Oscar Sabini’s Paper Zoo – video!

Watch paper come alive before your eyes in this charming mini-film

‘All grown-ups were once children’: the 15 top Le Petit Prince quotes

Our favourite lines from the eternal question mark that is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, one of France’s most famous and well-loved books

Why I love Jacqueline Wilson and you should join the Guardian children’s books site!

Site member Writer-on-wheels AKA Chloe got to attend the launch of Jacqueline Wilson’s latest Hetty Feather adventure, Little Stars. Here’s what happened – plus learn how to draw Diamond from Hetty Feather with Nick Sharratt

Expelliarmus! Harry Potter Book Night 2016 theme announced

The theme of Harry Potter Book Night 2016 is announced as A Night of Spells

What should I read next?

When the weather outside is frightful, it’s the perfect time to cosy up with a good read. If you’re looking for the best books to keep you warm on these cool autumn nights, our site members have the perfect picks for you…

Megan Rix meets real elephants – video

Watch author Megan Rix on a fascinating research trip for her new book The Runaways, as she meets a herd of elephants

Poetry secrets: How to read a poem aloud

Poet Paul Cookson orders you to unzip your lips and get poetry off the page and into the air

Michael Rosen reads Oh Dear

Watch Michael Rosen read his new poem ‘Oh Dear’ from A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young

Top 10 poems about light

On National Poetry day, 10 poets picks their favourite poems about light. Read them all here

Michael Rosen reads Boing! Boing!

Watch Michael Rosen read his new poem ‘Boing! Boing!’ from A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young

How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury by Cressida Cowell – review

Myth-hill: ‘I would love to go into my garden and discover a Riproarer or maybe a triple-headed Deadly Shadow’

Dyslexia poems by Sally Gardner and Ros Asquith

In Dyslexia Awareness Week we have two beautiful poems, DyslexiaaAAARGH by Ros Asquith and The Box by Sally Gardner (who is herself dyslexic) which explore the frustrations as well as the upsides of dyslexia