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

I always loved The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton and so did my daughter

I learnt to read using the Janet and John books, but my best memory is of Heidi, I can't remeber who wrote it but I love the story.

The Secret Island by Enid Blyton.

Little Women

The Magic Faraway Tree was always a favourite with my children

The Cat in The Hat. Still love to read it to my grandson. My all time favourite.

"Miskoo the Lucky" by Mary Fairclough. It is about a little eskimo boy. Years ago I lent it to my neice, and it came back to me a couple of years ago, and I have an eskimo doll that stands next to it on the shelf. The book jacket has long gone, but the illustrations are beautiful. Just love it.

My favourite book from my own childhood was Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright. My memory of it now, is that all my childhood summers were like the one in the book, long and hot, which they probably weren't really.

I loved the Romany Books by Bramwell Evans, who was also on the Radio, or the wireless in those days.
The simple way he brought the countryside to life and wrote about things that made you look with new eyes was amazing.
I think that children nowadays would also love them.

Winnie The Pooh every time. I loved the gentle humour. I loved all four books & can still recite a lot of the poetry.
Sadly none of my grandchildren yet have 'got it'. I still have 2 little ones to go! I think they were spoiled by the rubbish Disney versions which ruined the lovely stories.

Mind you I liked The Hobbit & the Lord of the Rings trilogy too & I read them to my 2 boys when they were very young so those were much loved too. My younger son still says I should have done the voice of Gollum for the films as I was soooo scarey!

When I was a child, it was wartime and there weren't many books, those that were around were old and well worn.

I discovered 'Each Peach Pear Plum' with my daughter, and now my young grandson loves it, so that would be my first choice. lt is fun, has loads of cultural references to spark other remembered stories and nursery rhymes, has lovely detailed drawings and a wonderful rhythm to the words, learned by heart by generations. Woe betide a grandparent who misreads a single word!

Morris's Disappearing Bag. My children loved this.

I still have a copy of The Silver Sword, by Ian Serralier. It's about 3 children escaping alone from war-torn Germany, and ending up in a Pezzalozzi village in Switzerland. it made a great impression on me as a child in the 50s

The Secret Garden

I'd have to say 'The Jolly Postman' it's one of those books that kids really love to read over and over - the opening of letters is exciting for them, and it's a good read too.

'The Little Grey Men' and 'Down the Bright Stream' both written by 'B.B'
Read to mother when she was at school. Read to me by the same teacher, at the same school, when I was a child. Read to my son, who now owns both books and reads to his son. Brilliant!

It has to be Burglar Bill which my son loved as a toddler

My favourite book was 'Winnie The Pooh'. I was immersed in the world of Pooh Bear on a flight from London Heathrow to Sydney Australia and just loved it.

Being a frustrated horsey child I loved:

The Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell. A marvellous tale about wild horses in Australia.

Also Silver Snaffles by Primrose Cumming, a tale of talking horses and changing times.

Jill's Gymkhana by Ruby Ferguson.

I also think Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzgerald is a fascinating book about dogs and South Africa and all it's wildlife.

Also loved the Jinny books - For the Love of a Horse - better than average pony story set in northern England, mysterious Celtic goings on as well as ponies.

I have an old book of Enid Blyton mini stories, i loved it and my grand daughter loves it too!

Each Peach Pear Plum. My daughters and my grand daughters all love it.

Alfie Gets in First.

Little Red Riding Hood - loved it as a child and so did my children and now grandchildren

The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

The Jolly Postman is one of the family's all-time favourites. The little envelopes inside the book with special messages were made with little fingers in mind. A delightful bedtime/activity book.