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

Carnegie medal and Kate Greenaway shortlists 2016 announced

Patrick Ness and Chris Riddell are up for hat tricks again this year. Discover all the shortlisted writers and illustrators for the 2016 medals – how many books on the shortlist have you read?

What are the best children’s books on science?

From the environmental classic Dear Greenpeace to out of this world books about space, the Book Doctor celebrates science week with book choices to inspire the scientists of the future

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren – review

EpicEmily: ‘The pictures are drawn by Lauren Child so they are very creative’

Book lovers smash quiz world record for World Book Day

Over six thousand readers take a new Guinness World Records title for World Book Day

How fantasy can inspire us to live in the real world

In a children’s literary universe dominated by dystopian governments and terminally ill patients, don’t be afraid to get lost in a completely different world (possibly with dragons) – here’s what you might learn!