What are you reading with your child this month? September
Review the picture book you’re currently reading with your child – and show us a photo – and we’ll choose the best for a gallery on the Guardian children’s books site
Top 10 modern classics to read before you’re 10
Author Mary Sebag Montefiore got everyone going when she shared her favourite classic books - so we’ve come up with our own list of fantastic modern classics that we think will be read for centuries to come
Six of the best Enid Blyton quotes
Enid Blyton was born 118 years ago today. Celebrate her birthday by remembering her most famous lines
This children’s poetry collection put a match to my imagination
Robert Louis Stevenson’s bright rhymes in A Child’s Garden of Verses opened my mind to the world, filling me with magical excitement
The best horrible history facts ever
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary and the stage-adaptor and actor Neal Foster got together to pick their all time favourite horrible history facts…
Win four tickets to see Horrible Histories Barmy Britain Part Three
You can win four tickets to see Horrible Histories Barmy Britain part three at the Garrick Theatre, London until September 5. Find out how to enter and read the Ts and Cs here
Lauren Child giveaway competition – find out about how to enter here!
To celebrate the Lauren Child exhibition at Motisfont National Trust, we have Lauren Child goodies to give away. Find out how to enter and read the Ts and Cs here
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales review – Julia Donaldson’s beasts come to life
Although a little overlong, these Julia Donaldson stories burst onto the stage in a riot of gleefully unsophisticated energy
Joseph Coelho’s top 10 new poetry books every child must read
The performance poet and winner of this year’s CLPE children’s poetry award picks the poetry collections that every child should grow up with
What are the best colouring and activity books for kids?
From Johanna Basford’s thrilling colouring quests to the Animalium activity book, the Book Doctor has entertaining books to keep children amused on long journeys and holidays!
Shirley Hughes: I hope books survive, they are wonderful pieces of technology
Shirley Hughes, winner of the inaugural Book Trust lifetime achievement award, answers our questions about Dogger, Alfie and how come she waited until she was over 80 years old to write her first novel. We also got to meet the real Dogger
Roald Dahl’s The Twits: How do you make a book that smells?
A special edition of Roald Dahl’s The Twits is coming out which has a cover that you can customise with revolting scratch ‘n’ sniff stickers! How do they make it smell so icky? Find out here… Plus, win one of five copies we’re giving away!
Karlson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren – review
Henry IX: ‘I’d give this book 9 out of 10 because it was so good’
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals: Tanya Landman and William Grill win UK’s oldest children’s book awards
Tanya Landman’s historical novel Buffalo Soldier and William Grill’s illustrated non-fiction book Shackleton’s Journey scoop fiction and illustration prizes
My inspiration: Martin Brown on political cartoonists
The Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown didn’t get there from children’s book illustrations, he came from cartoons – and maybe that’s why the Horrible Histories turned out the way they did!