‘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
Sally Nicholls's latest historical novel Yours from the Tower is a rewarding read for youngsters that never feels like a dull lesson
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
The Skull, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, is an eerie and beautiful tale of a girl who meets a strange forest-dweller
To the author he was ‘a quick clever old squirrel’ who happened to be a slave-driver. Will Timothée Chalamet's film get Willy Wonka right?
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
Oskar Kroon successfully puts his country back on the literary map with his enchanting and suspenseful children’s book Rhubarb Lemonade
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
Amid the recent relentless slew of environment books, Pari Thomson’s wonderful fantasy Greenwild shows the publishing industry how it’s done
Death threats, intimidation, smear campaigns… How the state's war on ‘vulgar’ tomes has made life hell for the humble librarian
The popular historian skilfully interweaves myth and history to create an extraordinary novel likely to stand the test of time
Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen has written a fantastical underwater adventure with a gentle message about the environment at its core
With his penchant for classical riddles and myth, Philip Womack retains an air of nostalgia in this thoroughly modern children’s fantasy
Roland Chambers avoids making the naturalist a villain in this enchanting, empathetic novel told from the perspective of a giant tortoise
Marking 30 years of the beloved series, The Worst in the World is vintage Terry Deary – deceptively informative with plenty of gore
John Devolles’s book Germs, in his Little Minds series, might be short, but it packs a lot of detail and vivid colour into its pages
Julia Golding's history of the various animals owned by royals, beautifully illustrated by Emily Sutton, makes for a charming read
100 years ago, Cicely Mary Barker combined botany with make-believe – and created a publishing phenomenon
From tying knots to building a campfire, The Handbook of Forgotten Skills promises to help today’s young readers discover old-fashioned fun
Ideal for newly confident readers, this debut novel from Rachel Chivers Khoo breathes fresh air into a familiar fantasy trope
Candy Gourlay’s excellent new children’s novel provides food for classroom thought about the uglier parts of 20th-century history