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
Mice in fiction (in honour of Danger Mouse) – Quiz
To celebrate the return of world-famous secret agent Danger Mouse to our screens, we have compiled a quiz on the best mice in fiction. Do you know your Danger Mouse from your Despereaux? Have a go at this quiz to find out!
Competition to send your name into the stars
Are you obsessed with space? Always wanted to travel the universe? Enter this new competition from Story Time From Space and Lost My Name!
Laura Carlin wins the Bratislava children’s books illustration award 2015
In the UK’s first win in 20 years, illustrator Laura Carlin takes the grand prix in the world’s biggest children’s books illustration awards: the Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (or BIB for short) 2015 with her books The Iron Man and A World of Your Own