What are the best cakes based on children’s books?
From The Gruffalo to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, to cakes fit for Katniss Everdeen. The Book Doctor has ideas for edible cakes of favourite books for Easter and beyond!
Hugless Douglas review – cuddle-deficient bear conjures fluffy thrills for kids
The Blunderbus theatre company adapt David Melling’s ursine character for the stage, and succeed through scare-free audience interaction
Rob Biddulph wins Waterstones children’s book prize 2015 with debut Blown Away
The tale of a misplaced penguin scoops the overall prize for new and emerging authors, with Sally Green taking the teen category and Robin Stevens winning the younger fiction award
Which books would make today’s list of 100 greatest children’s novels?
Top authors and former poets laureate have been nominating their favourite children’s books – what would you add to a modern rollcall of classics ?
What’s happening in children’s books in 2015? A literary calendar
Want to know when your favourite author has a new book out? What festivals are lighting up your holidays? When the awards are being dished out? Check out our literary calendar for 2015, the year the new Children’s Laureate is announced…
We love the Gruffalo, what other books are great for our bilingual family?
The Book Doctor seeks out books for a German-English couple who want children’s books that reflect their duel heritage
What are the best children’s books of 2014?
The Guardian children’s books team and site members young and old(er) share their favourite books from the past year – is your top read up there?
What are the best children’s books on the nativity?
From Nicholas Allan’s Jesus’ Christmas Party to Jan Pienkowski’s The First Christmas, the Book Doctor seeks out the books which most beautifully tell the Christmas story
The best picture books for children this Christmas
Snow, sisters and a delinquent dragon star in the best tales for tots this winter, writes Kate Kellaway
Cressida Cowell launches Christmas reading challenge for young readers
Newsflash: The Christmas Mini-Challenge, a festive version of the massively popular Summer Reading Challenge, is back for a second year! Find out how to join in here
My inspiration: Satoshi Kitamura on why he loves Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy and manga
When Satoshi Kitamura came to the UK he was shocked to find reading comics was looked down on, things were very different when he was growing up in Japan...
Snow by Walter de la Mare – video
Happy December everyone! Now we are officially allowed to think about Christmas and wintery things – so let’s get in the mood with a very beautiful animation
Eye Benders wins Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
GrrlScientist: Benders, a children’s book by Clive Gifford & Professor Anil Seth, is filled with optical illusions. The authors explain the science behind how these illusions work and demonstrate the many different ways that they trick your brain.
A child’s eye view of death: the power of picture books to explain
Death and bereavement are difficult facts for parents to teach small children, made harder still if they are grieving themselves. But many authors have found elegant ways to start the process, writes Imogen Russell Williams
Flat Stanley review – classic kids’ book becomes wonderfully wonky musical
This show based on Jeff Brown’s offbeat novel is loud, colourful and cleverly designed – and it will strike a chord for younger siblings, writes Chris Wiegand