Today we’re having a “who’s the greatest ever children’s author” competition. We have:
Dr Seuss
Judith Kerr
Ronald Dahl
David Williams
Eric Carle
Julia Donaldson
JK Rowling
AA Milne
Beatrix Potter
Raymond Briggs

Anyone we’ve missed?
PS Anyone who mentions Hargreaves is blocked.

Ok so summarising the additional entries this has now turned into a field of 20,
Have added:
Blyton
Rosen
Ahlbergs
Pullman
Molpurgo
Lewis
Wilson
Herge
Garner
Graham
Draw taking place now and groups will be published at 2.15, let’s do this.

Ok, so
GREATEST EVER CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
ROUND 1 Group 1
3 Hours to vote.
Michael Molpurgo- eg War Horse
Julia Donaldson- eg Squash & a Squeeze
Eric Carle- eg Slowly, slowly said the Sloth
Michael Rosen - eg Book of nonsense

PLEASE RETWEET FOR WIDER RESPONSE.

GREATEST EVER CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
ROUND 1 Group 2
3 Hours to vote.

AA Milne - Winnie ther Poo
Beatrix Potter- Peter Rabbit
CS Lewis- The Lion the witch & the Wardrobe
Kenneth Graham- Wind in the willows

Please vote then RT for wider response

GREATEST EVER CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
ROUND 1 Group 3
Judith Kerr- Mog, Tiger who came to Tea
Raymond Briggs- Father Christmas, Snowman
David Walliams- Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny
Alan Garner- Moon of Gomrath
3 Hours to vote.

GREATEST EVER CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
ROUND 1 Group 4
Enid Blyton- Famous Five, Secret Seven
JK Rowling- Harry Potter
Jacqueline Wilson- Tracy Beaker
Herge- TinTin

3 Hours to vote.
Please vote & RT for wider response.

GREATEST EVER CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
ROUND 1 Group 5 (Group of death)
3 Hours to vote.
Janet & Allan Ahlberg- Cops n Robbers, Skeletons
Philip Pullman Northern Lights
Dr Seuss- Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Sleep Book
Roald Dahl- Charlie & Choc Factory, BFG, Matilda

Just so you know it was fair, here’s how they came out of the hat.

So we have our five group winners- Julia Donaldson, CS Lewis, Judith Kerr, Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl and 3 highest scoring runners up- JK Rowling, Raymond Briggs & AA Milne going into the semi finals.
Semis starting at 7pm tonight, just 2 hours to vote. Final tomorrow.

GREATEST EVER CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
Semi Final Group 1
JUST TWO Hours to vote.

Please RT to widen the entry once you’ve voted.

For some reason it has not allowed me to attach the second semi final to this thread, so please see @tobyperkinsmp tweets to vote in 2nd semi