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Jeremy Vine's Bedtime Stories
This Autumn, The Jeremy Vine Show set out to find out the nation's favourite bedtime story. From an edge-of-the-seat mini-thriller to a flight of fantasy that stokes the imagination, we all remember the stories that inspired us in our childhood.
The Gruffalo
On Friday 6 November, Jeremy announced that the winner of his Bedtime Stories vote was
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
.
Beating the 35 other books on
the Longlist
, the book won the votes of Jeremy's listeners.
Listen to
Friday's show
, featuring the announcement of the winner, Jeremy chatting to The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, and Julia and Jeremy performing the story. (Starts 1h into the programme)
Listen to Jeremy and Michael Rosen
discussing the winning book
(Starts 1h 10min into the programme).
Hear Barbara Want championing the book
and Jeremy reading an excerpt.
Thanks to everyone that voted!
The eight books the Radio 2 listeners voted to make up the final Shortlist are below. Click on each link to find out more about the book, and hear audio excerpts and related discussion.
The final shortlist of eight books is as follows:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Each Peach Pear Plum
by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Five On A Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton
The Gruffalo
by Julia Donaldson
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
by C.S Lewis
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Winnie The Pooh
by A.A Milne
On Monday 19 October, former children's laureate,
Michael Rosen
launched the longlist vote during Jeremy's show. During the week, Radio 2 listeners voted on a list of 36 children's classics.
This vote has now closed.
(Please note: Votes cast in the Longlist vote don't count toward the Shortlist vote)
The following 36 books made up the Longlist.
Alfie Gets in First
by Shirley Hughes
Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Anne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Each Peach Pear Plum
by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Five On A Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
Grimms Fairy Tales
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone
by J.K Rowling
His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
Just William
by Richmal Crompton
Our Twitchy
by Kes Grey & Mary McQuillan
Paddington Bear
by Michael Bond
Peter Pan
by J.M Barrie
Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
Pippi Longstockings
by Astrid Lindgren
Stig of the Dump
by Clive King
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
The Cat In The Hat
by Dr Seuss
The Gruffalo
by Julia Donaldson
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
by C.S Lewis
The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
The Railway Children
by Edith Nesbit
The Selfish Giant
by Oscar Wilde
The Snowman
by Raymond Briggs
The Story of Tracy Beaker
by Jacqueline Wilson
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
Winnie The Pooh
by A.A Milne
Winnie The Witch
by Valerie Thomas
Wizard of Oz
by L.Frank Baum
Click below to see the terms and conditions of Jeremy Vine's Bedtime Stories vote.
25 Nov 2009 12:00 on BBC Radio 2
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Click on each of the covers below to find out more about the books, hear Jeremy reading excerpts and listen to Jeremy's guests championing their favourite books. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Each Peach Pear Plum
The Gruffalo
The Very Hungry caterpillar
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Five On A Treasure Island
Where The Wild Things Are
Winnie-The-Pooh
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