From mischievous bears to boy wizards, British kids' books have given us some legendary characters. Rank your childhood favourites from cherished to nostalgic.
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Paddington Bear
Michael Bond's polite bear from darkest Peru has been charming readers since 1958. A hard stare, a suitcase, and a sandwich under his hat β pure cosy comfort.

Matilda Wormwood
A clever little girl with telekinetic powers and a fierce love of libraries. Matilda taught a generation that reading is its own kind of magic.
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling's bespectacled hero made millions of kids check their letterbox on their eleventh birthday. Hogwarts forever changed bedtime reading.

The BFG
Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant gave us snozzcumbers, frobscottle and a vocabulary all of his own. Gobblefunk at its finest.
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne's honey-obsessed teddy and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood are the gentlest corner of British childhood. Pure, unfiltered cosiness.
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