Ruby Redfort – Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child – review
'It's not perfect, in fact there are a lot of painstakingly cliché bits but overall it is one fabulous story!'Wowsers. Yeah, sounds near enough something Ruby Redfort would say…Ruby Redfort…what a character! I tell you, Lauren Child has done it ag...
Operation Diamond: can you crack the code?
Helen Moss, author of the Adventure Island series of books, is kicking off a competition, Operation Diamond, here on the Guardian children's books site. She explains how a real life treasure trove inspired the mystery behind the first book in the seri...
Around the world in Eighty days by Jules Verne – review
'An unforgettable classic which is recommended for all the ages'Phileas Fogg lives at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens. He's a rich bachelor, around 40 years of age, but nobody knows his source of his ₤40,000 fortune. This amount was significan...
Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo – review
A mad scientist, a radioactive element … Simon Mayo's romp includes scientific knowhow and an amiable heroYou'd have to work quite hard not to like Itchingham Lofte. He's an old-fashioned 14-year-old, ordinary but obsessive. He collects elements the ...
Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo – review
A mad scientist, a radioactive element … Simon Mayo's romp includes scientific knowhow and an amiable heroYou'd have to work quite hard not to like Itchingham Lofte. He's an old-fashioned 14-year-old, ordinary but obsessive. He collects elements the ...
Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo – review
A mad scientist, a radioactive element … Simon Mayo's romp includes scientific knowhow and an amiable heroYou'd have to work quite hard not to like Itchingham Lofte. He's an old-fashioned 14-year-old, ordinary but obsessive. He collects elements the ...
Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo – review
A mad scientist, a radioactive element … Simon Mayo's romp includes scientific knowhow and an amiable heroYou'd have to work quite hard not to like Itchingham Lofte. He's an old-fashioned 14-year-old, ordinary but obsessive. He collects elements the ...
Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo – review
A mad scientist, a radioactive element … Simon Mayo's romp includes scientific knowhow and an amiable heroYou'd have to work quite hard not to like Itchingham Lofte. He's an old-fashioned 14-year-old, ordinary but obsessive. He collects elements the ...
Butterfly Summer by Anne-Marie Conway – extract
When Becky finds an old photo in a box under her mum's bed, everything she thought she knew comes crashing down. Sample the first chapter of this tale of friendship, secrets and discoveries
Your elephants!
Elmer creator David McKee taught you how to draw elephants. Here's your best work
Elizabeth Laird’s top 10 books about tough stuff from out there
Author Elizabeth Laird travels the world from Africa to Australia in her pick of books showing teens tackling tough stuff and all their trials and triumphs along the way"What does a good novel do for you? Make you laugh? Make you cry, gasp, clutch the ...
Skulduggery Pleasant: The DeathBringer by Derek Landy – review
'Valkyrie is selfish, cruel, inconsiderate and egotistical and you will find yourself thoroughly disliking her. Nevertheless, the whole book is much better for it'Skulduggery Pleasant is a series surrounding the life of Stephanie Edgley/ Valkyrie Cain....
