnie - I loved Milly Molly Mandy as a child and have bought quite a few this year and have even read some of them to the children at school, the only thing is I have to read them first and make sure I edit them for things like Billy Blunt who used to often carry a penknife in his pocket etc. (Oh how the world has changed) Loved Enid Blyton as well. Feathers and Jenniferpl -I have read Lord of the Rings (which I enjoyed as a teenager) and the first of the Harry Potter stories which I enjoyed (would have liked to have read them as a child) Happy Reading everyone Billie