Children's Books

Where the Wild Things Are

Last week, we at Booktrust were all shocked and saddened to hear about the death of Maurice Sendak. One of the things we love doing here at Booktrust is sharing...

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Win The Singing Mermaid

Win a copy of Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson's latest picture book, The Singing Mermaid, illustrated by Lydia Monks

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Interview with David Roberts

David Roberts tells us about his career as an award-winning picture book illustrator, from his background in fashion design to his latest book, One Cool Cat

Read the interview and view a gallery of David's illustrations

Find out about our favourite new children's books this month, including Claudia Boldt's quirky picture book The Odd Dog, RJ Palaccio's moving debut Wonder and a delightful new novel from Linda Newbery.

Our picks for May

Shakespeare adaptations

To celebrate the Bard's birthday on 23 April, here's a list of some of our favourite retellings of Shakespeare's plays from picture books to teen novels

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