I love bugs by Emma Dodd – review
Jennifer and Minnie: 'Minnie didn't bat an eyelid and wanted it reading again! Ugh!'
The Love Bugs by Simon Puttock and Russell Ayto – review
Jennifer and Minnie: 'Minnie spent the whole time working herself up into a frenzy pointing out every wee bug (there are lots of them!)'
Farmer Clegg’s Night Out by Peter Bently – review
Jennifer and Minnie: 'The toddler was more than happy to make all the farm yard noises (they all go moo...)'
Family reviews: a selection
Jennifer and Minnie: Another selection of family reviews - watch out for 'a gorgeous activity book that you frankly don't want to touch as you feel you would ruin it'
Family reviews: a selection
Jennifer and Minnie: A selection of family reviews, including 'quite frankly the best book about pants there is!'
Picture books for children – reviews
Children are never too young to address the difficult subjects, writes Kate Kellaway. Like being a refugee in Britain of having a dad in prison…
Fetch by Jane Cabrera – review
Yvette and Theo: 'Theo said if he had a dog he would like to call it Fetch'
The Super Swooper Dinosaur by Martin Waddell and Leonie Lord – review
Yvette and Theo: 'I knew straight away he would love it as it was on one of his favourite subjects, Dinosaurs!'
My book of Numbers, Shapes and Colours by Kali Stileman – review
Yvette and Theo: 'This is definitely the best educational/learning book I have read for young children'
Nick Hornby’s Mary Poppins and Henry the Eighth – read an exclusive short story
Read Mary Poppins and Henry the Eighth by Nick Hornby and find out what happens when Mary Poppins tells the king to tidy his room
Never say No to a Princess by Tracey Corderoy – review
Reba and Amatullah: 'This is a great story to reinforce the subject of saying 'please' and that you don't always get what you want!'
Rachel Rooney wins CLPE Poetry award – read her poem
A collection of poems for children by a poet who 'relishes and shares the craft of poetry' wins the CLPE award
Which children’s books characters should appear in the Olympic opening ceremony?
Should the boy wizard have a starring role in the Olympics? How about the Winnie the Pooh? Or Horrid Henry? Let us know
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold – review
Reba and Amatullah: 'Never judge a book by its cover. I was guilty of doing this when I received Black Dog'