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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.

caponier Thu 04-Dec-14 23:16:30

I was always at the local library as a child and one day picked up "Molly Becomes a Librarian" (can't remember the author) and decided I wanted to become one too. I DID become a librarian, married a librarian and my daughter is now a school librarian working in a primary school! If I won these, they would go to my grandchildren and to the school library to share with other children.

Megansmum66 Thu 04-Dec-14 23:47:38

My favourite book and one I remember reading over and over again was a book called The Patchwork Quilt, I think it was by an American author. The story was told by a grandmother to her granddaughter telling stories related to her life and remembered through each patch of fabric in the quilt. The story has remained etched in my memory over 40 years later.

Pamish Thu 04-Dec-14 23:49:10

Where the Wild Things Are
so many layers of meaning

Eloethan Fri 05-Dec-14 00:06:04

The Lorax - Dr Seuss. My grandson is two and a half but he loves this book. Like many Dr Seuss books, it has a lovely rhythm, which makes it easy to read. It also very engagingly tells a story that, as children get older, will lead them to think about the importance of looking after the earth and all its creatures.

Lhilton79 Fri 05-Dec-14 01:03:35

My favourite book was Meg and mog.

ukraines Fri 05-Dec-14 01:21:00

Treasure Island

shellshell Fri 05-Dec-14 01:42:59

The Wishing Tree by Enid Blyton

redamanthas Fri 05-Dec-14 01:46:07

Heidi. I loved it as a child and still I remember almost word for word!

grantwo Fri 05-Dec-14 04:01:32

It has got to be 'Charlotte's Web' by E. B. White. This beautifully written book deals with issues that children will encounter in their young lives and
gently, through clever characterisation, readers will lose themselves in the story.

clareken Fri 05-Dec-14 06:03:08

Elmer's Day, we used to read it at bedtime so that gd could say goodnight to Elmer. It made that the end of the bedtime routine.

Jenty61 Fri 05-Dec-14 06:35:01

Ballet Shoes by Noel Steatfeild

mewsmuse Fri 05-Dec-14 06:58:06

The Velveteen Rabbit for cosy cuddle reads with my children, and Struelpeter which was their favourite.

Littlemissactive Fri 05-Dec-14 07:11:26

I loved reading the 'Alfie' books by Shirley Hughes to my children, almost as much as they loved hearing them.

kay177 Fri 05-Dec-14 07:12:09

toms midnight garden, loved the idea of slipping into the past and experiencing another world.

bookdreamer Fri 05-Dec-14 07:12:13

Black beauty. I loved it. Ginger was my favourite "character ". Read it countless times. Want my grandchildren to have the same love of books that I had.

OanaChi Fri 05-Dec-14 07:14:30

There are so many...The Wind in the Willows for younger days, The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe for older ones.xx

mbody Fri 05-Dec-14 07:17:09

Shadow the Sheepdog by Enid Blyton. Just wonderful!

sc00ter Fri 05-Dec-14 07:25:04

When my son was a small his all time favourite book for us to read at bed time was "The Little Yellow Digger".
Most nights that chosen from the shelf and even though he must have known the story inside and out (as did I) he would still wait for the story to unfold.
Love this book very fond memories. x

Genevieve489 Fri 05-Dec-14 07:38:29

It has to be 'Little Women', a book I read over and over again when I was a child and which I still have. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy became my friends.

HelenRidley3 Fri 05-Dec-14 07:45:43

Owl Babies
Its so sweet, my kids used to love it and knew all the words off by heart. Lovely pictures too.

kymee Fri 05-Dec-14 07:47:35

The Tiger Who Came to Tea It was a favorite of my children and now I read it to my grandchildren

Voni Fri 05-Dec-14 07:51:11

It has to be
The tiger who came to tea

maggiewhite21 Fri 05-Dec-14 07:55:40

'Twas the night Before Christmas '
A lovely old fashioned rhyming story which was read to us as children every night on the lead up to Christmas day.

FriendsofStClares Fri 05-Dec-14 07:56:29

My girls' current favourites are the Bewilderwood stories having been there a couple of times, they recognising landmarks mentioned.

cikada Fri 05-Dec-14 08:00:16

It has to be the "Roundabout Horse"! My children never tired of my reading it to them, it had something quite magical about it, and the illustrations were beautiful.