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Picasso, Kahlo and Van Gogh – through the children who knew them
In Small Stories of Great Artists, Laurence Anholt brings eight Masters to life with beautiful illustrations and archival research
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Come to Elizabethan England, children, for a magical new story
Hannah Peck’s engrossing novel The River Thief, set amid a drought, sees a young heroine team up with a magical creature
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Jane Austen, rewritten for LGBT+ teenagers? Readers will swoon
Hari Conner’s novel I Shall Never Fall in Love has fun with Austenian tropes, and even if it isn’t subtle, it’s heartwarming stuff
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The heartbreaking tale of a lost toy and a brave little boy
I Follow the Fox, a beautiful and emotive story by lockdown saviour Rob Biddulph, teaches children about the value of loyalty
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Alexander Armstrong’s novel is a true Boys’ Own thriller
Evenfall, a very modern fantasy by the TV presenter and comedian, sees a young boy and his best friends reckon bravely with destiny
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Welcome back, Michael Rosen – these poems for children are little gems
Out of This World, a clever suite of poetry for readers of seven-plus, toggles between old memories and future dreams with panache
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This gripping new fantasy novel will have children mesmerised
Book two in Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s Geomancer series, The Storm and the Sea Hawk, follows a young girl’s quest against the ‘wolf queen’
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These are the greatest children’s authors of all time – and Roald Dahl definitely isn’t one of them
Children’s literature is far more important than adult fiction – here are 12 writers that belong on every bookshelf (and six best banished)
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How do you explain the Ukraine War to a five-year old? Read this book
Ukrainian author Okasana Lushchevska’s new book Silent Night, My Astronaut imagines the war through a seven-year-old girl’s eyes
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Jeremy Strong’s final interview: ‘I was writing my own funeral. And I was very happy about that’
The late children’s writer on his childhood reading, why his characters were never cruel and saying goodbye in his latest work
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Hilary McKay’s new novel is a Dahl-like delight for any child
In Rosa by Starlight, we’re told a shrewd, evocative tale of a girl who suffers under a heartless uncle and aunt – then turns the tables
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The story of the little girl who outwitted Houdini
The Houdini Inheritance, the latest novel by Emma Carroll, is a rich 1920s-set tale of thrills, stunts and mysterious deaths
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Remember Victorian ‘invasion literature’? It’s back
In Sarah Merrett’s thrilling debut, The Others, set in 1900, a young boy loses his astronomer grandmother – and finds a wounded alien
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Grandparents – this is how to tell little ones about grief
The Fun We Had, a beautiful, gentle, rhyming story by Charissa Coulthard, sees a little girl visit her elderly grandmother, and reminisce
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A gorgeous environmental story to make children ponder
Time Runs like a River, Emma Carlisle’s latest book, uses gentle illustrations and lilting rhymes to foster a surprisingly deep message
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What nine-year-old wants an anti-imperialist lecture?
Mayowa and the Sea of Words, Chibundu Onuzo’s debut novel, about a girl who takes on a Right-wing MP, sacrifices plot to preaching
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Breezy, bolshy, bizarre – a fun science primer for kids
How to Be a Genius Kid, by ‘Waldo Pancake’ (Jim Smith), sees two cartoon narrators whisk us through eight fascinating lessons
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The girl who commandeered a submarine to look for her mother
The Wonderdays, by Clare Povey, has a solid villain, a daring journey and a sensible, albeit overly emphatic, eco-message
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A creepy time-slip tale to keep children on the edge of their seats
In Mary Cathleen Brown’s haunting debut novel, The Tall Man, a 12-year-old boy must solve an old mystery and save an imprisoned child
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Want to expand your children’s vocabulary? Try this book
‘Hyperbole’, ‘harried’, ‘onomatopoeia’ – Colossal Words for Kids, by Colette Hiller and Tor Freeman, will have clever young tongues wagging
