Lynne Reid Banks versus Hollywood: the ‘savage’ controversy behind The Indian in the Cupboard
The children’s classic criticised for its ‘horrendous stereotypes’ was nonetheless made into a film. Then the real trouble began
The children’s classic criticised for its ‘horrendous stereotypes’ was nonetheless made into a film. Then the real trouble began
On Thursday some schools are opting out of the tradition of children dressing up because of the stress and cost for parents
Compass and Blade, by Rachel Greenlaw, follows a teenage girl who must save her ‘wrecker’ father from brutal officialdom
Miss Cat, a sleuthing tale by Joëlle Jolivet and Jean-Luc Fromental, blends an old-fashioned crime caper with a wonderfully eccentric mood
She's sold 45 million print copies of hits like The Gruffalo – but does that fuel the industry, or come at the expense of rival authors?
The Minute Minders, a richly imaginative tale from Mary Murphy, takes the ‘little person’ framework and imbues it with new life
In Pádraig Kenny’s brilliant novel, two creations of Professor Hardacre – Stitch and Henry Oaf – attempt to escape from the lab and survive
A prodigy, she wrote her first novel when she was eight, and had written ‘about 10 more’ before finally being published at the age of 15
Catch Your Death, Ravena Guron’s smart new novel, hurls a young woman into the bosom of a rich, scheming and possibly murderous family
This charming, exquisitely drawn debut story by the Korean author and illustrator Minu Kim blurs the boundary between fiction and self-help
This Christmas, young readers can look forward to tales of His Majesty, three wily monkeys and a sumptuous reimagining of Peter Pan
The director of this adaptation may be – unexpectedly – Nicolas Winding Refn but the result is a mostly traditional, rather dull 90 minutes
Michael Foreman’s novella The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha, rightly republished, tells of the (real-life) bond between a seaman and a tortoise
MG Leonard’s latest novel, The Ice Children, takes Andersen’s classic The Snow Queen and infuses it with quickfire prose and new characters
A Really Short Journey Through the Body offers children a series of fascinating and varied, albeit sometimes overly brisk, scientific facts
Sophie Anderson’s The Snow Girl, featuring a brave girl and her magical friend, successfully marries an old tale and a modern sensibility
In 1911, sisters Sally and Bridget sail from Ireland to New York in search of opportunity, in Judi Curtin's Sally in the City of Dreams
No overt messages or morals, just everyday lessons, in gem of collaboration
The Football School Encyclopedia, by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttelton, covers not only tactics and sports science but quirks of English history
Tidily illustrated and stuffed with facts, Encyclopedia Infographica gives the lie to the idea that children need the internet to learn