Sarah Lean’s top 10 animal stories
From Charlotte the spider to the Tiger Who Came to Tea, the author of A Dog Called Homeless picks her favourite tales featuring our furry and feathered friends
How the internet is kickstarting a teen poetry revolution
Sites such as Movellas and Wattpad are seeing huge numbers of teens writing, reading and sharing poetry. Alison Flood investigates the phenomenon and talks to some of the teens publishing their poetry online
‘Publishing poetry is easier than ever before’: the teen poetry online revolution
Ollie Lambert, a teen who created The Poetry Challenge on the Movellas website, explains the appeal of sharing poetry online
Adventure Island 10: The Mystery of the Invisible Spy by Helen Moss – Review
Rachie:): 'A gripping adventure, the author really dived in and pulled out all the stops on a good mystery'
Discovering the Imagine festival
Site member Patrick rounds up some of the delights on offer at the children's festival Imagine this half-term
Should there be an Enid Blyton festival?
Head to head: Anthony Mealing and Gabriel Gbadamosi debate the merits of a planned festival celebrating the controversial children's author
The Boy from France by Hilary Freeman – review
googleyeyes:'This book has all the qualities I look for when reading. Something clichéd but with a unique and special twist. A love story with a different style'
The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech – Review
book worm22:'I love the fact that I can read this book over and over again - a feel good read!'
Girl On The Run by Julia Golding
Mars Bar 27: 'Meet MI6's new recruit. Darcie Lock is every boy's dream: smart, beautiful... Oh, and she's a secret agent'
Pants in fiction – quiz
Don't you just love pants? Aren't they just really funny? Well if you love pants just as much as we do then have a go at our pants in fiction quiz and test your pants knowledge
Quickfire interview: Anthony Horowitz
Imagine site takeover: Find out who Alex Rider is based on, what it's like to have a book made into a film and much more in Anthony Horowitz's Q+A
Cressida Cowell’s top 10 mythical creatures
Imagine festival site takeover: From dragons and dwarves to fairies and phoenixes, the author of How to Train Your Dragon selects the best in mythical creatures
Imagine festival site takeover!
As the Imagine children's festival gets into its stride for half term week, the Imagine children's panel - the Festival Ideas Cloud - have guest curated the Guardian children's books site!
Ratburger by David Walliams – review
cupcakekate: 'This book is so fantastic it makes you never want to stop reading it'