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Eva Ibbotson

September 2022

  • Lesley Manville in a scene from Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.

    Top 10s
    Top 10 books about cleaners

    Authors from Barbara Ehrenreich to Damon Galgut highlight these undervalued workers and their sharp perspectives on those they tidy up after

July 2019

  • Where the Wild Things Are

    Best of 2019
    Story time: the five children’s books every adult should read

    Children’s books explore hope, fear, failure and love. Katherine Rundell on how the best of them can ignite the imagination of all readers, whatever their age

January 2018

  • children’s writer Katherine Rundell

    A life in ...
    Katherine Rundell: ‘The only time kids fully understand the world is when they read’

    The winner of the Costa children’s award on academia, adventure and her wild childhood in Zimbabwe

June 2016

  • Children's books
    Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson - review

    RooReviews: ‘The book is easy to start reading but then you get to a point in the middle where you just can’t put the book down’

May 2016

  • Deathly hallows

    Children's books
    What to read to younger children when Harry Potter gets too dark

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the last book in the Harry Potter sequence that feels good to read to most younger children, but what to fill the gap with while they wait to be old enough to read the last four books? The Book Doctor has magical ideas from Diana Wynne Jones to Eva Ibbotson

October 2015

  • The Graveyard Book

    Children's books
    Top 10 haunted houses in fiction

  • Meg and Mog

    Children's books
    The best books for Halloween

August 2015

  • Treasure Island

    Children's books
    Sailing in children's books - quiz

    Shipwrecks, pirates and buried treasure galore! Dip your toe into the sea of children's books with our nautical quiz and find out if you're the captain or the cabin boy. Watch out for sharks!

March 2015

  • Children's books
    Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson - review

    BookieCookie: 'This was a very original book, the setting, the characters and the plot were all unusual but incredibly engaging'

February 2015

  • Children's books
    A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson – review

    lucyal99: 'Ibbotson is evidently a master at knowing just how much description to put into a scene, and this is what makes the book so special'

December 2014

  • Children's books
    Mountwood School for Ghosts by Toby Ibbotson - review

    KatieDoglovesbooks: 'Mountwood is a top secret school for ghosts but the teachers aren't too scary'

February 2014

  • Children's books
    The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson - review

    BookWorm : 'If I had to describe this book in three words they would be exciting, original and thought-provoking'

October 2013

  • Children's books
    The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson - review

    Sylvanians: 'I would recommend this book to people who like adventures and a cuddly story!'

October 2012

  • frank cottrell boyce and young critics cut cake

    Children's books
    Guardian children's fiction prize party: the critics, the writers, the winner

    As Frank Cottrell Boyce scoops the big prize of the night, ace reporter Megan Quibell seeks out all the other stars at the party of the year

July 2012

  • Children's author Shirley Hughes photographed at her home in London

    Children's book reviews round-up
    Fiction for older children – reviews

  • Eva Ibbotson

    The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson – review

June 2012

  • Children's books
    One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson - review

    sapphirebooklover: 'Beautifully written - I think it should be worshipped in the world of writing'

March 2012

  • 1950s photo of two boys reading outdoors

    Happy birthday to the children's books site

    No JK Rowling or Philip Pullman – but David Walliams and Enid Blyton make the grade. To mark the first anniversary of the Guardian's children's books website, here are the authors that our young critics loved best this year

August 2011

  • Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson

    Manchester United drawn away to Leeds in Carling Cup third round

    Manchester United will get the chance to avenge their FA Cup defeat of 2009, while holders Birmingham travel to Manchester City

July 2011

  • One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson – review

    Eva Ibbotson's last book is a canine classic. By Mary Hoffman

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