The centre – featuring the work of acclaimed artists – will be the only permanent place in Britain to learn about the history of illustration

The former children’s laureate will launch her manifesto this evening, in which she counters the assumption that work created for children is lesser

The former children’s laureate on the beloved author’s fascination with the ordinary detail of life – and an encounter with David Beckham

To mark three decades since Roald Dahl’s heroine first appeared, her illustrator, Quentin Blake, has imagined her life now

Fundraiser includes Peter Blake’s vision of Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Neil Gaiman’s Fahrenheit 451, Peter Capaldi’s Metamorphosis and more

The new children’s laureate on why society is too goal-oriented and how she plans to use her role to encourage youngsters to develop their creativity by ‘just having a go’

In the first ranking of its kind, the Public Lending Right showed Ross clocking up more than 1m loans last year

Join Mog author Judith Kerr, Charlie and Lola creator Lauren Child and other star authors and illustrators at the Unicorn theatre, London on 23 October for a day celebrating the choicest children’s books

Haven’t yet entered the Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing prize? You have just 35 days to go! Here’s Jacky talking to the amazing Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort author and illustrator Lauren Child to give you some more tips about how to write your story

Mythical World Hunter: ‘The book has great characters, with the villains all unique and crazy and there are so many twists and turns’