Canada’s Robert Munsch marathon aims to honour much-loved children’s author
Actor M John Kennedy will read all 75 books in a single day during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche art festival
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A tender portrait of adoption; a zebra on the run; an uplifting poetry anthology; an exceptional YA debut; and more
GCHQ publishes book of spies’ brainteasers for children
Agency also invites public to solve colouring-in puzzle as it seeks to engage next generation of agents
Sick, sad, or in need of comfort? Young adult fiction can be the perfect balm
Caitlin Cassidy has always reverted to younger books in times of need. Since discovering modern YA like Heartstopper, she can’t get enough
Michael Rosen and his son Joe look back: ‘I am gooning about, but this photo is tinged with sadness’
The poet and children’s author and his film-maker son on homework, holidays and health scares
Wainwright nature writing prize goes to ‘inspirational’ Goshawk Summer
Wildlife cameraman James Aldred’s diary of time spent observing a family of goshawks in the New Forest takes top honour
Joseph Delaney obituary
Children’s author whose popular series beginning with The Spook’s Apprentice drew on Lancashire history and folklore
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