https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku For World Book Day on March 4th - Gwenan and Cerys are finding out what people liked to read when they were nine years old. What is or was your favourite book? Please click on the 'plus' icon to add your favourite - you can even add a picture of your treasured copy or an URL to Goodreads or Amazon! Thank you and we look forward to building a lovely library. en-us 2021-03-03 18:56:21 UTC 2026-02-06 05:43:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png bethanwhittle https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265544198 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - I bought it with my own money at a jumble sale and loved the story of Mary Lennox, gloomy country houses and magical gardens

]]> 2021-03-03 19:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265544198 bethanwhittle https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265560003 Mirabelle Gets Up to Mischief by Harriet Muncaster - I like books where there is a series and I read the Isadora Moon books before this one. One time, I asked the book shop in Tring to get more Harriet Muncaster books and they let me choose some to go on the shelf in the shop.]]> 2021-03-03 19:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265560003 bethanwhittle https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265647429 My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. It was a fascinating viewpoint of young boy learning about animals in a different country. ]]> 2021-03-03 19:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265647429 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265754918 Lucy (mum and dad’s friend) 
This was my absolute favourite when I was young. It made me dream of life on a stage! ]]> 2021-03-03 19:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265754918 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265783571 2021-03-03 19:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265783571 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265905798 2021-03-03 20:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1265905798 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266024025 2021-03-03 20:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266024025 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266059869 Pippi Hosan Hir]]> 2021-03-03 20:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266059869 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266061387 Heidi]]> 2021-03-03 20:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266061387 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266101581 2021-03-03 21:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266101581 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266116195
She was a pocket rocket in my childhood 

Julie Bruce x]]> 2021-03-03 21:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266116195 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266133397   
Leo’s Mum xx]]> 2021-03-03 21:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1266133397 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1267480303 Alison]]> 2021-03-04 06:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1267480303 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1267500030 I still read it to kids and they just love it!! ]]> 2021-03-04 06:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1267500030 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1268347613 Enid Blyton]]> 2021-03-04 11:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1268347613 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1268450671 Philippa Pearce
A fantasy, magical story where things are not as they seem in the mysterious garden!]]> 2021-03-04 11:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1268450671 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1269003259 (Carolyn - My first ever sci-fi book from my primary school library)

Out of the blue come drift after drift of tiny, hard, shiny objects - so many that the children call them trillions. But what are they? Where do they come from? Nobody knows, and in a frantic race to find the answers, a young boy makes some discoveries that astound the experts.]]> 2021-03-04 14:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1269003259 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1269068745 Carolyn (again)
You have to read the1984 edition because the illustrations are fabulous (cover below) and that's exactly when I was 9.
Such an imaginative story.  Fabulous.  Read it!
I leant my copy to a friend who never gave it back :-(]]> 2021-03-04 14:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1269068745 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1269446814 (Mrs Bennett ) I really enjoyed reading the whole series about Laura and her family as they travelled across the USA from the East Coast to the West in the 1800s ]]> 2021-03-04 15:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1269446814 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1270331668 I loved this story of a little boy, Kipper, whose toys came to life after dark and whose bedroom became a whole magical world to explore with his teddy bear, toy soldier and Old Man Noah. After reading it, I used to lie in bed hoping my own toys would take me off for an adventure. But had to make do with making up the adventures in my own head. ]]> 2021-03-04 17:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1270331668 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1270739288

Ross Thomas]]> 2021-03-04 18:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1270739288 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271209178  Currently I love reading David Walliams books to my 9 year old niece and nephew. We are currently reading the World’s Worst Children. We loved Awful Auntie (I’m nothing like that Auntie 😂). 

As a 9 year old, I loved  Charlie and the Chocolate factory by Roald Dahl. The Mrs Pepperpot series. And the Brer Rabbit series. I wish I had the choice of books that you kids have now. So much choice and worlds of wonder to enjoy. ]]> 2021-03-04 20:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271209178 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271612788 The most beautiful edition of the book witt Lauren Child’s illustrations. What a great character Pippi! ]]> 2021-03-04 22:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271612788 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271622719 Great series of books about a family of trolls. ]]> 2021-03-04 22:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271622719 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271734666 A really lovely book with a film version to watch after you’ve finished it! Happy reading, Freya xx]]> 2021-03-04 23:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1271734666 https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1274020979 What Katy did next

Loved this series of books,  Katy had such an exciting life compared to mine. A good read.]]> 2021-03-05 15:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1274020979 bethanwhittle https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1461400396 i think its a good book because it shows what could actually happen it is also good because it has exciting events from Cerys]]> 2021-04-26 19:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanwhittle/qm25foduk7mpqlku/wish/1461400396