Robin Etherington’s top 10 comic books
The comic book creator picks his favourite graphic novels from the genre's 'oodles of awesomeness' encompassing Asterix to Akira
Emily Feather and the Secret Mirror by Holly Webb – review
Beth - Millenium RIOT Readers: 'I haven't read the first book in this series but I enjoyed this story nonetheless. I liked Emily and the story was pretty good'
Quickfire interview: Mairi Hedderwick
The Scottish author and illustrator, best known for the Katie Morag series of children's picture books set on the Isle of Struay, takes on the Guardian children's books quickfire interview
Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski – review
BookTrain125: 'it did not have all the countries, which was disappointing. Other than that it was fascinating'
Reader reviews roundup
YOUR REVIEWS: Some vile visitors have come a-knocking at the site, and we're turning invisible (and so is JK Rowling!) Haven't a clue what we're on about? Enter this week's reader reviews roundup and find out...
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
Invest in Toad Hall? Wind in the Willows stage show invites funding
Small investors asked to cover 10% of cost of stage show planned for 2015 – with returns of up to 60% targeted