World Book Day

I loved reading as a child. I constantly had my nose in a book, I was that kid walking down the road still reading. I loved being able to escape into someone else's story, as a kid I wasn't real popular in all honesty I was a bit of a geek and to be truthful I still am. I was always found carrying a book around with me it was the best way to look busy when I had no one that wanted to talk to or hang out with me at break times. Fortunately, when I reached high school I made loads of awesome friends but these days I barely seem to have time to read as there's always something else or some event that I'm at.

Anyways today is World Book Day. I used to look forward to this day every year, free book vouchers!! I could afford the latest book I wanted that wasn't available from my local library.

I have a few very old copies of my favourite childhood books. My favourite series of books as a child was The Naughtiest Little Girl in School by Enid Blyton. On World Book Day in Year 3 I went as the main character Elizabeth Allen, which meant I went in my school uniform on a non uniform day with some homemade badges from my mom that said lacrosse team and prefect. Needless to say I didn't win one prize for an inventive costume. I just didn't want to wear my home clothes in case I got picked on or laughed at, I'm a huge advocate of school uniform everyone's the same!

So by day I would escape to the world of Elizabeth Allen, a mischievous school girl who learnt from her mistakes and made good friends and was popular amongst her peers most of the time. By night I was hidden under the covers reading C S Lewis's The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Dreaming of being like Lucy and Susan or on really bad days even the White Witch so I could turn to stone all the kids who had picked on me and do as I pleased.

I loved these books, the covers are so beautiful and unique. The thing that I find most surprising about them is there price, on the back of my copy of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, the selling price is 20p.  I find it crazy how much the value of money has changed since my copy was printed in 1971.

These are two of my favourite childhood stories that I cherish as holding real meaning to me. I think reading is very important amongst young children and that they should be encouraged to read the books not just watch the films. I also really believe in giving children books instead of kindles and tablets to read off. I love my old copies of these children's classics. They're a little battered but they're so well loved and I hope one day to be able to give them to my little girl or boy to read like my Mom gave them to me. Maybe a few generations down the line they'll be family heirlooms and worth millions of pounds as books will have become so rare in the technological age. Who knows what they future holds!

Hope you guys approve, let me know your thoughts in the comments below and share any of your childhood favourites. Happy World Book Day Everyone :)