The 5th Wave wins Red House children’s book award

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

Reader reviews roundup

It's been another amazing week of your reviews. Here are our top picks

Paddington by Michael Bond – review

pinkbookworm: 'Paddington not only becomes the one to depend on for a good adventure, but also the one bear the Browns can't live without'

Grandparents in children’s fiction – quiz

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!

Keiron Pim’s top 10 dinosaurs

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

Imagine festival site takeover!

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

Yours stories: Cat and Mouse by SophieScribe

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'

Reader reviews roundup

Roll up, roll up, it's International Book Giving Day: what books have our site members been sharing with you this week?

Discover the 2014 Waterstones children’s book prize shortlist

Find out more about the 18 books up for the Waterstones children's book prize, the award known for championing new and emerging writers and illustrators