What are the best children’s books of 2015?
Authors including David Almond, Chris Riddell and Louise O’Neill, Guardian children’s books editors plus teen readers reveal their top children’s and teen reads of 2015
Children’s picture books reviews – uplifting messages for Christmas
The benefits of giving and happiness feature heavily this festive season
‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ The best Dr Seuss quotes
In honour of the man behind the Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and many, many other children’s classics, here are some of his best lines
Thneed-to-know: what’s the formula for Dr Seuss’s funniest lines?
A Canadian professor thinks he has found the necessary maths to explain why Dr Seuss is so funny – it’s all to do with entropy – but please add your own favourites
50 years of Jackanory: what the TV show gave to me and other authors
On the 50th anniversary of Jackanory, Frank Cottrell Boyce on the massive impact of listening to Rik Mayall, Kenneth Williams and others read out loud on TV
Kermit the Frog and other terrors: the appeal of scary children’s books
A Wisconsin woman wants kids kept away from the popular puppet’s ‘traumatic’ book about poverty, but children crave disturbing stories
Top 10 political quotes from books and beyond
Need some words of wisdom to inspire you to action? Look no further than our collection of great political quotes from YA and children’s books – and a couple of incredible people
Reckless by Cornelia Funke – review
Readr: ‘Cornelia Funke has created a refreshingly modern fantasy world’
Why we have to create more disabled characters in children’s fiction
Author Susie Day grew up in 1980s when her personal experience of people with disabilities was Joey Deacon on Blue Peter. Disability in books was a cautionary tale where you’d usually ‘recover’ if you were nice enough. Times have changed and now children’s lit needs to catch up faster
Katy by Jacqueline Wilson – review
Writer on wheels: ‘Everything that Jacqueline Wilson includes about disability, is so, so true’
Why I want more disabled characters in books
Teen blogger Megan The Book Addicted Girl kicks off a day of celebrating disabilities diversity in children’s books – and calling for more
If the real world isn’t censored – why should fiction be?
Last week author Lynne Reid Banks criticised the choice of David Almond’s A Song for Ella Grey as winner of the Guardian children’s fiction prize 2015. Site members ConfessionsofaBookLover and Lottie Longshanks respond
The seven stages of writing a novel
Anna Caltabiano self-published her first novel at the age of 14. Now with three published novels under her belt, the 18-year-old author and student shares some marvellous writing tips for teenage writers and beyond
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – review
Lifeissweetinbooks: ‘Halfway through the book I finally understood the plot and I was drawn in’
Percy the Park Keeper’s Winter Park review – the kids sigh with happiness
Nick Butterworth’s picture book After the Storm is brought to the stage in a comforting production with some precious moments