Janet Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) BBC Radio 2 are running a vote to find out your 'favourite bedtime story' - that which you loved hearing... or reading to your own children. There is a long-list of 36 to choose from here Of course, your book is probably not on this list! This round of voting is open to anyone until 2pm this Friday, 23 October. The list will then be whittled down to the short-list of 8 titles. (This competition is run by the BBC for 'fun' there are not prizes! Terms and Conditions here. I thought it would be interesting to do a poll here, but there are too many options! The books are as follows: Which of these books is your favourite bedtime story? 1. Alfie Gets in First – Shirley Hughes 2. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 3. Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery 4. Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket 5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 6. Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White 7. Each Peach Pear Plum – Janet & Allan Ahlberg 8. Five On A Treasure Island – Enid Blyton 9. Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown 10. Grimms Fairy Tales – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 11. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone – J.K Rowling 12. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 13. Just William – Richmal Crompton 14. Our Twitchy – Kes Grey & Mary McQuillan 15. Paddington Bear – Michael Bond 16. Peter Pan – J.M Barrie 17. Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter 18. Pippi Longstockings – Astrid Lindgren 19. Stig of the Dump – Clive King 20. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome 21. The Borrowers – Mary Norton 22. The Cat In The Hat – Dr Seuss 23. The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson 24. The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe – C.S Lewis 25. The London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd 26. The Railway Children – Edith Nesbit 27. The Selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde 28. The Snowman – Raymond Briggs 29. The Story of Tracy Beaker – Jacqueline Wilson 30. The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle 31. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson 32. Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak 33. Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 34. Winnie The Pooh – A.A Milne 35. Winnie The Witch – Valerie Thomas 36. Wizard of Oz – L.Frank Baum There are lots I like on here to I'll have to give it some thought! Edited October 19, 2009 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I voted for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! I loved this book when I was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I voted for Grimm's Fairy Tales as I remember my dad reading them to my sister & I when he was home on leave I could have easily voted for about 10 of the titles listed so it wasn't easy to decided! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 'The Wind in the Willows' cos it's got it all but I'm very fond of 'Winnie the Pooh' too .. and when both of them are read by Alan Bennett .. fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well, Xander's favourite is Goodnight Moon, so I'll go off and vote for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The Selfish Giant was one I read over and over for my children, I did the voices and everything . I had no idea it was written by Oscar Wilde though, great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, my mum still has the copy that she read to me and my sister, it is a little beat up looking and falling apart but she can't bear to throw it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterioso Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 'Stig of the Dump'- have always been an eco-warrior! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueB Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but having said that I read all the Roald Dahl books to David and Chelsey when they were younger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Wow that's hard! There's too much variety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Off the list I voted for Alfie....we loved reading them to the kids. But also not on the list were Old Bear Stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 There aren't very many on there that I have actually read! Out of the ones that I have, I would have to vote for Pippi Longstocking! She rocks! If it was my OH, he'd be voting for The Hungry Caterpillar, which was his absolute fave. I had never heard of it 'til I met him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, but I also love Winnie the Pooh, Wind in the Willows and Dr Seuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I'd have to go with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Anne of Green Gables, although there are some other great choices there as well. I'm also glad to see The Story of Tracy Beaker on there. I read that several times when I was younger but couldn't remember the name of the book. I'll have to seek out another copy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWords Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I would have said Sendak, but... Is the Grimm's Fairy Tales the original texts or the versions that are currently in bookshops? If it is the original texts, as written by the brothers, then that would be my choice. If it's the re-written (and massively sanitized) versions that are considered, then I'm sticking with Sendak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I voted for Paddington - mum read this to me and my sister well past the socially acceptable age, to the point that still now I can recite my favourite ever bit (Paddington at the quiz show!) pretty much by heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weevilcharley Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 It's very definitely Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawkins Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Charlie and the Chocolate for me,My eldest son Charlie used to listen Roald Dahl when he was little and number 3 son Joe has started reading James and the Giant Peach.Dahl is a genius! I loved Charlie and the Chocolate factory as boy(I've reread as a adult too) brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwish Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 My favourite to read before bed when I was 11 was the Harry Potter series, over and over again I'm 20 now and they are still my favourite to read before bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 My favourite to read before bed when I was 11 was the Harry Potter series, over and over again I'm 20 now and they are still my favourite to read before bed That's what i voted for too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 I voted for Winnie The Pooh! Don't forget, the voting closes tomorrow at 2pm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I voted for The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I remember being read the whole Narnia series at bedtime as a child and being gripped, and then ruthlessly told to go to sleep at the end of all kinds of exciting cliff-hanging chapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikee Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 My favourite book as a kid was "Wind and the willows". So it gets my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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