Arthur Ransome’s Titty will keep her name in print
Forthcoming film version of Swallows and Amazons will rename the character Tatty to avoid innuendo, but publisher insists she’ll stay Titty in books
Michael Morpurgo answers your students’ questions – live chat
The award-winning author joined us to answer your pupils’ questions and inspire a love of all things literary
Karlson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren – review
Henry IX: ‘I’d give this book 9 out of 10 because it was so good’
What to read after Harry Potter
Still mourning the end of the Harry Potter series? So are we. Here are The Book Addicted Girl’s top recommended books for people who love Harry Potter and are in need of their next magic fix!
National curriculum is damaging children’s creative writing, say authors
Primary school teachers are steering children towards “too elaborate, flowery and over-complex language”, a group of acclaimed writers will say in an open letter to the education secretary
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals: Tanya Landman and William Grill win UK’s oldest children’s book awards
Tanya Landman’s historical novel Buffalo Soldier and William Grill’s illustrated non-fiction book Shackleton’s Journey scoop fiction and illustration prizes
Selfies, sex and body image – the revolution in books for teenage girls
With her positive messages and dark themes, Louise O’Neill is leading a new wave of young adult fiction
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher – review
Blaydon’s Readers of the Universe: ‘This book, even though it was a difficult subject, was very eye-opening and in some ways relatable’
The truth behind the Salem witch trials
What was behind the famous American witch trials in Salem in the 1600s? Gender, power and class, says Katherine Howe
How to swap games consoles for books (and get kids reading)
Alex Scarrow’s son was a gamer not a reader, so that’s why he decided to use every trick he learned as a games designer to write addictive books that keep readers coming back for ‘just one more go’
My inspiration: Martin Brown on political cartoonists
The Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown didn’t get there from children’s book illustrations, he came from cartoons – and maybe that’s why the Horrible Histories turned out the way they did!
Inside the head of an anorexic
Elena Dunkle’s hard-hitting YA book Elena Vanishing: A Memoir tells the story of her battle with anorexia, here she tells us what it’s like to have the torturous eating disorder – and the reason why she wrote the book
YOLO Juliet. srsly Hamlet. Macbeth #killingit. Shakespeare goes textspeak
A new series of books for younger readers gives some of the bard’s greatest plays the 21-century textspeak treatment
How well do you know the new children’s laureate, Chris Riddell?
Do you know your Goth Girl from your Bandabear? Take our fiendish quiz to find out!
Watch the trailer for Endgame, the last in CJ Daugherty’s Night School series
CJ Daugherty’s Night School series and its revolutionary spin off web series is coming to a close… so here – to say goodbye - we exclusively reveal the trailer for Endgame