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

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome. My husband was given the whole set when a child and we read them all to our children. Now the grandchildren are enjoying them.

my favourite book of all time is 'What Katy Did',I remember reading it when I was confined to bed & very poorly with Measles as a child of 9,I loved this book so much I named my younger Daughter Katy as a consequence!!

I loved to read the Road Dahl books to my children - hard to pick a favourite but would say that The Twits probably caused most of the hilarity!

Then of course there is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Esio Trot - oh dear just so many to choose from :-)

Looking forward to when my twin grandchildren are old enough to hear the delights of Roald Dahl's story telling - he surely did know how to entertain children!

A fish out of water by Dr Suess - Astory about giving a goldfish too much to eat- Something I did as a child

Just William by Richmal Compton = even though I was a girl I longed to be William Brown and get up to his escapade with his gang.

Loved reading anything by Roald Dahl to my children, but they especially loved 'Not Now, Bernard'. The little'ns love it just as much.

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome - innocent and carefree like most childhoods in those days

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

"Crazy Charlie" which I read to my sons. A crocodile eats everything so his teeth fall out.An intrepid tourist, who just happens to be a dentist, makes him some false teeth. Funny story, lovely illustrations.

The Wind in the Willows. Such adventures !

The jolly postman . Janet and Alan Albert . I never tire of this . It's excellent ��

I loved Lost at the Fair by A J Macgregor when I was 4 years old. My sons demanded it every bedtime at approximately the same age. Subsequently six grandchildren have insisted it is one of the books I read at bedtime. I am currently still enjoying reading it to the 3 year old. It tells a story young children can enjoy with lovely illustrations and delightful rhyme. They do not question some of the more dated language. In fact I think it adds to their enjoyment.

I loved the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton - all of my grandchildren love it too so I've had the pleasure of reading it again.

The Secret Garden.

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

Has to be Heidi, just loved reading that book.

Peter Pan. I have fond memories of a tatty book bought from a jumble sale for a few old pence. I loved it.

Heidi - on old favourite

'Killer Gorilla" by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross

Each of my 5 grandchildren has loved this book so much - have had to reread it to each of them umpteen times! So much fun with a moral hidden in! Exactly what children love!

DD2 loved "The Worst Witch" stories - who had the idea first for a school for witches? Was it Jill Murphy?.

DGD2 age 3 and I love the Owl Babies and read it together when she comes.

She always loves to say the last line: ' "I want my Mummy" said Bill'

Wow said the Owl by Tim Hopgood is a beautifully illustrated book enjoyed by me and my grandchildren. I love it!

There are lots. I loved reading as a child ( don't remember being read to though) I made sure I read to my children but the one that has bought me the most joy is 'The Gruffilo' Iv read it to all my grandchildren. We have acted it out in the local woods. They were convinced they'd seen him. We had gruffilo hunts in the local park to find were he lives. When it was made for television one of my boys telephoned after watching and said all he could think about when he watched it with his boys was me. I think it will be the one my grandchildren will read to their grandchildren and wax lyrical to them about their nanna. Thanks Julia Donaldson it's bought great great joy.

The Jolly Postman by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. It is a beautifully presented story that my own children used to adore.

Marianne Dreams, by Catherine Storr. Read it from the library as a child and the story haunted me for years; bought it in puffin to read to my children, but they didn't take to it, possibly because the main protagonist was a girl & they were both boys!
Haven't had a chance to try it on my grandchildren because none are close enough to be read to regularly, but I still reread it every so often, and now I have a grand daughter I may gift it to her when she is a bit older.