‘All grown-ups were once children’: the 15 top Le Petit Prince quotes
Our favourite lines from the eternal question mark that is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, one of France’s most famous and well-loved books
Costa category awards 2015: tiny presses square up to big hitters
The shortlists for the five prizes include award-winners Anne Enright and Kate Atkinson – and a gothic thriller set in Morecambe Bay, with an original print run of 300
Read the Short Story Week young writer competition 2015-winning The Promise
To celebrate Short Story Week, we have the winning entry to the National Short Story Week young writer competition. Here is The Promise by Amber Lahdelma
Meet Archie Nolan, the donor-conceived detective
New illustrated book follows 11-year-old’s hunt for the man and woman who helped his parents conceive
Graffiti, The Iliad, and why art helps us laugh in the face of death
Jenny Valentine on why art has the power to save and change us, from reading The Iliad via a wall in Falmouth to Yves Klein’s Fire Colour One
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – review
Wanderer378: ‘Six Of Crows is a fantastic mesmerising world flowing with hidden darkness and pockets of magic’
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – review
XoXo, Bookworm_96: ‘With the billions of other books releasing this fall, this wasn’t exactly on the top of my to-buy pile – but now I see how COMPLETELY wrong I was!’
Why I love Jacqueline Wilson and you should join the Guardian children’s books site!
Site member Writer-on-wheels AKA Chloe got to attend the launch of Jacqueline Wilson’s latest Hetty Feather adventure, Little Stars. Here’s what happened – plus learn how to draw Diamond from Hetty Feather with Nick Sharratt
Why it’s time for the red fox to have some good PR
Foxes have been the baddies of children’s stories since at least Ancient Greek times. But how much of the myth is based on fact? Inbali Iserles writes in defence of the fox in literature and beyond
Expelliarmus! Harry Potter Book Night 2016 theme announced
The theme of Harry Potter Book Night 2016 is announced as A Night of Spells
Anthony Horowitz webchat: your questions answered
The writer was online to answer questions about James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Foyle’s War and whether he is ever mistaken for David Walliams (he’s not)
Do black children’s lives matter if nobody writes about them?
Besides teaching us who we are, books are where we learn who is important enough to read about – and only 5% of kid’s books had black characters last year
Please don’t air brush African teen fiction
Ellen Banda-Aaku has long battled with her African publishers to make her books ‘suitable’ enough to print. Now she’s started to stand her ground for the sake of her teenager readers – and risks not being published at all
It’s a fact – children’s non-fiction is worth discovering
For some young readers, real-world stuff – science, history, nature and more – is far more appealing than made-up stories. Please share your finds
Five books to fire my passion for science
Is there a book that can find the answers to life, the universe and everything? Well, probably not! But there are a lot of books out there that can shed some light on our existence, from the smallest atoms to the secrets of the universe. And they can make it fun, too! Here secret site member Secret Scribbler recommends five of the best