David Mackintosh’s top 10 illustration and design tips
The illustrator and author of children's books including Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School shares his tips on how you can improve your own illustrations and designs
Jacqueline Wilson: ‘I didn’t think I would write more about Hetty – neither did my publishers!’
Jacqueline Wilson sits down with site members TwilightVi (dressed up as Diamond) and Lottie Longshanks (in costume as Hetty) for a Q&A about creating characters and answering that all important question: will there be another book about Hetty and Diamond?
Reviews roundup: your top reads this month
Teenage drama, romance and a battle to become Head Girl: this month's most popular read on the children's books site is...
Reader reviews roundup
In a week filled with £1 World Book Day books, what else have our site members been reading?
World Book Day roundup – reviews
The Millennium RIOT Readers and Parkhead Primary have been busily working their way through the rest of this years list - read their verdicts and decide what to spend your voucher on!
Happy birthday to us – Guardian children’s books is turning 3!
Get out the party hats: the Guardian children's books site is three years old today! We asked one of our first ever members, Lottie Longshanks, to write about the impact the site has had on her life and book habits.
Tony Robinson and Katherine Rundell win Blue Peter book award
Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II wins best book with facts, while Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers is announced as the best storyDiscover Katherine Rundell's 10 of the best stories about orphans
My top five secret reads
More confessions of a justified bookworm as site member Katiedoglovesbooks reveals her secret, under-the-covers-with-a-torch books
Which £1 book should you spend your voucher on?
WBD 2014: Read our members' reviews of the World Book Day 2014 £1 books and decide what to spend your voucher on!
Hello Hugless Douglas by David Melling – review
Gina, Evie (4) and Bella (2) ''The illustrations are charming and full of character'
Group reviews: a selection
Another selection of reviews from our hungry hungry Book Munchers!
John McNally’s top 10 true or false science facts
Does a Polo mint really light up when broken in half? Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction… here are 10 of the best crazy science "facts" – see if you can tell the true from false!