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Share your FAVOURITE CHILDREN'S BOOK for a chance to win £100 to spend at Wordery

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UrsulaMumsnet · 04/01/2016 10:00

The books you love as a child stay with you forever, they live inside your imagination and shape the way you see the world. There's nothing quite like sharing these stories with a new generation. Watching as their imaginations are captured by the very same tales of giants, magical lands and adventures that once enthralled us.

That's why this year we want to put together the ultimate children's reading list; the comprehensive guide to stories you think no child should grow up without. We'd like you to share your favourites, old or new, and tell us all the reasons why you think they deserve a place on this list.

We'll take the recommendations from this thread and scour the boards for more, to create the ultimate list of children's books. Then we'll put it to vote in attempt to find the best children's book ever written. Because well, who doesn't love a poll?

So, tell us why you think the books you love should make the list, and you'll be entered into a prize draw to win £100 to spend at online book retailer Wordery

Share your FAVOURITE CHILDREN'S BOOK for a chance to win £100 to spend at Wordery
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TiggersAngel7774 · 25/01/2016 01:57

The patchwork cat

daisyduck123 · 25/01/2016 00:09

Grandchildren are loving Roald Dahl Revolting Rhymes at the moment

nicole101 · 24/01/2016 23:47

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? My daughter loves this book so much and asks me to read it at least 5 times a day! :)

sarsar123 · 24/01/2016 23:23

Our favourite books are about Splat the cat by Rob Scotton. Such lovely pictures and funny stories. We have Scaredy-cat, Splat!, Merry Christmas, Splat, and Splat the cat Fishytales.

pinkspideruk · 24/01/2016 22:56

I loved the Enid Blyton boarding school books - Mallory Towers, St Claires etc and I also loved the Chalet books series too (although it lost something when they tried to make it more modern!)

I really wanted to be at boarding school these books made it seem so much more fun than boring regular school

ScrambledEggAndToast · 24/01/2016 22:07

I always loved Mallory Towers when I was younger. The tales of what they all got up to made me desperately want to go to boarding school!

helennotsomadnow · 24/01/2016 22:04

loved Enid Blyton Secret seven books as a child, my daughter has read and enjoyed them as well

clarabella12 · 24/01/2016 21:43

I always loved the secret garden transported me to another world.

snare · 24/01/2016 21:34

I love tom's midnight garden :)

arabella505 · 24/01/2016 21:28

My favourite book as a child was "The Magic Faraway Tree" by Enid Blyton! I loved all the characters and the different places they went. I think it really helped spur on my imagination.

carpathian · 24/01/2016 20:13

i was a big Enid Blyton fan and my favourite was the far away tree :)

Thegentlemonkey · 24/01/2016 19:33

All the Beatrix Potter books for me - if I had to choose just one perhaps the Tale of Samuel Whiskers - but they all bring back such magical memories of young childhood for me, plus DS(5) has loved me reading them all to him over the last couple of years. Can't wait to share them with DD soon.

glad101 · 24/01/2016 19:26

it is gangester granny by david walliams and the younger one is the hungrey caterpiller

jochrisbryan · 24/01/2016 19:26

Pippi Longstocking. I adored her as a child, so free and clever. Her positive look on life I think gave me and hundreds of readers a way to view the world. She never went to school, seemed a bit of a feminist, loved to travel, was immensely kind and what made me love her and feel better about my freckle face was her attitude. Best memory her going into a shop with as sign in the window that said Do You Suffer from freckles? Entering the shop and saying no. When the shopkeeper said but you are covered in freckles. She replied something like, "I love them and if you have any cream to give me more let me know!" Made a huge change for me. But brilliant stories for young and as a parent my children adored her. Smile

topgunmatt · 24/01/2016 19:16

I love The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle

alison991 · 24/01/2016 17:34

Where the wild things are, Alice in Wonderland and Heidi

dwerry · 24/01/2016 12:22

I loved The Borrowers by Mary Norton. Wonderful story of how Arriety & her family have to borrow everything for their secret place in the old house & how she eventually meets a human.

Jezzamk · 24/01/2016 11:33

As a child my favourite books were The Famous Five by Enid Blyton.

Now I would reccoment the Harry Potter Series, The Book Thief or The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. Although these are for older children they are fantastic stories and can also be enjoyed by Adults. It would be great to be able to read, enjoy and then discuss the books. Also, children love feeling 'grown up' so reading the same book as mum or dad may encourage them to read.

The Book Thief and The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas cover quite heavy themes but it seems like a lot of YA fiction is a lot more challenging than when I was a child.

jmh711 · 24/01/2016 04:13

This is a difficult question as I was (and am) an avid reader but this time I remember The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden. Reading it took you on an emotional roller coaster and was both disturbing and enlightening. A truly memorable read and certainly one with a message. Not a book you forgot but one I think everyone should read.

peanutmum111 · 24/01/2016 02:32

I just love 'Barry the Fish with Fingers'
Its a fun colourful book which allows a lot of interaction with the children, and they are ready when you turn over the pages for each activity.
Sue Hendra has extended her series of books, so even more fun.

Stash01 · 24/01/2016 01:33

I love Roal Dahl's the Twits. All the nasty tricks they played on each other

balloon66 · 23/01/2016 19:43

we love reading the cat in the hat books

JWalker23 · 23/01/2016 16:55

I've always loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but a great book for littles ones is handa's surprise

emmamed123 · 23/01/2016 16:46

My daughter is enjoying the Horrible History books at the moment. My younger 2 children love the peppa pigs books

sarah3875 · 23/01/2016 16:25

Little rabbit Foo Foo was a story we read over and over again in Primary school and was something I bought my own children. Will never forget it.

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