Happy National Poetry Day!

Today is National Poetry Day, the theme is stars and we've got a whole galaxy of versey goodness on the site in celebration, from a competition to win the poet laureate's new collection for kids, to audio of Michael Rosen reading his rhymes, top tips for writing poetry, AA Milnes's poems put to music and your lists of favourite poetry books...

Who are your favourite fictional heroes?

It's Children's Book Week and the theme this year is heroes and heroines. We want to know your favourite fictional heroes and Laura Ann Barton runs through some of the likely contenders to get you started

Family reviews: a selection

Christine, Ava (3 months), Leon (18 months), Isabel (2) and Theo (3): 'All of our grandchildren loved this story'