The Nations Favourite Children's Story!
May was “National Share-a-Story” month, and in an attempt to find the answer to the important question "What is your favourie Children's Story?", here at Pandora Books we have been collecting all of your nominations!
The winner of our recent competition is:
Kim Bailey of Newcastle, who received £100 worth of free books for her daughters Day Nursery!
Kim comments that “I remember [The hungry Caterpillar] as a child having a piece of wool as the caterpillar, it was one I read over and over again, my 2 year old daughter is now a fan and she loves to read it also”.
We would like to thank everyone for their fantastic entries and have outlined a list of some of the other fabulous stories you nominated.
Congratulations to Kim of Newcastle for winning our recent share a story competition (pictured on the left along with Anne who is one of our specialist regional agents).
We are delighted to bring to you the results of our recent survey!
The most popular choice was:
The hungry caterpillar.
Other popular choices included:
One of the favourite nominations was “James and the Giant Peach”, Ally McCauley of County Down says "I loved it as a child and I now see my daughter enjoying the same novel".
This fabulous book can be found in our Guided Reading collection:
Featured Book Collection: Enjoy Guided Reading : Year 4
This complete collection includes 1 Teacher Book with Copymasters and CD (pdf files), plus 6 copies each of the following supporting titles: James and the Giant Peach, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Worst Witch, It's Too Frightening for Me, Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish and The Enchanted Horse.
Only £231.64
Another favourite collection included “The Gruffalo”, Cheryll Hastie of Peterborough said "My daughter asks for The Gruffalo to be read to her every night, she is only 3 and knows it so well she can even recite the words".
This can be found in the following Guided Reading collection:
Featured Book Collection: NC Level 2A Guided Reading Resources
This complete collection includes 1 Teacher Book with Copymasters and CD (pdf files), plus 6 copies each of the following supporting titles: The Tunnel, Room on the Broom Seasons, Bringing Down the Moon ,Buffy ,The Leopard's Drum, My Friend the Bear, The Gruffalo and The Queen's Knickers.
Only £315.52
Another favourite collection included “Alfie gets in First” by Shirley Hughes.
This can be found in "Our Family & Friends" collection:
Featured Book Collection: Our Family & Friends - Early Years (10 Book Collection)
This fabulous 10 book collection includes the titles; Alfie Gets In First, Conker And Nudge, Five Minutes' Peace, Harry's Home, Martha In The Middle, Mr Pod And Mr Picalilli, My Dad!, My Grandma Is A Star, My Mummy Is Magic and When We're Together.
RRP: £59.90
£49.00
National research of your all time favourite Children’s story!
This year Puffin has revised its list of all time favourite Children’s books, and in their “the Best BEST BEST BEST” category, the top 5 children’s books selected were:
· Stig of the Dump by Clive King
· Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
· Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
· How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
· Junk by Melvin Burgess
In addition, a recently commissioned piece of research has provided a full list of favourite Children’s books within each of the year groups:
Year group 5 to 7 Years Category
- The Sheep-Pig: Dick King-Smith
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Roald Dahl
- The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth: Eoin Colfer
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants: Dav Pilkey
- The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon: Mini Grey
This fabulous collection can be purchased through us:
For Only £29.95
Year group 8 to 12 Years category
- Stig of the Dump: Clive King
- Charlotte's Web: EB White
- The Family from One End Street: Eve Garnett
- The Story of Tracy Beaker: Jacqueline Wilson
- Matilda: Roald Dahl
This fabulous collection can be purchased through us:
For Only £31.95
If you are looking for the all time nominated Children’s book, as voted for by you, then see the results of the NEA's online survey of best books from 2007:
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Oh! The Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss
- The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
We hope you enjoyed the National Share-a-Story Month of May
The Pandora Books Team
25/06/2010