Thirteen children’s books you can see on stage this summer

Your favourite characters are leaping out of the page and onto the stage. Find out where you can watch the creations of authors from Roald Dahl to Michael Morpurgo to David Almond come to life

Most YA fiction is grown-up fiction in disguise

The boom in Young Adult fiction is fuelled by adult stories, told by adults in a grown-up fashion – but where does that leave teen readers?

Me Before You: There are no easy answers to euthanasia – teen opinion

Teen site member Ayesha on how reading JoJo Moyes’ tearjerker didn’t help her decide whether euthanisa is right or wrong, and that’s okay

Triumphant Warcraft puts Ninja Turtles in the shadows at UK box office

Half-term crowds help propel family-friendly action-thrillers to the top, as Anthony Hopkins/Al Pacino turkey gobbles up just £97

‘Imprinted in the soul of every Italian’: Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio

Alessandro Gallenzi on why Italy’s most famous children’s writer is so worth loving – and about his mission to polish up lost gem The Adventures of Pipì the Pink Monkey, with help from illustrator Axel Scheffler

Children’s authors’ debt to JK Rowling: ‘She brought back storytelling’

As Harry Potter and the Cursed Child hits the West End, five writers reveal how Rowling changed their field

Picture book biographies: best heartwarming true stories

From Malala to Anne Frank to Nelson Mandela, picture book biographies bring the real life stories of some of the world’s most celebrated people to life. We picked out some of the best

Harry Potter in 2016: what’s happening this year

From the Cursed Child to Fantastic Beasts to the illustrated version of Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, here’s everything that’s coming to us this year (that we know of) from the world of JK Rowling’s wizarding world

Why you should record the stories of your parents or grandparents

The story of GR Gemin’s Italian immigrant parents moving to Wales in the 1950s has inspired his new book, Sweet Pizza. One regret: never recording the oral history of his dad before he died

Why teenagers are so resistant to e-readers

In many areas of life teenagers are moving online – so why do so many surveys show they still prefer print books over e-readers? Sometimes, argues teen site member confessionsofabooklover, innovation just can’t beat tradition

Simon Cowell wants to write a children’s book? Here’s what will give it the X Factor

Jeopardy, rescues, animals that talk … just some of the ingredients that could make Cowell’s book for his son a success

Would Enid Blyton ‘delight’ in new Famous Five parodies? Will we?

Whether or not she would be pleased, take-offs of the much-loved children’s books look set to follow the success of Ladybird spoofs

Think history’s all boring dates? Try social history

How did Alison Rattle go from hating history at school (and getting a D in it) to being a successful author of historical fiction? She discovered social history - all about the real lives behind boring dates and wars

Rick Yancey: ‘Without trust and cooperation, we’re doomed’

As the 5th Wave trilogy reaches its conclusion with The Last Star, site member Pedro got to talk to Rick Yancey about the author’s hopes and fears for the future of humankind and why he dreams of being invited to the White House

Titty’s family ‘furious’ over name change for Swallows and Amazons film

Able seaman Titty Walker to be renamed ‘Tatty’ for BBC Films adaptation of the classic Arthur Ransome children’s novel