They are often cleared out to charity shops or left to gather dust in the attic, but your favourite books from childhood could actually be worth a fortune, British experts have revealed.
If you were a big reader when you were a child, your bookshelf could well be worth a fortune, according to experts.
Oxbridge Home Learning has analysed the value of hundreds of classic books, from The Hobbit to The Tale Of Peter Rabbit.
The results found that if you have a True First Hardcover Edition (1997) of Harry Potter & The Philosopher s Stone lying around, it could fetch you up to £95,000, while a first edition of Dr Seuss s The Cat In The Hat (1957) could be worth £13,300.
Oxbridge’s Head of Digital, Riman Verma, commented: Books and stories can really shape us as children, and classic stories such as these hold a lot of really special memories for us as adults.