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"The Gruffalo" was always a favourite when my youngest two were very little. And at Christmas we always read "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

My little girl loves her frozen book and her Disney Princess story book

My 2yr old little girl loves Peppa Pig stories but they don't send her to sleep she just asks for 'more' 'more.' Another favourite is Red Shoes by Hans Christian Anderson. The ones which send her to sleep are the true fairytales that are longer so ones like The Princess & the Pea or Rumpelstiltskin, however that still only works if I read them incredibly slowly and at the barest whisper. Can you tell that she doesn't drop off that easily??

12mo loves "My naughty little sister" book is 23 years old and anything at the moment with dinosaurs on the front cover

'Arrgghh, Spider!' is a great favourite here, but a bit too shouty for bedtime! 'Mummy's little mouse' is a really lovely bedtime book.

At the moment its the Princess and the potty as we are potty training, he likes to be read it before bed, but he likes to do the Queens part not the princess's part. Before that it was any Thomas Tank book, he has a set and is really not fussy which one gets read as long as it has trains in.

We like Elmer, Hugless Douglas, Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Owl Babies.

Dd is a Peppa obsessive so she frequently asks for Peppa but I refuse! If she's lucky she'll get My Mummy or My Granny, which are quick and I know off by heart!

Ooooh! Sorry! Peppa Pig!!!

Thomas the Tank Engine and Peppe Pig

My youngest (2) loves Oh Boris! and Harry books he's an elephant with friends who are a teddy and a lamb who go on adventures. Although to be fair she loves anything.

My eldest (6) is exploring at the moment, we've just finished Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he loves horrible histories (really gruesome at bedtime with interesting conversation) but he still loves them. We've just picked up Horrid Henry from the library as well. I just hope he doesn't follow his behaviour!!

With both we like a bit of variety, the story settles them but doesn't send them to sleep as we like bringing the stories to life with accents and actions.

The teddy bears picnic as I can sing the last part until they drift off (or I do lol)

My 2 year old loves any story which has animals in it! The current favorites are: The tiger who came to tea and The Gruffalo

We have lots of favourites but at the moment we're enjoying the classic fairytales like Red Riding Hood and Snow White. We do have some modern favourites too though, such as Peace at Last, which is a lovely relaxing one for bedtime, as is Say Goodnight to the Sleepy Animals.

minwe r too old now sadly but they alays enjoyed guess how much i love you about the mummy and baby bunny

Peace At Last in our household, obviously Daddy Bear requires a Mr T type voice lol

anything my julia donaldson!

My little ones are huge fans of all Julia Donaldson books but they tend to get really excited by them which is usually a good thing. Just not at bedtime!

We love owl babies & anything by Enid Blyton

You're All My Favourites is very popular in this house when reading to DD (3) and DS (18mths) together. I have just started reading The Enchanted Wood to DD though and she loves it. We talk about what has happened and we think might happen next at the end of each chapter so this is more fun for me too! I love You're All My Favourites as it was a present to DD from DS when he was born and they both 'compete' over who is favourite! Not sure they get the real point of the book

5yo loves all books at the moment his favourite is Hairy McClairy from Donaldson's Dairy!
3yo loves Winnie The Pooh!

Good Night, Little Bear always does the trick with my little one, he absolutely loves it, especially as he has a bear he calls "little bear" - so they cuddle up together whilst I read it.

My DDs favourite book many years ago was "The Noise in the Night".
We were reading it one evening, and I did my usual best suspense voice for the ominous bit where the boys hear a noise... and we heard an almighty crash in the bathroom!
It was the (humane!) mouse-catcher box slamming shut; we had set it up to catch our hamster that had escaped the week before and there she was!

My DD loves the other Peppa Pig books. She's also fond of Julia Donaldson - her current favourite is the Singing Mermaid.

Bloomin Rainbow Fairy books. A chapter a night. There are feckin hundreds of the books. All the same story. Over and over. I mean, how many fairy adventures is it possible for 2 girls to have? Do they never go to school?

Dd has Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinki books for bedtime. Her favourite is 'Early Bird'. She also has the Gruffalo books.

My son loved The Gruffalo, we had to read it EVERY night, another firm favourite was The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers.