My favourite book as a kid … Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson

I found the story of Moomintroll waking up alone in a world transformed deeply unsettling as a child - and still do, writes historian Tom Holland

Oh No, George! review – playful pooch’s tail-wagging caper

No pot plant or bin is safe in Can’t Sit Still’s pleasingly physical adaptation of Chris Haughton’s picturebook

With Midnight Sun, Twilight is back at the best possible time

Like so many things loved by teenage girls, Stephenie Meyer’s books have been dismissed as rubbish. I thought this too - until I discovered how addictive and erotic they are

The Midnight Gang review – escape to Walliams’ wonderland

There’s gleeful mischief and plenty of toilet humour in Chichester Festival theatre’s 2018 show based on the David Walliams bestseller

Can you solve it? Are you smarter than an 8-year-old?

Four playful puzzles for kids in quarantine

Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A badminton-playing panda, a celebration of the avocado, a travel agency with gateways to other worlds and more

My favourite book as a kid: Trubloff by John Burningham

This 1960s classic about a mouse who wants to learn the balalaika and tour central Europe seems entirely different to today’s rainbow picture books

The Treehouse book series: Andy Griffiths is here to answer your child’s questions – video

In a new series from Guardian Australia, kids’ book authors are taking their readers’ questions – about the book, the characters, anything at all ...

My favourite book as a kid: The Twits by Roald Dahl

Mr and Mrs Twit’s antics, from spiking spaghetti with worms to booby-trapping a bed with frogs, are malign and vindictive – and I loved them

Reasons to be cheerful: poetry and stories to give hope to adults and children alike

Children’s author Katherine Rundell introduces original poems, stories and illustrations by the likes of Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Axel Scheffler

My favourite book as a kid: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Echoes of lockdown abound in the adventures of no-longer-bored Milo – daft, entertaining and oddly reminiscent of Ulysses in its linguistic flights of fancy

I wish more people would read … The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

You’ve seen the films, but the novel is far richer and funnier – and in these locked-down days it’s as comforting as hot buttered toast

The whole world in a bedroom: seven of the most imaginative picture books for lockdown life

How do you encourage connection, curiosity and adventure in children when you’re stuck in isolation?

My favourite book as a kid: Pookie by Ivy Wallace

This series of beautifully illustrated stories of a brave rabbit made Matthew Parris a Tory, he says. They made me a socialist

LGBTQ children’s books face record calls for bans in US libraries

Annual list of the most challenged books includes Alex Gino’s George, about a transgender girl, and John Oliver’s picture book about a gay rabbit, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo