Since the 50s, every child in the Netherlands has grown up with the stories about Jip & Janneke, two kindergartners going on small daily life adventures.
The book I’m holding here was given to me when I was born in 1980, and I read to my kids from it as well. The current edition has the same cover.

"The Magic Faraway Tree" by Enid Blyton

One reviewer describes "The Magic Faraway Tree" perfectly: "There is a child in so many of us. In the case of those who have read the Faraway Tree series, that child may never want to grow up."

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🌼 loves this one: Hairy Maclary Scattercat. It's about a boisterous dog who just wants to chase the neighbourhood cats. There are some great rhymes, and the twist at the end always makes me laugh. I've read Hairy Maclary that many times that I basically know it by heart 🤣

This was probably the number one book I made my parents read to me when I was very young. It holds such fond memories for me and no doubt contributed to my lifelong love of reading 💜

Les malheurs de Sophie (1858), written by La Comtesse de Ségur.
Reading, offering and transmitting the books of the Countess of Ségur and, in particular, Sophie’s misadventures, is an old tradition in the family. From mother and grandmother to daughter and granddaughter. A classic.

It's impossible for me to pick a favorite (I'm an elementary school librarian) but I think non-fiction is under represented and I adore this:

“Un agujero en la alambrada” (a whole in the fence) a book by François Sautereau was one of my childhood favourites. Grisón lives in Epnoi and himself and his friends always try to cross over the fence into the forbidden forest. What awaits over the fence? 😁
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