Lauren Child giveaway competition – find out about how to enter here!
To celebrate the Lauren Child exhibition at Motisfont National Trust, we have Lauren Child goodies to give away. Find out how to enter and read the Ts and Cs here
Fiction for teenagers reviews – war stories, false friends and guerrilla feminist gangs
Civil and first world war stories, false friends and guerrilla feminists in a hard-hitting, gripping crop of teen novels
Fiction for older children reviews – delight in wordplay, disrespect for authority and a touch of evil
Michael Rosen continues to question the logic of the adult world, while Daniel Whelan juggles wisecracking demons in a madcap adventure
Picture books for children reviews – where the wild things are having a blast
A marmalade moggie and a donkey are top draw, while trendy flies teach a frog how to look good on the dancefloor
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee – review
CaraErica: ‘It was a wonderful story, filled with a range of ideologies and opinions that are great to sink your teeth into’
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2: watch the first full length trailer
Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen for the last time in the battle-focused final chapter Mockingjay – Part 2
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by Mary M. Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot – review
Lattice: ‘I found that I learnt more about the suffrage movement from reading this book’
Why being a ‘freak’ is a beautiful thing
Although Laura Dockrill has actually never been a mermaid (so she tells us) she knows all about how it feels to be a bit of a loser, a weirdo and a bit of embarrassment – which is why she celebrates the odd ones out in all her work and urges you to be who you want to be right now
Guardian children’s fiction prize book club: Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
Find out all about Sarah Crossan’s Apple and Rain – the second book under the spotlight in the Guardian children’s fiction prize series
Sarah Crossan: I had this idea that writers were a different breed
Teen site member Confessionsofabooklover finds out what it means to Sarah Crossan to be longlisted for the Guardian children’s fiction prize with Apple and Rain, and how all her books are about love
Which brilliant books have never been translated into English? Join the discussion
Frank Cottrell Boyce has discovered some new literary heroes at the most beguiling library in the world, The International Jugendbibliotek. It was set up after the second world war by a Jewish refugee after Nazi book burning and banning. Here Frank tells us all about it – and kicks off a discussion on the missing classics in our lives
The 10 best Judy Blume quotes
Judy Blume is an undisputed icon of children’s, teen and adult fiction. She’s been censored and banned for writing frankly about sex, puberty and death and her books have been part of the fabric of growing up since the 1970s. To celebrate the original queen of teen being in the UK this week, we’ve gathered our 10 favourite quotes
Joseph Coelho’s top 10 new poetry books every child must read
The performance poet and winner of this year’s CLPE children’s poetry award picks the poetry collections that every child should grow up with
Italian authors ask Venice to ban their books after gay children’s stories pulled
After picture books about same-sex families are pulled from city’s schools, 267 writers ask for their work to be taken off shelves