Tony Mitton wins CLPE poetry award

Tony Mitton fights off competition from a starry shortlist to win UK's only prize for published children's poetry

What are the best books for gamers?

How can I survive the summer without Skyrim and Assassin's Creed? The Book Doctor recommends great fantasy books for the beach to a game obsessed 12-year-old

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke – review

El Camino Academy 6th Grade: 'You can feel the Inkworld!'

Why should young people find out about the first world war?

Ex-war reporter turned children's writer Rowena House has witnessed the horrors of conflict first hand, but nothing shocked her as much as reading Wilfred Owen's poetry when she was at school

Michael Morpurgo: We are who we are now, in large part, because of the first world war

The author of War Horse and Private Peaceful talks to site members Orli and JDBookGroup's Fernando about how writing about war helps him cope with his own feelings about it – and how for him pity always comes before patriotism

A round up of the Guardian children’s books site’s first world war week

One hundred years after the start of the first world war, we celebrate the incredible books for children and teenagers that help us understand what happened and why the impact is still being felt today

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling – review

TMandy: 'At Hogwarts Harry realises he's special and his adventures begin'

How to Train Your Dragon – watch the book trailer

To celebrate the release of the How To Train Your Dragon 2 movie, author Cressida Cowell has created this gorgeous minifilm narrated by David Tennant to remind people that the films are based on her wonderful books! The latest book in the series is The Incomplete Book of Dragons which brings the whole dragon world gloriously to life

Should boys read boys?

Is it really true that boys want to read books about boys, written by men? Or is narcissism and sexism of the saddest, most damaging kind? Night School author CJ Daugherty makes the case the books should be gender free. What do you think? Join the discussion

My inspiration: Jeremy Strong on Spike Milligan

The author of My Dad's Got an Alligator and The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog explains why author and script-writer Spike Milligan is to blame for everything silly in his books!