Gangsta Granny by David Walliams – review
Fluffyni: 'Get ready for laughter, crying and most of all... surprisement!'
Postcard from an earthquake zone
Site members Faultline Fiction vividly recount what happened when earthquakes struck their school, in Christchurch, New Zealand
What are your favourite fictional feasts?
From butterbeer to snozzcumbers, fiction is full of tasty (and not so tasty) treats. As The Hunger Games Cookbook is released, what favourite fictional feast would you like the recipe for?
As a family we listen to a lot of audiobooks. Can you recommend some for all of us?
Shared listening is brilliant both for passing a long journey and for the whole family enjoying a book together
Picture books for children – reviews
There are laughs aplenty and some touching moments too in this year's crop of picture books at Christmas, writes Kate Kellaway
The Big Snuggle-Up by Brian Patten – review
High Kick and Pirate Bones: 'This book tells you about an old scarecrow and lots of animals in a house'
Read the Wicked young writers’ awards 2011 winning entries
Discover the poems and stories by winners aged 6 to 26 in the Wicked young writers' awards 2011
How Trafalgar Square gets its Christmas tree
Kevin Crossley-Holland describes how, with poems and songs, English and Norwegian schoolchildren celebrate the felling of the 'queen of the forest' that becomes London's famous Christmas tree
Mary Hoffman’s top 10 Christmas books for children
The author of Grace at Christmas picks her favourite festive reads for children of all ages
Facts and fiction feature in the Blue Peter shortlist
Books about the Olympics, the extreme world, a time-travelling schoolgirl and a family with dark secrets are in the running for the Blue Peter book award