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

Michael Rosen reads Angry

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

Michael Rosen reads We Can

Watch Michael Rosen read his new poem We Can from A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young

Welcome to our poetry-themed week – an overview

Catch up with everything we did in our themed poetry week 2015

Can children’s books help build a better world?

Author SF Said on how almost all the world’s problems come down to ‘us and them’ – and how children’s books can knock down the barriers

How to draw a lion – video

Get up close and personal with one of nature’s most beautiful wildest creatures as artist Stephen Walton shares a fascinating timelapse video of himself drawing a lion in charcoal