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I love reading The Gruffalo to my grandchildren because we enjoy looking at the beautiful illustrations together and talking about them and sometimes we have a go at drawing the characters too!

The gruffly is mines favourite thanks so much for the chance and stay safe ❤

I love reading Nana upstairs and nana downstairs

The Mog books by Judith Kerr, every time!

The snail and the whale is one of our favourites

My granddaughter loves me to read Alice in Wonderland with all the magical characters

Any of the Alfie books by Shirley Hughes. I read them to my children and now my grandchildren. The illustrations are wonderful and the stories are very real.

Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise It is so funny!

35 years ago, my DS loved Thomas the Tank Engine stories. He had all of the books, which were read to him over and over again; his bedroom was similarly themed and birthday cakes had to be either Thomas, James or Percy. And now, 35 years later, his own son is similarly besotted with Thomas and friends and the original books are back out and being read to my grandson, just as they were to his daddy. Of all the things I'm missing during this lockdown, it's having a little 3 year old boy, sat on my lap, being totally engrossed in stories about Thomas, James and the Fat Controller. The stories are truly timeless and they hold the same magic now as they did when Reverend Awdry wrote them all those years ago.

My grandson loves Toy story and I have to read it to him at least three times a week, over facetime at the moment

I tell them the story of the 3 bears. It's the only one i can remember.

We love Dr. Seuss because the stories are addictive and the illustrations are fun xx

I love Peepo there is so much going on in each page
A lovely gentle book

The Tiger that came to Tea is my favourite to read to my grandchildren as it brings back lovely memories of reading it with my children. And the children love it!

Each Peach Pear Plum, a fantastic rhyming book with a great theme of searching for characters on each page that keeps the little ones interested.

I love reading any julia Donaldson books but especially the snail and the whale

Guess How Much I Love You ( to the moon and back) is a classic that is such a favourite and a great slogan

I love reading winnie the pooh and the blustery day because I have always adored the winnie the pooh books

My youngest grandson lives in the Antibodes and is mad about everything to do with Thomas the Tank Engine. I recently showed him over Skype the original Thomas books by Reverend W. Awdry, they were great favourites of his uncles and he now loves to have them read to him. Reading over Skype involves Granny crouching behind the laptop to read and Grandad holding the book up to the screen and turning the pages. His current favourite is 'Toby the Tram Engine' series no. 7, so I read that one whenever we Skype, about twice a week, and one other.

As a Mum of 3 who used to do reading and literature in school - I can't stress how important it is to read ANYTHING with your kids. I love the classics and all the , old favourites by Enid Blyton, Julia Donaldson, Beatrix Potter, etc, etc ... my message is JUST READ - to and from any age. If you read a good book pass it on. I think there's nothing better than gifting a good book.... Can you tell I'm an avid reader?!*

Fronkydonky

I adore reading The Mog stories, Judith Kerr has such a gift for telling wonderful tales and children of all ages simply love listening to them.

I love reading mr men and miss miss books to my youngest grandchildren as they find them really funny

I love reading mr men and miss miss to my grandchildren

Tales from acorn wood ( Friends), is the book I'm reading to my granddaughter on face time, she is 2 , and we have made pop-up animals of the characters on little sticks , and we pop them in view of the screen at the right moment, she loves it .

Just before lockdown, I had started reading "The Twelve and the Genii" by Pauline Clark to my 8 year old grandaughter. I clearly remember my junior school teacher reading this to the class at the end of each day when I was 7 (in 1964, shortly after it was published). It was the first book I had read to me that had proper chapters! It is about twelve little soldiers who previously belonged to the Bronte children who are re-discovered in an old farmhouse by a young boy. They come to life and go through many adventures. A beautiful book!