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Share your child's favourite fairy tale to win one of TEN sets of Elli Woollard books!

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UrsulaMumsnet · 09/05/2016 10:34

Fairy tale fun from the creators of The Giant of Jum!

When a kind young boy helps a strange-looking bird, a beautiful friendship forms. But what these two friends don't realise is that one is a young knight...and the other a young dragon! What will they do when they discover they are enemies and destined to FIGHT?

The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight is a bold, funny and heartwarming story from a perfect picture book pairing; the uniquely talented Elli Woollard and award-winning Benji Davies.

Can knights and dragons ever be friends?

Share your child's favourite fairy tale to win one of TEN sets of Elli Woollard books including The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight, The Giant of Jum and Swashbuckle Lil The Secret Pirate!

This competition will close and we will announce the ten lucky winners on this discussion thread on 6 June.

This discussion is sponsored by Macmillan Children's Books

Share your child's favourite fairy tale to win one of TEN sets of Elli Woollard books!
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FranksBobot · 10/05/2016 10:59

Dd 10 favourite fairytale is Sleeping Beauty and has been for as long as I can remember. She was delighted to see the local panto version last year and I'm hoping to take her to see the ballet soon.

Dd2 (16months) loves listening to Three Billy Goats Gruff. Probably something to do with my amazing troll voice Grin

VikingLady · 10/05/2016 10:45

My DD(4) is terrified of fairy tales if I read them to her, but loves it if I make them up! She can't stand the suspense and since I'm awful at storytelling, there's none!

TeaPleaseLouise · 10/05/2016 10:38

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cavylover · 10/05/2016 10:24

The Letter For The King by Tonke Dragt which I would recommend for slightly older children and adults too

EDisFunny · 10/05/2016 10:15

My DS likes Jack and the Beanstalk but told from the POV of the giant!

nct73 · 10/05/2016 10:12

Although a huge fan of the Claude series of books, the story book that we have read the most is "If I Ran The Circus" by Dr Seuss. However his favourite book ever is "You Choose" by Nick Sharratt. He loves all the intricate pictures and can really string out story time.

webster147 · 10/05/2016 09:53

My 4 year old little girl loves listening to fairy tales but her favourite is The Princess & The Pea.

cathisherwood · 10/05/2016 08:29

My little ones love the three billy goats gruff. We go out in the countryside a lot and whenever we come to a bridge we look out for the trolls and retell the story doing a lot of stomping as we pass over the water

emmfurn · 10/05/2016 07:43

My daughter loved Cinderella which was a bonus as she would help me clean and we would pretend to be her ;)

milfontes123 · 09/05/2016 22:48

My son, 4 years old loves Roald Dahl the twits and knows all the julia Donaldson stories by heart and tells them to his little brother (3 months old)

loosechange · 09/05/2016 22:41

Tricky, they have moved through a series of favorites with age, but The Three Little Pigs and The Troll have been firm favourites with all my children.

hanliying · 09/05/2016 22:13

Definitely Snow White

busterj · 09/05/2016 21:48

My little grandson is 4 years old and i normally see at bath time /dinnertime as he only lives 300 yards away ,He loves me to read anything by julia donaldson as he just loves her books and he goes to sleep pretty quickly !

lottietiger · 09/05/2016 21:17

Another fan of goldilocks and the three bears here..we love doing the Bears bowls of porridge in different voices. Another favourite is the emporers new clothes.

allybird1 · 09/05/2016 21:08

My kids love Hansel and Gretel. Whats not to like about eating a house made out of sweets. They love pretending to be skipping through the woods and finding a cottage made out of treats..Although the bit about the cage and the oven is a tad frightening.

glenka · 09/05/2016 20:44

Little Red Riding Hood is the favourite in our house.

nessa46 · 09/05/2016 20:22

my daughters favourite has always been Billy goats Gruff , I think its more the funny voices than anything.

blogmumjd · 09/05/2016 20:03

Son1 always loved The Enormous Turnip best and used to love acting it out

Pigeonpea · 09/05/2016 19:53

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

TennesseeDays · 09/05/2016 19:51

My DD2 likes The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Wolf and the 7 Little Kids. We have old ladybird versions - the drawing of the troll is actually quite terrifying, and DD finds it awful and compelling in equal measures.

DD1 I think likes Thumbelina, and the Firebird.

purplepandas · 09/05/2016 19:49

Another Cinderella fan here. Also loves Alice in Wonderland but that's not a fairy tale of course.

foxessocks · 09/05/2016 19:46

My dd is 2 and she loves the princess and the pea. We got it for her because she absolutely loves eating peas and we thought it would amuse her and it certainly does!

ButterflyOfFreedom · 09/05/2016 19:44

My DD & DS both like Cinderella - a true classic, the perfect fairy tale!
It's the only pantomime we've seen so far so I think that helps to make it the favourite!
I do like it too!

Rae1000 · 09/05/2016 19:43

Cinderella without a doubt. Prince Charming hits hard from a young age!

AugustRose · 09/05/2016 19:39

I don't think any of my DC have a favourite fairy tale, they enjoy them all. DD2 (9) is very into writing her own stories at the minute, most of which feature some kind of lost item/kingdom that needs to be found with a bit of peril thrown in. A good fairytale is nothing without the threat of being eaten or a swordfight Grin