Picture books for children – reviews
A sleep-deprived lion learns to unwind, Monsieur Roscoe provides a French lesson and a young girl cleans up a Caribbean beach
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A Dickensian orphanage, a rip-roaring secret agent caper, hunting for monsters and the best new YA novels
Escape with Madame Kalamazoo! National Theatre launches children’s story service
The NT’s online platform offers personalised, interactive adventure tales for young children during the summer holidays
Philip Pullman to release unseen His Dark Materials novella in October
Written in 2004 and auctioned for charity, Serpentine sees an adult Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon revisit Trollesund in search of secrets
Crime-fighting Australian pigeons take flight to Hollywood with help from James Corden
Comedian to produce film and TV series based on Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood’s Real Pigeons children’s books
Final Terry Pratchett stories to be published in September
Many stories in The Time-travelling Caveman – written by Pratchett when he was a journalist in the 60s and 70s – have never been published in a book
Top 10 best-dressed characters in fiction
Authors from Charlotte Brontë to Suzanne Collins have imagined clothes for their characters that are almost as expressive as their wearers
Young adult books roundup – review
Three tales of sibling secrets and a slick Hunger Games prequel
Are We There Yet? Alison Lester, beloved author, is here to answer your child’s questions
Her books, including My Farm, Imagine, and Magic Beach, are adored by younger readers. Now she’s answering their questions
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
How to show love while we can’t hug, 50 poems dedicated to the moon, a memorial to Scottish witches and the best new YA
Michael Rosen home from intensive care after coronavirus
The 74-year-old children’s author tweeted ‘I’ve survived!’ after leaving hospital, having been admitted at the end of March
Shaun Tan becomes first BAME author to win Kate Greenaway medal
Tales from the Inner City wins illustration prize, while Anthony McGowan takes the Carnegie medal for his novel Lark
Tashi: 25 years on and more than 1 million copies sold but still an ‘enchanted’ delight
Author Anna Fienberg tells the stories behind her bestselling children’s books, from her mother’s working-class childhood to the character’s origin story
Michael Rosen returns to Twitter after long battle with coronavirus
Beloved author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt was in intensive care for 47 days, but as his recovery continues he has resumed tweeting
Susan Choi: ‘I’ve failed to finish Ulysses on many occasions – this time I predict success’
The author on the book that changed her mind about Philip Roth, and a mind-blowing masterpiece that not enough people have heard of