From Claire Winter, member of the BBC Parent Panel. My children will not go to bed at night without having a bedtime story, it doesn’t matter how late it is and what we have done in the day, they still insist on being told a story. Storytelling was an integral part of my childhood and I like nothing better, than snuggling up in bed with the kids and reading them a gripping tale. At the moment, my eight year-old is enthralled by The BFG and my three year-olds love any thing by Julia Donaldson – The Snail and the Whale…