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!
Oi Frog! by Kes Gray and Jim Field – watch the trailer
Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs... Where is frog going to sit in this trailer for Kes Gray and Jim Fields' new picture book?
What should I wear on World Book Day?
Here are some great ideas and top tips for World Book Day costumes. Tell us what you are you going to wear by emailing childrens.books@theguardian.com and we'll add them to this article
Again, again! Which kids’ bedtime books are you happy to reread?
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
What books will help children feel good about wearing glasses?
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