How to get your boy reading
Boys are generally less enthusiastic than girls to spend their time reading – but all they need are a few bookworm male role models
Shirley Hughes: ‘I realised that a book could be a little theatre’
The children’s author on her early influences, the distraction of phones, and her father’s Liverpool department store
How to write rollicking rhyming stories
Squishy McFluff author Pip Jones with the best advice on writing stories that rhyme – and the golden rule is never, ever sacrifice a story for a rhyme!
Stories have the power to create a more hopeful world
In the wake of the Brexit vote, children’s author Sita Brahmachari on the sustaining stories that will help young people find hope and strength in these unsettled times
Why music is the beating heart of my poetry
CLiPPA nominated poet John Lyons grew up in Trinidad in the 1930s and 40s where singing and telling stories were as natural a part of his life as breathing. Now in his 80s, here’s why music still helps him go with the flow and might help you too
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
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
Eric Carle: children can identify with the helpless, small, insignificant caterpillar
The author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar tells us how he makes his iconic collages and which artists have inspired his work
PJ Lynch is Ireland’s new children’s laureate
The year of the ‘big picture’: author and illustrator PJ Lynch is announced the fourth Laureate na nÓg in Dublin
Win an original drawing by William Grill – competition
To celebrate the publication of his new book The Wolves Of Currumpaw, Kate Greenaway-winning author and illustrator William Grill is giving away an original drawing, the view from Capulin Volcano in New Mexico
Michael Rosen’s greatest quotes to mark his 70th birthday!
Happy 70th birthday to poetry and prose pro Michael Rosen – here are some of our favourite quotes to celebrate the big day
The moment Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes made me a reader
At eight years old, the very last thing Gavin Puckett wanted to do in his spare time was read a book – reading was tedious and to be done at school. Then he discovered Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and everything changed
‘Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next’: Beverly Cleary’s greatest quotes
She’s the writer behind the gloriously mischievous Ramona Quimby, has sold over 91 million books worldwide and on top of all that, Beverly Cleary has just turned 100 years old! As she celebrates an exuberant centenary, we take a look at her greatest ever quotes. Happy birthday Beverly!
The Beak Speaks by Jeremy Strong – review
PGHS Book Clubbers: ‘Jeremy Strong has written lots of books and tends to make them all very funny’
Cressida Cowell: ‘I encourage you to be creative. It’s part of my job’
The creator of Hiccup and Toothless spoke to site member Krazy Kesh at the Imagine Children’s Festival 2016 to talk about the end of How to Train Your Dragon, what inspired the series and how it changed over a decade of writing