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NatashaGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 11-May-20 12:37:29

To celebrate Thomas the Tank Engine's 75th anniversary, we're giving away a fantastic bundle of goodies worth over £100 to one lucky winner. Five runners-up will also win a copy of Thomas' Big Journey: Book with toy engine and giant track.

More details on the prize can be found HERE and T&Cs HERE. We will pick a winner after 11am on 11th June.

To enter simply tell us... Which story do you love reading to your grandchildren and why?

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busterjames Thu 14-May-20 22:02:05

My little grandson loves Paddington stories.

lizzie111 Thu 14-May-20 21:23:18

I love reading the twits by Roald Dahl to my grandson

tomskype Thu 14-May-20 20:16:10

Loved reading George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, such fun!

julie2955 Thu 14-May-20 20:10:26

My Grandson just loves any story which I read to him The more pictures the better ?

heatherjw Thu 14-May-20 16:34:20

I love reading the Jill Murphy stories about the Larfe family, e.g. Mr Large in charge. I still have the copies I read to my own children, which has their names written and crossed out multiple times as they fought over who the books belonged to. The grandchildren love the stories and seeing their parent's writing.

Tidusmc Thu 14-May-20 15:10:50

In our house, any story connected with Peter Rabbit and Going on a Bear Hunt always goes down a storm. They have always loved books from being tiny and I do too, so story time is one thing I sadly miss right now.

Sadgrandma Thu 14-May-20 14:29:06

My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter loves the Hairy Mcleary from Donaldson's Dairy books. He is a scruffy little dog who has many friends. His biggest enemy is Scarface Claw, a cat. There are lots of books in the series, we have about ten but I think we have only scraped the tip of the iceberg. I now read them to her over WhatsAp which she loves.

dahlia08 Thu 14-May-20 10:06:16

My grandsons love reading and they have loads of the. Most of the time they will choose their bedtime story for me to read. Three different ages . So the little one will have his story in the day time and sit with us for other stories later. The tiger who came to tea although he likes the touching, feeling, pulling one a lot. For the older one, Harry Potter. Roald dahl , dinasaur and numbers/football for the middle one.

Greyduster Thu 14-May-20 09:25:39

We wore the print of Julia Donaldson’s The Snail and the Whale and Sharing a Shell; all her books in fact. Other books included The Tiger that came to Tea, and when he was a bit older, the very funny Man on the Moon (A Day in the Life of Bob) books by Simon Bartram - especially A Right Royal Disaster; and the Katie Morag books. He’s now 13 and a voracious reader. I think I miss reading to him more than anything else we did.

Froglady Thu 14-May-20 09:21:31

Anything really; if they ask for a story I will read it to them and with them.

glammanana Thu 14-May-20 08:58:13

My youngest Grandaughter loves her bedtime stories and enjoys her collection of Winnie the Pooh stories she is two years old this week so I bought her a dolls house shaped book case for her to put her collection of favourite books by the side of her little bed.

maria411 Thu 14-May-20 08:15:54

The gruffalo,

they absolutely love it

ruth120067 Thu 14-May-20 06:59:37

I love reading 'the hobbit' in chapters, one or two a night, to the little precious ones!

Elrel Thu 14-May-20 00:20:39

The Gruffalo is a great favourite with all my grandchildren.

Agnapoop Wed 13-May-20 23:45:53

The magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton, it's one I used to read when I was younger and would imagine I was a character in the book

philatel Wed 13-May-20 21:00:43

My favourite is When I was Six - A A Milne- I learnt most of them off by heart and can still recite them today!

Scorpion40 Wed 13-May-20 20:15:51

We read and watch Thomas the tank engine stories and postman pat! With my youngest son, we all love Thomas the tank and friends in our family. With my elder children we read Dhal, David Williams

Nannaanon Wed 13-May-20 19:19:44

Bunny Boo has lost her Teddy

laurelmail Wed 13-May-20 18:18:22

Alice in Wonderland so many wonderful characters

goblin Wed 13-May-20 18:05:10

I love reading Where the Wild Things Are to my grandchildren, just as I did my own - because they get completely immersed in that world.

raeb83 Wed 13-May-20 17:24:55

The Gingerbread Man. They love the singing the " Run, run as fast as you can".... part.

akira Wed 13-May-20 16:33:29

Heidi it was one of my favourites at school.

Rabbit Wed 13-May-20 16:27:58

I like reading "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. My mother read it to me when I was little. It reminds me of happy times in my home country.

Patricia110 Wed 13-May-20 16:21:29

My favourite is ‘Five Minutes Peace’ written by Jill Murphy.

LadyGracie Wed 13-May-20 16:13:51

Our granddaughter loves being read Thomas the Tank engine, she has the trains, the videos, pyjamas, t-shirts, socks, hat and gloves and even the underpants, yes she wears the underpants. She's 3.