Red House children’s book award 2013: we have a winner!
So who was it? We sent our ace-reporter Fenella along to find out and get all the backstage gossip!
Reader reviews roundup
It's the fantastically exciting second instalment of our reader reviews roundup - what have you been reading this week?
Sharon Gosling’s top 10 children’s steampunk books
From Jules Verne to Philip Reeve, discover the best fantastical adventures with the pluckiest protagonists
Reader reviews roundup
Reader reviews roundup for kids is a new way for us to show off some of your fantastic reviews – and give you some inspiration about what to read next!
Discovering the Imagine festival
Site member Patrick rounds up some of the delights on offer at the children's festival Imagine this half-term
Should there be an Enid Blyton festival?
Head to head: Anthony Mealing and Gabriel Gbadamosi debate the merits of a planned festival celebrating the controversial children's author
Pants in fiction – quiz
Don't you just love pants? Aren't they just really funny? Well if you love pants just as much as we do then have a go at our pants in fiction quiz and test your pants knowledge
My Funny Family by Chris Higgins – review
Emily and Maisy: 'Maisy has this to say: "Funny and a bit bonkers"'
Imagine festival site takeover!
As the Imagine children's festival gets into its stride for half term week, the Imagine children's panel - the Festival Ideas Cloud - have guest curated the Guardian children's books site!
Michaela Strachan’s top 10 animal encounters
From diving with great white sharks and doing polar bear dentistry to outspitting cobras and snogging a hummingbird, the presenter of The Really Wild Show shares her top animal adventures
The Twits by Roald Dahl – review
Aisha's Craft Hands: 'this book is one of a kind, if I had enough copies I would give it out to the whole of the town!'
Your stories: The Great Fire of London by SuperBen – poem
The Great Fire of London, as imagined by SuperBen
Enter Philip Ardagh’s Valentine’s Day limerick competition!
Can you write a Valentine's limerick inspired by an opening line written by Philip Ardagh? Send us your romantic rhymes for the chance to win signed copies of his new book The Truth About Love