Five remain deservedly famous as Blyton is forgiven

The stories that enchanted children are still among the nation's best loved, despite concerns about their 1950s values

Patrick Ness wins the Booktrust Teenage Prize

Amanda Craig talks to the author about his first children's novel The Knife of Never Letting Go

Book marks Noddy’s 60 big years

New Noddy book penned by a granddaughter of the late Enid Blyton is to be written to mark the character’s 60th anniversary

Jackdaw Summer by David Almond

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

The Pencil (3+) by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman and The Birthday Book (8+) edited by Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake

The Times review by Amanda Craig

We Are All Born Free

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Exposure by Mal Peet

The Times review by Amanda Craig

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

The Wind in the Willows Cover Competition

To celebrate the centenary of The Wind in the Willows, in May The Times launched a competition with Vintage Classics offering children the chance...

The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, ilustrated by Quentin Blake

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Amanda Craig recommends magical and macabre children's books for Hallowe'en

Neil Gaiman and Anthony Horowitz lead a great dark wave of ghoulish goosefleshers for younger ghost-hunters

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

The Museum's Secret by Henry Chancellor

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

A fairytale ending after fleeing Hitler

Judith Kerr, the author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, celebrates its 40th anniversary and tells how she escaped the Nazis

Amanda Craig takes a look at dragons in children's fiction

The Trouble with Dragons, Green Smoke, Dragonkeeper, Brisngr, The Dragon and the Gruesome Twosome, and How to Ride a Dragon's Storm

David Almond confronts the wild violence of childhood

Interview with Julia Donaldson

Amanda Craig meets the creator of The Gruffalo and her magical new character Stick Man

Amanda Craig reviews two children's books embellished by master illustrators

A Finder's Magic by Philippa Pearce and Helen Craig and Johnny's Bad Day by Edward Ardizzone

Nation by Terry Pratchett

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

After 25 years, Puffin Post is being relaunched

Fat Puffin is preparing to spread his wings again. The magazine of the Seventies is back, with children deciding content