Fiction for older children review – wayward wizards and a war of the worlds
History and the mysteries of the human heart take centre stage in this month’s best tales
Carrie Hope Fletcher: ‘The arts aren’t viable? See how you feel without them!’
The actor and author on starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, her Ballet Shoes sequel and the government response to theatre’s crisis
Watch Roald Dahl’s The Twits: a disgustingly delightful reading – video
The classic tale of the gruesome twosome is presented in an unabridged theatrical reading, filmed at the Unicorn in London
Fiction for older children – reviews
Plucky orphans, baby beasts and a Jamaican Boudicca
Robin Stevens: ‘We assume writing for adults is the pinnacle, but what book changed your life?’
As her bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series comes to an end, the children’s author talks about cosy crime, gay characters and watching her schoolgirl detectives grow up
Crime-fighting Australian pigeons take flight to Hollywood with help from James Corden
Comedian to produce film and TV series based on Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood’s Real Pigeons children’s books
Are We There Yet? Alison Lester, beloved author, is here to answer your child’s questions
Her books, including My Farm, Imagine, and Magic Beach, are adored by younger readers. Now she’s answering their questions
The best books for frazzled parents – and their children
From a practical guide to an escapist novel, Alice O’Keeffe picks her favourite reads for those locked down with kids
Fiction for older children reviews – monster quests and inner challenges
Young heroes and heroines battle adversity in the shape of undersea beasts, homophobes and fitting in at time-travel school
Watership Down author’s estate wins back all rights to classic novel
In a case at London’s high court, Richard Adams’ estate won a longstanding claim against Martin Rosen, director of the 1978 animation
The Midnight Gang review – escape to Walliams’ wonderland
There’s gleeful mischief and plenty of toilet humour in Chichester Festival theatre’s 2018 show based on the David Walliams bestseller
Book clinic: which books help kids with Asperger’s to understand others?
Award-winning children’s book writer Jasbinder Bilan picks tales of exploration and empowerment
Fiction for older children reviews: from sleuths to woolly mammoths
Gripping yarns spring from a submerged city, desperate street life and the jungles of Sri Lanka
Quentin Blake: ‘Spend time with children? Good God, no’
The writer and illustrator talks about bringing some of the most cherished children’s characters to life, his work with Roald Dahl and Michael Rosen – and the tiny weed that inspired his latest book
Roslyn Poignant obituary
Anthropologist, researcher and writer who became an expert on historic photographs