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Imogen Russell Williams: The Dora books stretch my accent skills to breaking point, while Thomas the Tank Engine is full of stifling moralism. But not all favourites are destined to be 'lost' down the back of the shelf
Harry Potter has done wonders for wearers of specs across the world but which picture books will inspire positive feelings in younger children about seeing life through a lens? The Book Doctor investigates
Rick Yancey voted the children's choice in the Red House children's book award 2014, for the first in his trilogy about alien-occupied Earth – Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Jennifer Gray also winners
Imagine festival site takeover: Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features four of the best fictional grandparents ever but how well do you know other grannies and grandads in children's books? Test your skills here!
Imagine festival site takeover: From a drippy Tyrannosaurus to lost worlds packed with monsters, the author of the Bumper Book of Dinosaurs selects the best books which explore extinct monsters
As the Imagine children's festival gets into full swing for half term, the Imagine children's panel have taken over the Guardian Children's Books site for the weekend
SophieScribe: 'a dinosaur! Not a huge one, and ginger with a few feathers rather than the usual green-brown scales you see in old books, but definitely a dinosaur'