Picture books
Picture books for children – reviews
The human body is brought to life, difference is celebrated – and a very long dinosaur is tickled pink
Imogen Carter
26, Jul, 2022 @8:00 AM
Picture books for children – reviews
A journey into space and some serious monkey business portray bedtime in a whole new light, while a tiny dot gives a kindly lesson in understanding emotions
Imogen Carter
01, May, 2022 @11:30 AM
David McKee obituary
Creator of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant and Mr Benn, who wrote and illustrated children’s classics
Julia Eccleshare
08, Apr, 2022 @3:56 PM
Elmer and Mr Benn author David McKee dies at 87
Author and illustrator of the children’s books including Elmer, Mr Benn and Not Now, Bernard has died following a short illness
Lucy Knight
07, Apr, 2022 @12:10 PM
Shirley Hughes, children's author and illustrator, dies aged 94
Beloved English author and artists behind more than 60 books, including Dogger and the Alfie series, was voted the most popular Kate Greenaway winner in 50 years
Claire Armitstead
02, Mar, 2022 @7:51 AM
Picture books for children – reviews
A twist on counting, a mysterious glass marble and a subway train journey through Seoul inspire ways of looking at the world
Imogen Carter
08, Feb, 2022 @9:00 AM
Quentin Blake: ‘I’m not so committed to cheering everybody up, you know’
He may be best known for bringing children’s books by Roald Dahl and Michael Rosen to vivid life, but a new documentary reveals the more serious side to illustrator’s career
Nicholas Wroe
17, Dec, 2021 @2:00 PM
The best children’s books of 2021
Fiona Noble looks back on the year and, below, our critics pick their favourites in each age group
Fiona Noble, Imogen Carter and Kitty Empire
12, Dec, 2021 @11:00 AM
Julia and the Shark’s writers on their pandemic-driven book lauded by Waterstones
The novel written and illustrated by husband-and-wife duo, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston, has been named children’s gift of the year by Waterstones, while Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics wins book of 2021
Alison Flood
02, Dec, 2021 @9:35 AM
Picture books for children – reviews
This month’s best illustrated stories, including a fiendish feline, a haunted house and a boy who finds a polar bear
Imogen Carter
19, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Foxes on the run; a feathered detective; the rescue of the Titanic; plus the best new YA novels
Imogen Russell Williams
24, Sep, 2021 @11:00 AM
Grace Hallworth obituary
Other lives: Children’s librarian and storyteller who was part of an ancient tradition that stretches from the Caribbean to Connemara
Annemarie Young
21, Sep, 2021 @3:52 PM
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