School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari – review

elie8899: 'It is funny at times, VERY strange and sometimes frightening'

The Poisoned Honey Cake by Caroline Lawrence – review

TheBookThief: 'What a magnificent book!'

A boy and a bear in a boat by Dave Shelton – review

Sapphirebooklover: 'It's beautiful and wonderful all the same'

Pegasus and the New Olympians by Kate O’Hearn – review

scribblekeeks 'I think that both girls and boys will like it because it's about girls and boys, and it has a lot of friendship in it'

Penguin Pandemonium: The Rescue by Jeanne Willis – review

Sylvanians: 'There are some crazy pictures, especially one of baboons carrying the penguins'

Boom! by Alan Macdonald – review

Sylvanians: 'A fast paced and action packed story, but most of all it's really funny'

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen – review

irav: This book is hilarious with a lot of laugh out loud moments'

Paul Dowswell’s top 10 non-fiction books about Britain in the first world war

The author of gripping historical fiction chooses his favourite factual books about the first world war, from military histories and sourcebooks to the lives of the war poets

Homecoming by Michael Morpurgo – review

HorseLover3000: 'With beautiful illustrations, it is a book everyone should have'

Eddie Izzard: curious characters and Christmas wishes

Eddie Izzard, who plays Anthony in the film version of Lost Christmas, talks about discovering characters, his favourite Christmas movie and the people who inspire him

Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo – review

IolantheWrites: 'It made me think and feel in the perspective of different characters and how they coped with life in such terrible circumstances'