Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell announce new ‘piratical adventure’
Pirate Stew will reunite the novelist and the illustrator in a rhyming tale for children due out this autumn
Jacqueline Wilson asks children to join Silly Squad this summer
Tracy Beaker author says theme for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge is reading for fun and asks young readers to pick books that make them happy
‘No reader is too young to start’: anti-racist books for all children and teens
It’s never too early to learn that racism is wrong and we should be doing something about it. These books will help show our kids how
Fiction for older children reviews – monster quests and inner challenges
Young heroes and heroines battle adversity in the shape of undersea beasts, homophobes and fitting in at time-travel school
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
An anti-plastic struggle, spooky seances, what happened after Noah’s ark anchored ashore and more
Margaret Meek Spencer obituary
Educationist who saw a child’s joy in the story as the key to learning to read
JK Rowling announces new children’s book, The Ickabog, to be published free online
Harry Potter author announces she will serialise the fairy tale from Tuesday afternoon, so children in lockdown can read it for free before it is published in November
Garth Nix is here to answer your questions: about his books, characters, anything at all
The creator of the Old Kingdom and Seventh Tower series is taking your questions until 25 May
Bluey: The Beach named book of the year at Australian Book Industry awards
Title in hit series based on TV show becomes first children’s picture book to take the honour
How we made The Story of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson: ‘All my children’s books had sunk without a trace – then I saw an advert for foster children and thought: What a horrible thing’
James Patterson joins Guns N’ Roses to write … a sweet child’s book?
After Bill Clinton, the thriller king has turned to the monsters of rock for his next collaboration. Precedent suggests it might not be that bad
Trans writer Juno Dawson: ‘The Spice Girls were my female awakening!’
The ‘Queen of Teen’ has written a trans Alice in Wonderland, full of cocaine, cosmetics and the sexually abusive Tweedle twins. She talks about taboos, tattoos – and dating terrible men
Not now, Bernard … I’m on my iPhone: classic children’s text reissued for digital era
Author David McKee reveals why, 40 years on, his cautionary tale of the perils of ignoring children is still relevant
Burn by Patrick Ness review – a fire-breathing adventure
A young heroine finds danger as well as friendship and hope in a cold war America populated with dragons
Mem Fox on fear, creativity and Covid-19: ‘What if I die with the story unfinished?’
After a dangerous illness the children’s author is high-risk for coronavirus, but she insists there’s a positive side to lockdown