My favourite childhood book was Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, or any of the Bunter books by Frank Richards.
The Billy Bunter books were wonderfully funny tales of a fat schoolboy and his pals. There was a marvellous cast of both teachers and pupils, and although the principal character had virtually no redeeming qualities, he somehow survived every crisis. Billy Bunter stories were the Harry Potter tales of their day.
