My top five fictional villains
Every hero needs a villain, if only to give them a bit of a challenge! Site member pinkbookworm gives us her top five fictional fiends
Where are the funny books for teenagers?
Humour is just as important in teen fiction as for younger children - it's just not signalled so clearly. The Roald Dahl funny prize aims to put a stop to that
Dork Diaries: Holiday Heartbreak by Rachel Renée Russell – review
Kat Winter: 'I recommend this book to girls who like funny, crazy love stories'
Fire Storm by Laurent St John – review
HorseLover3000: 'Fire Storm is a brilliant finale to the One Dollar Horse trilogy'
Diamond Brothers: I Know What You Did Last Wednesday by Anthony Horowitz
BMDH: 'If you want to be the next Sherlock Holmes it's a must read'
Billionaire Boy by David Walliams – review
BMDH: 'It has a free billion pound note inside - get rich quick, buy the book!'
Ethan’s Voice by Rachel Carter – review
dewdrop: 'I found it genuinely original and different to many other books I have read'
Comic books and graphic novels – quiz
With a new Asterix book selling millions of copies worldwide and the Phoenix comic reaching its 100th issue, we're celebrating the joy of the comic book. But do you know your Captain America from your Captain Manhattan?
Children take over the Southbank Centre for mass sleepover
The Imagine festival is back, putting children and storytelling centre stage on London's South Bank with a line-up of authors including Quentin Blake, Jacqueline Wilson and children's laureate Malorie Blackman
Your Stories: Between Hello and Goodbye by TheBookThief
TheBookThief: 'There was always rain. There is always rain in my life, yet it only brings happiness'
Reader reviews roundup
Calling all explorers, adventurers and intrepid investigators! Your reviews are heading into uncharted waters this week (and peeking their noses into some VERY top secret diaries...)
Robin Etherington’s top 10 comic books
The comic book creator picks his favourite graphic novels from the genre's 'oodles of awesomeness' encompassing Asterix to Akira
Emily Feather and the Secret Mirror by Holly Webb – review
Beth - Millenium RIOT Readers: 'I haven't read the first book in this series but I enjoyed this story nonetheless. I liked Emily and the story was pretty good'
Bartolome – The Infanta’s Pet by Rachel Van Kooij – review
Theo WolfTiger 'One of the main points of this book is to show how dwarfs were thought of and discriminated against, and a main theme seems to be bullying'
Video interview: Liz Pichon on drawing and writing Tom Gates
Liz Pichon talks about her Roald Dahl funny prize-winning creation Tom Gates, revealing where she finds inspiration and who she bases her characters on