The Gruffalo is named Britain’s best-loved bedtime story by parents followed by The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Tiger Who Came to Tea
- The Gruffalo has been a mega-hit children’s book since it was published in 1999
- It has sold more than 13million copies worldwide – and remains a hot favourite
- Other best-loved stories include The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Goldilocks
- The Gruffalo is about a mouse who invents a scary monster to dupe predators
A story featuring a fearsome monster lurking in a wood doesn’t sound like the ideal book for a child to hear just before putting their light out and snuggling up in bed.
And yet the Gruffalo – a children’s favourite ever since it was published in 1999 – has now been named the nation’s best-loved bedtime story by parents.
The book about a tiny mouse who describes a terrifying monster to outsmart a series of predators who want to eat him came top in a new poll.
Well over half of parents (58 per cent) voted for it.
Ever since it was first published in 1999, The Gruffalo has been a favourite of parents and kids
Written by Julia Donaldson, The Gruffalo features illustrations by Alex Scheffler.
It has sold more than 13million copies.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which scored 49 per cent, was second in the poll of 1,500 parents for Mamia at Aldi.
Written and illustrated by Eric Carle, it has sold more than 50million copies since appearing in 1969.
Other best-loved bedtime stories were The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr (46 per cent) and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury (42 per cent).
The classic story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears (35 per cent) also featured.
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