The BBC’s CBeebies Storytime app has had more than 4 million story downloads since it launched a new library feature in June, with top choices including The Clangers Space Triangle, voiced by Michael Palin, and Little Red Riding Hood, voiced by Maxine Peake.

Children can download up to 12 stories of their choice at a time and, like a real library, return it when they have finished.

Over the summer, the most popular time for families to download stories has been between 6-7pm weekdays and between 8-10am on weekends.

The CBeebies Storytime app, available to download for free within the UK via the Apple iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon app store, aims to engage children in reading and storytelling.

The Clangers Space Tangle story launched on Thursday July 30 and became the most downloaded story of that week.

Maxine Peake voices Little Red Riding Hood
Maxine Peake (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

The top 5 most downloaded stories since the library feature launched are:

1. Justin’s House – The Flying Duster
2. Ruff Ruff Tweet and Dave – A Fairytale Adventure
3. Something Special – Mr Tumble at the Park
4. The Clangers Space Triangle
5. Little Red Riding Hood

The cast of Justin's House
Cast of Justin’s House (BBC Pictures)

Kay Benbow, controller of CBeebies, said: “We hoped our lovely library feature would be welcomed by parents as the app takes up less space on your device, but over 4 million downloads of stories in such a short space of time has truly exceeded our expectations.”

The CBeebies Storytime app will welcome a host of new stories this autumn including The Furchester Hotel – The Very Helpful Guest and Show Me Show Me – Stuffy’s Party.

Based on data from June 4 to August 26 2015. The top 5 list is based on stats from the first 7 day availability window for each story since it launched in the app.