This is one of the best books I have read when I was a kid. 
 I have read it multiple times and I was extremely disappointed with the movie adaptation. 
 I truly believe that this story has inspired me and made me love Fantacy books so much later on as an adult. 
 (If my remember correctly my godfather gave it to me as a Christmas present together with "Comet in Moominland" by Tove Jansson. The best combination!) 
 Although it is more than 25 years since I last read it, I still remember scenes of the story, dialogues, lonely Bastian, Arteiyu and Fantastica. 
 Of course when I read it for first time, it was the Greek translation of the book. 
 Now I have a daughter who is six years old and she loves fairytales, dragons, princesses and magic. She also adores stories that they never end. When they eventually do end, she finds ways to postpone the ending and to expand the story. She has a vivid imagination this kid :) 
 So it is Christmas holidays, school holidays and this is the perfect opportunity to start a neverending story with her(in english this time). No school tomorrow. No need to sleep early. 
 And so far she cannot have enough!