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A Hans Christian Andersen tale smartly recast for modern children
MG Leonard’s latest novel, The Ice Children, takes Andersen’s classic The Snow Queen and infuses it with quickfire prose and new characters
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Matt Lucas interview: ‘I’m a homosexual – by default I love musicals’
The comedian talks about composing, coming out and taking on his Little Britain co-star David Walliams in the world of children's books
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Love ‘pony stories’? Here’s one on a gritty council estate
Frances Moloney’s new novel is less Apple Won’t Jump than The Apparatchiks are Here – a stirring tale of a young girl standing up to power
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Come, children, and meet the souls of the dead
Frances Hardinge’s novel Island of Whispers is a creepily enchanting triumph that will appeal to all age groups – bar the very young
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‘Dear Sebastian, I hate you’: a tale of three gutsy Victorian girls
Sally Nicholls's latest historical novel Yours from the Tower is a rewarding read for youngsters that never feels like a dull lesson
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Forget iPads – this box-shaped child’s toy is every middle-class parent’s best friend
Yotos are proving to be a hit with parents of youngsters who refuse to pick up a book – but there is one drawback
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The world is drowning – send for fairies and magic mushrooms!
Cloudlanders, the debut novel from Christopher Mackie, is an enjoyably eccentric story full of imagination and thoughtfulness
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No more smartphones! These children are going to sea
Peril on the Atlantic, the first in a series by best-selling novelist AM Howell, is highly suspenseful and full of exciting twists
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Proof that old-fashioned children’s stories still exist
In Judith Eagle’s spry new novel, The Stolen Songbird, a little girl in 1950s London investigates her mother’s disappearance
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Michael Morpurgo: ‘Children who went to boarding school have an advantage in prison’
The former children’s laureate, 79, reflects on how his own childhood and difficult school years shaped his life and writing career
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The 75 best books for summer 2023 – what to read on holiday
Our critics' guide to the best reads to take away with you
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An ancient Greek myth, retold brilliantly by a TikTok star
Feminist retellings of Greek myths may be in vogue – but Bea Fitzgerald’s debut novel on Persephone still feels like a breath of fresh air
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A little boy in search of his mother – via an African reality TV show
One Chance Dance, a sumptuous but snappy novel by Efua Traoré, follows a 10-year-old who runs away to smoky Lagos on a quest
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Murder, meteorites and talking skulls – meet the Samuel Beckett of children’s illustration
From a shifty rabbit to a twist on Psycho, Jon Klassen’s eerie, witty works treat young readers to the dark side of life
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A book to teach children about death, and move adults to tears
The Lovely Dark, a beguiling new novel by Oxford-educated philosopher Matthew Fox, follows a 12-year-old girl through the afterlife
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Want your children to love food? Get hold of this book
Sunshine Pie, written and illustrated by Sarah Edmonds, is a delightful, heartfelt story of a girl and her aunt preparing a picnic
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A beautiful book about birds that will make children’s imaginations soar
Mya-Rose Craig's new work is a meticulous chronicle of the migrations of seven bird species – but it is also so much more besides
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A gorgeously lyrical love story on a Swedish island
Oskar Kroon successfully puts his country back on the literary map with his enchanting and suspenseful children’s book Rhubarb Lemonade
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A magical thriller – and critique of empire – for modern children
Nazneen Ahmed Pathak doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to Britain’s colonial legacy in her debut children’s novel, City of Stolen Magic
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An eco-thriller novel that every child should read
Amid the recent relentless slew of environment books, Pari Thomson’s wonderful fantasy Greenwild shows the publishing industry how it’s done
