Children and teenagers
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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
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A trip to the Arctic, coping with love, memory loss and OCD and the best PE excuse note ever written
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Award-winning translator whose career led her from the Nuremberg trials to Miffy
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The Worst Witch’s creator looks back on a career that began startlingly early and continues to this day, even during chemotherapy
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Lingonberries, pickled herring and a batch of pepparkakor: as a fan of Swedish Christmas traditions, Kate Young makes some these easy biscuits, enjoyed by Pippi Longstocking herself
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In Watership Down, he created a book ahead of its time, a multi-layered novel that appealed to adults and children alike. But Adams was no one-hit wonder
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With her keen eye for observation and a deep appreciation of nature, Beatrix Potter found much inspiration in her surroundings. Her watercolours, ink drawings and holiday sketches have been compiled in The Art of Beatrix Potter, which looks at the influence of the British landscape on her books
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A self-doubting teacher becomes a fantasy hero in a seductively spiralling story from the author of Letter to the King
Books blog His Dark Materials is two decades old, but its lessons are made for today