Top 10 worriers in children’s literature
From Piglet and Little Mouse to Lola Rose, children’s books are full of worriers who face up to, and even overcome, their fears. Here are 10 of the best, from Wilf the Mighty Worrier author Georgia Pritchett
Russian censors target children’s books that break the mould
Publishing a children’s book in Russia is not a straightforward matter, as Anna Starobinets found when her detective stories set among woodland animals were deemed to be far too beastly for children
Top 10 parallel worlds in fiction
When you open the pages of a book you step into a parallel universe. From Narnia to Coraline, Christopher Edge picks his favourite stories that step through the looking glass
Ignorance and Want: why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is as relevant today as ever
Forget Tiny Tim Cratchit - there are two other child characters in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol that, for author Chris Priestley, are far more powerful: Ignorance and Want. Here’s why
How To Fight A Dragons Fury by Cressida Cowell – review
Elie8899: ‘This book is awesome; a truly fitting finale for such an amazing series’
What are the best children’s books of 2015?
Authors including David Almond, Chris Riddell and Louise O’Neill, Guardian children’s books editors plus teen readers reveal their top children’s and teen reads of 2015
Older children reviews – animal magic
A menagerie of animal stories for Christmas – plus Sandi Toksvig’s tale of an Irish tomboy
‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ The best Dr Seuss quotes
In honour of the man behind the Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and many, many other children’s classics, here are some of his best lines
50 years of Jackanory: what the TV show gave to me and other authors
On the 50th anniversary of Jackanory, Frank Cottrell Boyce on the massive impact of listening to Rik Mayall, Kenneth Williams and others read out loud on TV
Top 10 political quotes from books and beyond
Need some words of wisdom to inspire you to action? Look no further than our collection of great political quotes from YA and children’s books – and a couple of incredible people
Reckless by Cornelia Funke – review
Readr: ‘Cornelia Funke has created a refreshingly modern fantasy world’
Why we have to create more disabled characters in children’s fiction
Author Susie Day grew up in 1980s when her personal experience of people with disabilities was Joey Deacon on Blue Peter. Disability in books was a cautionary tale where you’d usually ‘recover’ if you were nice enough. Times have changed and now children’s lit needs to catch up faster
Katy by Jacqueline Wilson – review
Writer on wheels: ‘Everything that Jacqueline Wilson includes about disability, is so, so true’
Which books can help me understand what it’s like to be bombed?
As our politicians decide whether to bomb Syria, the Book Doctor picks out books that help us understand what it’s like to be threatened by bombs, from Robert Westall’s The Machine Gunners to Joe Sacco’s Palestine
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke – review
RooReviews: ‘They have many adventures that are scary’