RNIB creates literary wonderland in London

Based on Alice in Wonderland, the RNIB is creating five magical realms by the River Thames, filled with authors and books, to raise awareness of reading services for blind and partially sighted people

Awesome Animals – Raccoon Rampage by Andrew Cope and Nadia Shireen – review

Sylvanians:'The book has lots of hilarious pictures and it's a crazy book!'

Camp Gold: Running Stars by Christine Ohuruogu – review

Cece Jones: 'First it was exciting and then it got a bit boring'

The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens – review

pollster 'Nine Out of Ten...put down whatever you're reading at the moment, and pick this up'

Your stories: The Final Leap by Krazy Kesh

The conclusion to the highly critically-acclaimed series of Kangaroo stories by Krazy Kesh - did you see this end coming?

Sally Gardner’s top 10 books for children with dyslexia

In Dyslexia Awareness Week, severely dyslexic award-winning author Sally Gardner chooses her favourite books and audiobooks that open up the world of stories to children with dyslexia

Iggy and Me and the New Baby by Jenny Valentine – review

Ivy: 'I would have liked Flo and Iggy to have been described more so I could have imagined them better'

Ruby Redfort: Take your last breath by Lauren Child – review

hankenstein: 'The best book of the year that I have read. No question about it'

Falling Fast by Sophie McKenzie – review

Awesome-Charlie: 'I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 10, who is looking for an awesome book to read!'

The False Prince by Jennifer Neilsen – review

Valentine: 'I am going to find it hard to recommend this book because unfortunately the enjoyable sections were ruined by its predictability and dryness'

National Poetry Day: Foyle Young Poets and Betjeman prize announced

In a National Poetry Day double whammy, Foyle young poets of the year are celebrated at the Royal Festival Hall, while the winner of the John Betjeman poetry competition for young people is announced by the poet's statue in St Pancras

Foyle Young Poets award: read the winning poems

On National Poetry Day, the 15 winners of this year’s Foyle Young Poets award, open to 11-17-year-olds from around the world, were announced. Chosen from a record 7,351 entries to the competition, these are the winning poems

Happy National Poetry Day!

Today is National Poetry Day, the theme is stars and we've got a whole galaxy of versey goodness on the site in celebration, from a competition to win the poet laureate's new collection for kids, to audio of Michael Rosen reading his rhymes, top tips for writing poetry, AA Milnes's poems put to music and your lists of favourite poetry books...