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Enid Blyton for me as well, mainly Famous Five and secret seven, I remember devouring those books along with my mum (see story below).
I don't know whether I mentioned this before but when I was at Infant school (age 5-7 I think??) they never taught me to read or write so I started Junior school (7-11 years old) unable to read or write very well at all (I struggled to write my name and could only really read two or three letter words) My parents hired a private tutor (which they really couldn't afford, my mum was a shop worker my dad a self employed car mechanic) to help me with this and within a year I was reading Stephen King and devouring every book I could get hold of. I've literally had a book on the go ever since (some 30 odd years)
I remember at the time my junior school told my parents I had a problem thats why I couldn't read or write, my parents refused to believe this which is why they hired the tutor, turns out they were right the school was wrong - the teachers just weren't very good at their job.
Now if anyone ever says to me their child's school has identified some sort of 'learning difficulty' I always say are you sure the difficulty doesn't lay with the school? Get a second opinion.
Sorry that turned into a longer post/ rant more than I wanted it to!
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