We're giving away more than a THOUSAND pounds worth of children's books!

My own current favourite, and a big hit with my grandsons (age 6 and 3) is My Granny is a Pirate, especially as reading it involves lots of dressing up and acting out! It was written by Val McDermid. I´m a big fan of her adult books (Wire in the Blood etc), but this is her first foray into writing for children. I´d thoroughly recommend it for little ones.

My childhood books were quite predictable, Enid Blyton, Heidi etc but my children and grandchildren have much more exciting, unusual books! Wonderful books! The books I bought for my daughter stay in my memory and I trot out lines from them at any appropriate moments like "I'm a little black lamb, not white like the others!" and "Well never get home tonight!". We've still got them but I've no idea of the author at the time.

My favourite children's book is 'Tabby McTat' ! I love it and so does my granddaughter. It is wonderful!

The Borrowers. I received it as a school prize for being the best all rounder. Not only was i shocked at getting a prize, but I loved the book so much I still have it!

My favourite book was What Katy Did, and I also loved Little Women.

I loved The Children of The New Forest by Frederick Marryat

The book my children loved is 'Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy'. I am now reading it to my Grandchildren

Little Women. I also love The Secret Garden.

I used to love Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield. I read it again recently and gave it to my grandaughter who found it "nice"! I had ballet lesson as achild and felt some affinity with the three sisters Pauline, petrova and Polly Fossil!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Both of my children loved this as have their children and one is using it in his French class at school

From my childhood - Alison Uttley's tales of Little Grey Rabbit, read to me by my grandmother. With my children I loved - "Where the Wild Things Are".

Mary Mouse (a really small but long book)- I remember sitting on my mum's lap in a rocking chair near a coall fire reading it time after time.

When I was a girl my favourite book was Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. I cried over that book. I loved it. So sad in places. Told actually in the words of the beautiful black horse and how he is bought and sold, not always to kind owners, it is very moving. I am going to give a copy to my granddaughter aged 11 for her birthday as she loves horses and I am sure she will enjoy this book too.

l remember as a child reading and rereading The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen. It was my favoutite tale from a beautiful illustrated book of his tales. l don't know what it was that appealed so much to me but l still remember how l loved it.

My favourite children's book has to be The Ship That Flew by Hilda Lewis. I remembered reading this as a child and tracked it down to read to my own children. When my grandchildren are a little older, I shall be able to read it to the too. Very imaginative and enjoyable.

I loved The Hobbit at school. I read it to my son 24 year old son when he was 8 and I'm now reading it to my 7 year old daughter, any opportunity!

Has to to be the BFG by Roald Dahl

The Famous Five!

Peace at Last. My girls loved it and now they are enjoying reading to their children. A real modern day classic.

Mog the Forgetful Cat

Winnie the Pooh. And now all the family has identities from the book, I'm Eeyore.....

My grandchildren love a story that my daughter was read in primary school.. Burglar Bill but the Ahlbergs.. In fact they are both suckers for any of the Ahlbergs books (like my girls were) and Richard Scary.

My favourite used to be Rupert the Bear but can't seem to get them into it. hey love all the flaps to open on many hardback books, but my girls had a slot book, Ted and Dolly's Magic Carpet Ride...talk about blast from the past? Does anyone else remember this book?

Val

Room on the Broom, I love this book and so do my two 5 year old granddaughters.

Well, it has to be The Bobsey Twins, of course! hence the Gransnet name ...

I loved "The Secret of Pooduck Island" by Alfred Noyes. He also wrote the famous poem, "The Highwayman". Pooduck Island is off the coast of Maine and is haunted by the famous Indian chief Squando. I had a red canoe, like an indian canoe, and I called it Squando. We had great adventures on the River Trent, perhaps not so romantic as Pooduck Island but I had a lovely chidhood, nevertheless.