Top 10 books to read now you’ve finished The Hunger Games

Have you finished The Hunger Games and feeling lost in a sea of YA dystopian thrillers? Turning to the games console or movies to get an action fix? Here are our top 10 books for people who love The Hunger Games and want to read more

David Mackintosh’s top 10 illustration and design tips

The illustrator and author of children's books including Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School shares his tips on how you can improve your own illustrations and designs

Jacqueline Wilson: ‘I didn’t think I would write more about Hetty – neither did my publishers!’

Jacqueline Wilson sits down with site members TwilightVi (dressed up as Diamond) and Lottie Longshanks (in costume as Hetty) for a Q&A about creating characters and answering that all important question: will there be another book about Hetty and Diamond?

A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached – review

ilynx21: 'What makes this book stand out from other graphic novels is the feeling that Zeina puts into the book, which makes you really feel the characters' emotions'

Varjak Paw by SF Said – review

CedarReaders: 'If we had to describe this book in three words, they would be nail-biting, outstanding and mind-blowing'

Tom Gates is Absolutely Fantastic (at some things) by Liz Pichon – review

hibob8 'Tom gates wants to go on a school trip but he can't find the form which he needs to get signed, in order to go...'

Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper – review

dewdrop: 'A truly inspirational book that is worth reading if you should ever want something interesting and new to sink your teeth into'

Reviews roundup: your top reads this month

Teenage drama, romance and a battle to become Head Girl: this month's most popular read on the children's books site is...

Holes by Louis Sachar – review

2Kool4Skool: 'I couldn't put this book down, it has a great personality (if any a book might have one!)'

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling – review

BookWorm: 'I recommend this book to bookworms who can't choose what sort of book they like best: mystery or adventure'

Your stories: Castles in the air by TheBookThief – poem

TheBookThief: 'throwing back your head laughing at the floating clouds'

Reader reviews roundup

In a week filled with £1 World Book Day books, what else have our site members been reading?

World Book Day roundup – reviews

The Millennium RIOT Readers and Parkhead Primary have been busily working their way through the rest of this years list - read their verdicts and decide what to spend your voucher on!

Happy birthday to us – Guardian children’s books is turning 3!

Get out the party hats: the Guardian children's books site is three years old today! We asked one of our first ever members, Lottie Longshanks, to write about the impact the site has had on her life and book habits.