The lure of illustrated children’s books
Few things evoke childhood memories as powerfully as picture books. Jenny Uglow looks at favourites old and new
Put em right on Enid Blyton
Jean Hannah Edelstein: The enthusiasm with which parents are buying books featuring old-fashioned discrimination leaves a bad taste in the mouth
Andy Warhol’s children’s book illustrations go on sale
Artist's little-known interpretation of the story of the little red hen joins huge auction of classic children's literature
Remembering forgotten classics
Alison Flood: Open Book has been getting famous authors to remind us of neglected literary treasures. Who did they forget?
Where to find the Wild Things
Spike Jonze's film is about to body forth Where the Wild Things Are, but accessing its imaginative world might actually be better done by hand
Should we return to the Hundred Acre Wood?
Open thread: Winnie-the-Pooh is making a comeback, this time with a new friend. Should we rejoice, or are classics best left alone?
Duchess of York’s children’s books to be Hollywood films
Sarah Ferguson's Little Red books for four-to-eight-year-olds have been snapped up by a US movie company
Disney brings back Winnie the Pooh
Production begins on the first Pooh feature film in decades with five original stories from AA Milne
The week in books
Free the word; Tintin in the dock; battle of the Barbies; and porn for nerds
Rethink urged on school vetting rules
Head of inquiry that led to new procedures says 'line has been drawn in wrong place' after complaints from authors
Beatrix Potter: the lady of the Lakes
David Barnett: Beatrix Potter devoted her life to protecting the Lake District, and it has thanked her with some elegant literary memorials
The worst children’s books, ever
Alison Flood: The blood is up at The American Scene, as they single out the worst kids' writing. Who have they missed?
Writers should be treated like any other school visitor
Anthony Browne: If everyone else working with children has to be vetted, why should we be exempt?
Book corner
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson (1968)
Will the Gruffalo’s TV debut be a hit or miss?
Clare Birchall: The BBC adaptation of the children's book could light up Christmas. Which other contemporary classics would you like to see on TV?