Children's writing

The popular author and illustrator of Dogger and the Alfie series has died. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute

A recent study in People and Nature claims that animals are being written out of novels at a similar rate to their extinction in the real world. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research searched the entire online Project Gutenberg

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Charlie and Lola creator Lauren Child is calling for attitudes towards children's books to change, criticising the "lazy" assumption that "creating work with children in mind is easier or less demanding".  Read more

In April, Kate Claxton was revealed as the winner of the children's category of the 2021 Selfies Awards. Her picture book, the joyous My Mum's a Tiger, is illustrated by Angela Mayers. We asked her about her inspiration, her writing process and why she decided to self-publish.

As his debut children's picturebook launches, author Ian Brown on getting published, 30 years writing and producing for TV - and what it's like working with a tortoise