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

I loved - and still love - the Ladybird Books of British Birds and their Nests and the Second and Third Books of British Birds, given to me over 50 years ago.

The DGC enjoy looking at them now as well.

Watch out, Very Hungry Caterpillar (another favourite) - keep away from hungry birds!

I always loved Heidi and my daughter's favourite was Anne of Green Gables.

I loved the very hungry caterpillar

Mine was, and still is, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I just loved the world and characters in the book.

I love the gruffalo. My granddaughter loves it and I love reading it to her.time after time, after time. Lol.
I love the rhyming, the story and the cunning of the mouse. The illustrations are beautiful drawn. Its great.

It has to be The Railway Children, I used to read that as a child, but my fav recent children's book has to be Harry Potter

The secret garden I read it to my daughter and she loved it too?

The Borrowers. I had to keep repeating pages as it was read at bedtime to my daughter. She always fell to sleep and didn't remember the last bit.

Children of the New Forest was read and re-read until I knew the book by heart.

Do you remember the tv series of that? I loved it.

what a lovely competition

favourite childrens book: Dear Zoo

the youngest children just loved this book and we read it until it fell apart..

The BFG by Roald Dhal - classic xxx

One of many enjoyable books to read to a child: The Mouse and his Child by Russell Hobin

it has to be when you give a mouse a cookie

Marianne Dreams, by Catherine Storr. Read it from the library as a child and the story haunted me for years; bought it in puffin to read to my children, but they didn't take to it, possibly because the main protagonist was a girl & they were both boys!
Haven't had a chance to try it on my grandchildren because none are close enough to be read to regularly, but I still reread it every so often, and now I have a grand daughter I may gift it to her when she is a bit older.

The Jolly Postman by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. It is a beautifully presented story that my own children used to adore.

There are lots. I loved reading as a child ( don't remember being read to though) I made sure I read to my children but the one that has bought me the most joy is 'The Gruffilo' Iv read it to all my grandchildren. We have acted it out in the local woods. They were convinced they'd seen him. We had gruffilo hunts in the local park to find were he lives. When it was made for television one of my boys telephoned after watching and said all he could think about when he watched it with his boys was me. I think it will be the one my grandchildren will read to their grandchildren and wax lyrical to them about their nanna. Thanks Julia Donaldson it's bought great great joy.

Wow said the Owl by Tim Hopgood is a beautifully illustrated book enjoyed by me and my grandchildren. I love it!

DGD2 age 3 and I love the Owl Babies and read it together when she comes.

She always loves to say the last line: ' "I want my Mummy" said Bill'

DD2 loved "The Worst Witch" stories - who had the idea first for a school for witches? Was it Jill Murphy?.

'Killer Gorilla" by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross

Each of my 5 grandchildren has loved this book so much - have had to reread it to each of them umpteen times! So much fun with a moral hidden in! Exactly what children love!

Heidi - on old favourite

Peter Pan. I have fond memories of a tatty book bought from a jumble sale for a few old pence. I loved it.

Has to be Heidi, just loved reading that book.

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl