Children and teenagers
Malorie Blackman: ‘Hope is the spark’
Malorie Blackman, the former children’s laureate, talks to Sian Cain about finishing her Noughts & Crosses series after 20 years, being namechecked by Stormzy and what inspired her to keep going through years of rejection
Sian Cain
11, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
Chris Riddell: ‘Maurice Sendak taught us playfulness could be profound’
The author-illustrator on being read Tolkien at school, the perfect picture book and struggling to crack The Da Vinci Code
Chris Riddell
27, Aug, 2021 @9:00 AM
Fiction and nonfiction for older children – reviews
The latest instalment of a dystopian saga thrills and Stormzy’s #Merky imprint champions national and unsung stars
Kitty Empire
24, Aug, 2021 @8:00 AM
Jill Murphy obituary
Author and illustrator of relatable yet magical children’s books, including The Worst Witch and Whatever Next!
Julia Eccleshare
22, Aug, 2021 @4:38 PM
Jill Murphy, children’s author and illustrator, dies aged 72
The writer was best known for the much-loved picture book Peace at Last and the Worst Witch series of novels
Weronika Strzyżyńska
20, Aug, 2021 @3:33 PM
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘I read Adrian Mole every year, it gets funnier each time’
The author and screenwriter on why Lord of the Flies is overrated, and the most beautiful words ever written
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
20, Aug, 2021 @9:00 AM
The picture book fighting back against Russia’s LGBT+ propaganda law
A story for children about families with same-sex parents has been published in Russia as part of a campaign to have the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ law repealed
Alison Flood
17, Aug, 2021 @2:33 PM
‘I’ll paint you a story about Jackanory…’ TV show’s art up for sale
Lovers of the BBC story slot can recapture their childhood with illustrator’s images for Stig of the Dump and more
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent
08, Aug, 2021 @6:45 AM
‘Thanks for your help, Sticky’: Michael Rosen on learning to walk again after Covid
His traumatic experience with coronavirus inspired Michael Rosen’s new children’s book – about the ‘friend’ he leaned on
Donna Ferguson
07, Aug, 2021 @1:08 PM
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A zombie thriller, a flooded world, poetry and a very worried pig … plus the best new YA novels
Imogen Russell Williams
31, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM
Picture books for children – reviews
From a giggly desert island to the humble hero of the Titanic, these illustrated tales will buoy up young minds
Imogen Carter
27, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM
All the trains in my son’s train podcast ranked by how much I hate them | Ben Jenkins
Living in lockdown with small children means distracting them with the same thing, over and over again, until you – like Ben Jenkins – are driven insane
Ben Jenkins
23, Jul, 2021 @2:42 AM
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