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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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Ziggy1914 Sun 07-Jun-20 15:05:48

I enjoy reading the stick man it's such a lovely story the adventures he had and the grandchildren faces when you read it there in awe it's so nice to watch their actions

Coco51 Sun 07-Jun-20 14:57:21

It has to be the Magic Faraway Tree across the range of my DGDs from 18 to 4. But we always had stories and DVDs of Thomas. DGD aged 7 still loves to look at a Thomas board counting book.

helen55 Sun 07-Jun-20 14:54:51

Colin McNaughton - There's an awful lot of weidos in our neighbourhood

Strawberry Sun 07-Jun-20 14:43:57

'Please don't chat to the bus driver' by Shen Roddie and Jill Newton is our favourite as it is full of fun and great to join in with as everyone shouts out 'Please don't chat to the bus driver!' throughout the story.

langelei Sun 07-Jun-20 14:27:06

"The Little Gingerbread Man" was read to my grandchildren from the age of about 12 months, a lovely gentle story they enjoyed, it seems, forever. And it was even better when they were old enough to 'help' make and bake gingerbread men. Which they still ask for now in their twenties and which I shall, no doubt, be asked for when their children come along - I do hope so! cupcake

inishowen Sun 07-Jun-20 14:26:27

The Borrowers. My all time favourite book.

dahlia08 Sun 07-Jun-20 13:32:46

The tiger who comes to tea is read over and over. Read the smartest giant in town with my younges grandson but due to lockdown not been able to do so lately. Just missing everything.

Woodstock Sun 07-Jun-20 12:49:12

My six year granddaughter, who has Autism, is obsessed with the Operation Ouch books - so that's what we read! I'm learning from the books too!

Mrsemmapeel10 Sun 07-Jun-20 12:42:03

Has anyone noticed a deterioration in their grandchildren’s behaviour over lockdown? My darling 3.5 year old grandson, an only child, has started wetting and pooing in his pants. He has been to the GP who gave a course of antibiotics in case it was an infection but he is still doing it. The pooping only once so far but sometimes the wetting could be up to 4 times a day but sometimes not at all. I am worried that it might be psychological and if so, how do we deal with it?

Mrsemmapeel10 Sun 07-Jun-20 12:36:15

Anything by Julia Donaldson is wonderful but my 3.5 year old grandson particularly likes The Snail and the Whale. It has everything - beautiful pictures, rhymes, repetition and gives an important message about nature, ecology, the ocean and the world.

Spuggee Sun 07-Jun-20 12:31:39

I wish that I had duck feet by Theo LeSieg. My children all loved this book, they still quote it! My grandson also loves it, but due to the horrible split up of his parents, we have no contact, yet ?the book is sitting waiting ready for the day we get to see him ?

greenfinger5 Sun 07-Jun-20 12:23:43

My Grandson likes 'The tiger that came to tea', we read that a lot!

Taptan Sun 07-Jun-20 11:48:31

When my grandson (nearly 5) was about 22 months old, I bought The Stick Man by Julia Donaldson to read to him, he loved it, he enjoys all her stories. A young friend told me about a fairly local place to take him for an outing - Yeadon Tarn - when we parked the car, got him out and got out of the car park, started walking down towards a huge great water area, he looked at me and said “where is the Stick Man”, to him it looked just like one of the walks the Stick Man takes. I thought that was so beautiful and think of it often, especially as he now lives abroad, whoops eyes are getting misty.

CAllred1 Sun 07-Jun-20 11:32:45

The Tiger who came to Tea is a family favourite! It’s been read over and over again! That’s always a good sign of a good book!

Roddi3363 Sun 07-Jun-20 11:25:59

So many books to share and enjoy together with a granddaughter aged 5 and grandson nearly 3 plus a new baby due in early July. They both love any of the Thomas books and their favourite author at the moment is Nick Sharratt.

helenct Sun 07-Jun-20 11:11:39

I have three granddaughters all of whom love anything my Julia Donaldson. Their particular favourite at the moment is the Smeds and the Smoos. We first read this on holiday last Autumn and has been popular ever since

Whiteknight22 Sun 07-Jun-20 11:02:45

The 8 year old The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
The 5 year old he likes Shaggy Dog and the Terrible Itch.

marpau Sun 07-Jun-20 10:56:36

Danny champion of the world

Patsyfagan Sun 07-Jun-20 10:52:19

We're Going On A Bearhunt
Have read it to all my grandchildren, boys and girls. Never Ages.

hilary600 Sun 07-Jun-20 10:52:09

Goldilocks and the Three Bears because I love trying to do funny voices.

moleswife Sun 07-Jun-20 10:44:45

My granddaughter has recently moved on from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to The Gingerbread Boy - helped, I think, because we make gingerbread men! I have an old Ladybird version which is quite graphic about the fox eating him in fractions but good for early maths even if she is only 2 1/2!!

janieuk Sun 07-Jun-20 10:41:52

I love reading Oi get off our train! To my 2 year old grandson - he loves shouting out that sentence as it crops up through the story. It’s a lovely book with an environmental message too.

DeliaT Sun 07-Jun-20 10:38:51

It has to be a The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Read to my Two little great grandsons.

NannyG123 Sun 07-Jun-20 10:26:18

I love you to the moon and back. I've read it to all my grandchildren.

Mog52 Sun 07-Jun-20 10:25:07

I got my granddaughter Winnie the Witch by Gorky Paul and she loves it . I love it too the illustrations and shouting Abracadabra especially ...always helps to love the stories too...must have read it 100 times. She now has a whole collection of Winnie stories and can chose different ones each time I stay.