Jessica Ahlberg’s top 10 family-themed picture books

From Sendak's Wild Things and Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit to 'the family-est book of all', Jessica Ahlberg picks her favourite picture books about families in all shapes, sizes and guises

Which pop-up books match up to Jan Pieńkowski’s The Haunted House?

From simple Spot books to volumes of ambitious three-dimensional images, paper engineering can bring both imaginary worlds and more familiar subjects to life

The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp – review

RugbyDog: 'it was hilarious and it was spoken in pig language which sounds like a sort of slang'

Children’s Sticker Atlas of the World – review

Raindrop: 'It's an amazing book with loads of brilliant pictures'

Vile Visitors by Diana Wynne Jones – review

Cleopatra 'I would rate this great story 10 out of 10! It made me laugh loads'

The Fabulous Four Fish Fingers by Jason Beresford – review

Velociraptor 'The Fish Fingers show that by working together, not giving up and being brave, they can prevent bad things from happening'

Reader reviews roundup

We're diving back in time, forging into the future, arching across the Atlantic and charging across the Channel this week! Did you bring your passports?

Reviews roundup: your top reads this month

Your reviews have been battling it out this month for the position of most-read book on the Guardian children's books site, and the winner is …

Watch Julia Donaldson’s world record-breaking paper dolls chain

Watch a time lapse video of children's author and former children's laureate Julia Donaldson breaking the world record for the longest chain of paper dolls