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Gripping refugee tale wins Waterstones children's book prize

Published: 22 Mar 2019
I found all my childhood heroes in fantasy novels

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Published: 5 Mar 2019

Published: 5 Mar 2019

Children's book reviews round-up Fiction for older children reviews – many happy book returns

With a host of popular characters back this autumn, picking up from where you left off has rarely been more fun

Published: 24 Sep 2018

Domestic dramas are crowding out adventures, warn children's book prize judges

Entries for this year’s Branford Boase prize show a preponderance of inward-looking family stories at the expense of more outward-bound storytelling, say judges

Published: 3 May 2018

Dare YOU face the orcs? 80s game books Fighting Fantasy return

The role-playing adventure books sold 20m copies in the 80s, before being eclipsed by video games. Now they’re back with a new story by Charlie Higson, can they captivate the web generation?

Published: 4 Apr 2018

Children's book reviews round-up Fiction for older children reviews – tales of the cities

London and New York both feature strongly in stories from both sides of the pond, while Room author Emma Donoghue makes her children’s fiction debut

Published: 23 Jul 2017

Children's book of the week Tilly and the Time Machine by Adrian Edmondson review – journey of discovery

The actor’s tale about a seven-year-old chasing her dad through history is engaging and insightful

Published: 30 May 2017

Children's book of the week Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans review – a riotously funny adventure

Recalling the magic of Dahl and Carroll, this tale of a tyrannical toy rabbit is the first must-read children’s book of the year

Published: 31 Jan 2017

Charlie Higson hands Fast Show scripts to UEA literary archive

Young Bond author was going to throw away manuscripts that will now sit alongside works by JD Salinger and Doris Lessing

Published: 10 Sep 2016

Children's book reviews round-up Fiction for older children reviews – half-dead and dead funny

Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon fleshes out her teenage queen of hell, while Frank Cottrell Boyce’s screwball comedy has depth

Published: 31 Jul 2016
Children's books The Tree Climber’s Guide by Jack Cooke - review

Eligor: ‘This book shows you that there is such a thing as an urban paradise, just in the form of a tree top’

Published: 8 Jul 2016
Children's books Strange Star by Emma Carroll – review

BookieCookie: ‘I like the way she just wove interesting ideas and historical facts into an entertaining and gripping storyline’

Published: 7 Jul 2016
Children's books We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach - review

Roseleen Havana: ‘This standalone book will have you up all night wondering what it really means to be alive’

Published: 6 Jul 2016

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