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

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 01-Dec-14 10:58:24

One of our very favourite features is our annual round up of the best children's books of the year

This year we've featured you over 30 fantastic books for children of all ages, from babies and preschoolers - to young adults and teens. Great ideas for Christmas shopping. AND three lucky gransnetters get to win the lot...each set is worth over £350 and is sure to keep the family (and the wider family and the neighbours' kids...) happy for a very long time.

Full details on the page

To enter the draw - which will be made at midday on Tuesday 16 December - all you have to do is answer one simple question.

What's your favourite children's book of all time?

Maybe it's one that you loved as a child. One that you read to your own children. Or one that you read with your grandchildren. Old, new, classic or little-known...we look forward to compiling a list of gransnetters all-time favourites.

Nonu Fri 05-Dec-14 18:59:17

"Anything by Enid Blyton", the best children's author of all time, bar none.
So prolific also, 500 books in all , what an achievement eh !
tchsmile

SanS2 Fri 05-Dec-14 20:12:15

A book my English teacher used to read to the class - The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. We could hardly wait for her next lesson to once again be engrossed in that magical story.

RifRaf Fri 05-Dec-14 20:25:50

The Tiger That Came To Tea. Even in my adulthood I am still as intrigued as I was when I was 5 as to the hidden meanings of the book...

doggo Fri 05-Dec-14 20:26:34

The Hungry Crocodile. Reading this to my grandchildren I could see that they were both scared and delighted. Wonderful!

AnnB Fri 05-Dec-14 20:41:49

Our favourite will always be 'Where the Wild Things Are' ! It's been a but hijacked by the film but the book has wonderful illustrations and clear no nonsense text ..it has been a favourite of all children and all of four grandchildren, although we're looking forward to reading some of the others on your list!

linzi54 Fri 05-Dec-14 20:45:12

I love reading the gruffalo with my son.

Welshpat Fri 05-Dec-14 20:54:35

Charlottes web, enjoyed reading it as a teacher and to my children. cannot wait until grandchildren are old enough to appreciate story

grannyscalpay Fri 05-Dec-14 21:09:54

Love You Forever

Samie Fri 05-Dec-14 21:18:35

The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales by Usborne - my two year old reads it over and over again - has the added attraction of finding a hiding baby duck on every page - recommend it

MB1001 Fri 05-Dec-14 21:55:35

The Very Hungry Caterpillar of course!

durhamjen Fri 05-Dec-14 22:06:32

Goodnight, Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.

Ingrid45 Fri 05-Dec-14 22:41:14

Mr Gallianos Circus by Enid Blyton. I received as a prize in Primary School and read it many times. I still have it 53 years later - still in its dust jacket!

knspol Fri 05-Dec-14 22:42:59

The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett

Dannylam Sat 06-Dec-14 00:39:10

My Granddaughter, who is 4, loves The Puffin Book of Five- Minute Stories.
She chooses which story I will read to her even though she has heard them all many times before. We snuggle up and find something new in each story every time. My favourite story is the 3 Billy Goats Gruff because I can use silly voices and make her giggle.

Gangang Sat 06-Dec-14 07:31:37

'Winnie th Pooh' was my first book which had an enormous impact on the wonders of reading. I started this very special book on a flight from Heathrow and finished it when we landed in Sydney, Australia.

spevick Sat 06-Dec-14 07:58:33

I loved to read Pollyanna..I always remember her prisms

noahsark Sat 06-Dec-14 08:50:04

Suzy's Shadow by Enid Blyton was a favourite with myself as a child and also all three of my children. I think it stands the test of time an enchanting tale of fairies and pixies.

gillogg Sat 06-Dec-14 09:16:01

The Sea of Adventure by Enid Blyton

fjw2009 Sat 06-Dec-14 09:54:01

The all-time favourite of my children was " Just before dawn" by Jan Mogensen because the illustrations were fantastic. A little boy's favourite teddy falls out of the bedroom window and goes on an eventful journey,arriving safely back in bed with the little boy just before dawn. On the final page the little boy wakes up and says " Good morning Teddy, did you sleep well?" This has become a catch phrase in our family and now our granddaughter is almost old enough for us all to enjoy the story all over again.

gazking69 Sat 06-Dec-14 12:11:52

The lion the witch and the wardrobe

cinders54 Sat 06-Dec-14 12:20:04

"Are You My Mother?", by PD Eastman, 1960!!! It is a beautiful, simple, delightful book that I enjoyed as a child, my two girls adored as children (and still do) and my granddaughter thinks is the funniest book she owns. "You are not my mother...you are a SNORT!" is a line that has reverberated through the generations of my family. Priceless.

4grannyali Sat 06-Dec-14 12:52:00

Quentin Blake's book 'Patrick' has his amazing pictures and a simple story of the gift of Patrick's magical violin playing; gathering up an assortment of dull and sad characters and adding colour and wonder into their lives to make them happy again. A class act that entertains everyone-reader and listener even after four children!! Wonderful!

equ1ne Sat 06-Dec-14 13:03:51

My daughter loved Gob0lino the Witch's Cat this book also helped her learning to read herself

Galen Sat 06-Dec-14 14:01:11

Children of the new forest

jose Sat 06-Dec-14 14:33:22

The books I remember so well are the Ladybird books, which I read to my own children on numerous occasions when they were young.

In fact one of my daughter's has the books which she read to her own children when young.

Cinderella, Snow White, remember them.