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Children's book roundup Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Published: 29 Jan 2021
From Grug to The Fire Wombat: six books to help kids deal with bushfire anxiety

Published: 11 Jan 2021

Need help this Christmas? Six children's authors kids will love

Amanda Craig shares some great children’s authors whose humour and sense of adventure will keep kids reading

Published: 12 Dec 2020

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

Published: 17 Nov 2020
Brief letters Safe and sound with Mr Badger

Brief letters: The Wind in the Willows | Kevin McCarra | No 10 | Dominic Cummings | Virtue signalling

Published: 4 Nov 2020

Published: 4 Nov 2020

Culture in peril 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

Published: 30 Sep 2020
Lockdown culture 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

Published: 5 Sep 2020

Ask a children's author 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

Published: 28 Jun 2020
Further reading 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

Published: 27 Jun 2020
Children's book reviews round-up 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

Published: 2 Jun 2020
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

Published: 1 Jun 2020

Play time 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

Published: 4 May 2020

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Ask a children's author Ask a children's author: Andy Griffiths of the Treehouse series wants to hear your questions – video

In a new interview series from Hlcarpenter.com Australia, we're letting kids take control. If your child is a fan of Andy Griffiths' books, with a burning query for him, please snd us their question by 4 May

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Published: 28 Apr 2020
Book clinic 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

Published: 4 Apr 2020

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