Botanical fairytale set in Kew Gardens wins the Waterstones children’s book prize
Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson – about a girl who finds a door to a magical realm while searching for her mother – wins the overall and young readers awards
Children's book roundup
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Farming adventures; tales from the set of The Sound of Music; King Arthur reimagined; unrest in near-future London and more
Carnegie medal for children’s books shortlist announced
‘Sheer storytelling brilliance’: Kate Saunders’s daring, versatile, beloved work lives on
Republic of Parenthood
Tears, fancy-dress tyranny and tedious discourse: it can only be World Book Day
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
February 2024
Children's book reviews round-up
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
Time travel lessons, secret underwater schools and careers in demon hunting feature among this month’s selection
January 2024
Diversity in kids’ books is not a ‘woke agenda’. And there certainly isn’t too much of it
Alice Pung
An Australian bookseller has said there aren’t enough books about white kids – but diverse creators like Alice Pung are fighting for even tiny moments of representation
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A snail in space, dinosaurs on the beach, a fresh take on Jane Eyre, and a kebab-eating incarnation of Otis Redding
What Enid Blyton and Brambly Hedge don’t tell you about being Black in the British countryside
Today’s lesson: The Boy at the Back of the Class now learns from To Kill a Mockingbird
KM Peyton obituary
December 2023
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Walk with ...
Alison Lester: ‘This is what I want to do. I want to be in charge of the whole thing’
The best Australian children’s books of 2023: Alice Pung, Davina Bell, Sean Avery and more
2023 in Culture
The best children’s and YA books of 2023
Books interview
Michael Rosen: ‘My daughter once called me an “optimistic nihilist”’
Best books of 2023
Five of the best young adult books of 2023
Best books of 2023
Best children’s books of 2023
November 2023
Children’s books show rise in racially minoritised characters, survey finds
