‘People wanted to meet me and the donkey’: my role in a bestselling children’s book
Susanne Schäfer-Limmer recalls finding a donkey on Rhodes, and how her father turned the story into a simple tale
Moomintroll, Thingumy and Bob: welcome to the Moomins
A new exhibition pays homage to the placid beasts of Tove Jansson’s imagination
Move over, Snowman! Let’s have a cuddly Christmas with Bear Hunt instead
It’s sold millions and won awards. Now We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is being turned into a festive film. Not bad for a story Michael Rosen didn’t want to write
Picture books for children reviews – something to chirp about
A classic song leaps from the page while a baby bunny throws a monster tantrum… the pick of the titles for younger readers
Curious George loses his home: world’s only store to be closed down
New building owners plan to replace Massachusetts store dedicated to playful fictional monkey with a stairwell, as customers and enthusiasts push back
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