La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman audiobook review – the gripping prequel to His Dark Materials
Michael Sheen gives a richly textured performance as he brings Lyra Belacqua’s magical world to life
Children are coming of age in the pandemic – and these books are capturing the moment
Children’s lives have been defined by a crisis that floored their parents. Australian writers are helping them make sense of it
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Bad manners in the jungle; a magical inner-city tree; galactic danger; a conservationist call to arms; plus the best new YA novels
‘People are obsessive, unrelenting’: how armchair treasure hunts have cost money – and lives
Literary quests have taken readers from Bedfordshire to the Rocky Mountains in search of jewels and money – no wonder it can become a dangerous preoccupation
‘Why should adults judge children’s books?’ Australian kids take over prestigious book awards
This year, the Children’s Book Council of Australia has created a new set of awards judged by 2,000 children around the country. We meet some small judges with big opinions
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
Estranged friends navigate a sleeping world, a boy discovers he is part-alien, and the hunt for a missing mother touches lightly on mental health issues
Le Petit Nicolas illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé dies aged 89
Sempé co-created much-loved French children’s books that have sold more than 15m copies worldwide
Raymond Briggs was famous for his grumpiness – but behind the facade he was shy, thoughtful and kind
The writer and illustrator – who has died aged 88 – was a stalwart of children’s literature, but readers of all ages delighted in his characters. The cartoonist Posy Simmonds remembers the man behind the drawings
Raymond Briggs remembered: ‘He made what he did look easy. Which is, of course, what geniuses do’
The beloved writer and illustrator of the Snowman and Father Christmas has died. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute
Snowman author Raymond Briggs dies aged 88
Beloved creator of Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas brought a distinctive strain of melancholy to the genre
Poet Nikita Gill: ‘I worry about people getting tattoos of my work. What if I made a typo?’
Her touching verses about heartbreak, fat-shaming and body hair have made her Britain’s most-followed poet on social media – and now she’s heading for TV
Laurinda takes the stage: ‘Private school culture needs to change – the insularity, the entitlement’
Author Alice Pung and the two minds behind a new adaptation reflect on the beloved story of a girl navigating high school – Mean Girls meets Fight Club, with an Asian-Australian twist
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
An angry kitten; a guide to rewilding; Mabinogion magic; wartime adventures; Olympian gods; first love and more; plus the best YA novels
The Guardian view on book prizes: don’t forget the children
Editorial: In a changing awards landscape, fiction for young readers should not be left out in the cold
Picture books for children – reviews
The human body is brought to life, difference is celebrated – and a very long dinosaur is tickled pink