Childrens Books

Where the Wild Things Are, Tollins and Other Books My Five-Year-Old Adores

Philip White | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arnold Lobel, Kids, Children's Books, Where the Wild Things Are, Roald Dahl, Maurice Sendak, Conn Iggulden, Tollins, UK Entertainment News

Sendak is not the only children's author who has become a firm favourite on the fit-to-burst shelves that line the walls of the living room, my home office and both my son's bedrooms. Here's a rundown of a few others whose books are at the risk of falling apart from overuse.

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Living The Life

Hilary Robinson | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Bereavement, Dealing With Death, Celebrating Life, Children's Books, Grief, Dealing With Grief, Teaching Children About Death, UK Books, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News

"Grief feels like fear" - wrote C. S. Lewis and when my phone rang one morning three years ago, I knew instinctively that something was wrong. My daughter's best friend had gone missing from school the day before so when the Head of Pastoral Care told me that Naomi had died I was shocked, but not surprised. She had committed suicide. She was just 17.

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No Happy Endings: Holocaust Memorial Day and Children

B.J. Epstein | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Holocaust, Children's Books, Children, Morris Gleitzman, The Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day, Children's Literature, John Boyne, UK Teachers, UK Universities & Education News

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day in the United States, so even though this day was commemorated in the UK on 27 January, it is worth pausing a moment to think about World War II. In particular, I am interested in how children are taught about it.

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Book Deemed 'Too Violent' For Blue Peter Heads Award List

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Children's Fiction, Carol Ann Duffy, Patrick Ness, Trash Andy Mulligan, Children's Books, Carnegie Medal, Books, David Almond, UK Culture News

The tale of a Lithuanian teenager sent to a Soviet prison camp and a thriller about scavengers on a rubbish dump are in the running for a top children...

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Wimpy Kid Beats Potter To Top Poll

PA | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: David Walliams, JK Rowling, Jeff Kinney, Children's Books, Books, Mr Stink, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter, UK Culture News

Boy wizard Harry Potter has lost out to The Wimpy Kid in a poll to find the best children's book of the last 10 years. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, US aut...

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Crook's Book Could Be In Luck

PA | Posted 08.04.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Children's Fiction, Mackenzie Crook, Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Children's Books, Award-Winning Books, Books, UK Culture News

Pirates Of The Caribbean star Mackenzie Crook's decision to write a children's story could have a fairytale ending - after the actor was nominated for...

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See The Beautiful Illustrations Quentin Blake Made For Maternity Wards

Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: UK Art, Children's Fiction, Roald Dahl, UK Books, Quentin Blake, Foundling Museum, Children's Books, UK Culture News

Between them Quentin Blake and Roald Dahl, the Lennon and McCartney of children’s fiction, have done incalculable good for families and young people...

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McDonald's Swap Plastic Toys For Children's Books

Posted 11.03.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: McDonald's, UK Books, Mudpuddle Farm, Happy Meals, Children's Books, Michael Morpurgo, UK Culture News

McDonald's is planning to give away millions of children’s books written by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo with their meals after signing a partn...

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Children's Books are Works of Art

Notting Hill Editions | Posted 10.03.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Philip Pullman, Children's Authors, Narnia, Ronald Searle, Philip Womack, Childrens-Books, Enid Blyton, The Gruffalo, UK Books, UK Culture, UK Culture News

When you are writing a children's book, as opposed to that long-cherished monograph on drawing pins or Winston Churchill you've always wanted to write, you are merely tapping into another layer of your consciousness: you are remembering what it is like to be a child.

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Narnia To Be Made 'Less Posh' In New Production

Posted 03.03.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: UK Theatre, Narnia, Rupert Goold, Childrens Classics, C. S. Lewis, Childrens Books, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, UK Arts, Toby Young, UK Culture News

An award-winning theatre director is planning to reimagine The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for the modern age – by doing away with the ‘posh...

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Third Of UK Children 'Do Not Own A Book'

PA | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Literature, UK Students, Children's Literacy, UK News, National Literacy Trust, Children's Books, Children, UK Universities & Education News

Almost four million UK children do not own a book, research has suggested. It raises concerns that the numbers of children without books is rising,...

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Children’s Books: Then and Now

The Poke | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Comedy

Read More: The Poke, Mr Bump, Web's Funniest, Children's Books, UK Comedy News

From Maisy to the Mr Men - have a flick through The Poke's hilarious gallery of classic children's books with a modern twist......

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Top Ten Childrens' Christmas Books

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Parker | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Children's Books, Books, Fiction, Christmas, The Snowman, Charles Dickens, Raymond Briggs, A Christmas Carol, UK Books, Holidays Canada, Holidays Canada Entertainment, Christmas Canada, Slidepollajax, Holidays Canada Gift Guide, Picture Books, UK Culture News

Every Christmas morning, thousands of children across the land sit among piles of wrapping paper glowing with pleasure at their latest bike, video gam...

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Happy Birthday to Who

David Whittam | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Anniversary, Children's Books, Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who, Knighthood, UK Entertainment News

Today is the 48th birthday of a television show that I can truly say changed my life - Doctor Who.

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Children's Books 'Made More Exciting' - What Are Your Suggestions?

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Twitter Trends, Harry Potter, Children's Books, UK Universities & Education News

We've cherry-picked the best examples of "children's books made more exciting" off Twitter. But can you do better? ...

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I Investigate Whether the Booker Prize is Dumbing Down

Sam Kitchener | Posted 18.12.2011 | UK Comedy

Read More: Margaret Thatcher, Children's Books, Books, Fiction, Comedy News, Booker Prize, Spot-the-Dog, Comedy, UK Comedy News

This year's Man Booker Prize has been plagued by accusations of 'dumbing down', or, as the illiterate goons hauled off the street to act as judges might put it, 'dummin' daaan'.

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It's Official - The Mr Men Are Middle-Aged

PA | Posted 10.10.2011 | UK

Read More: Mr Men, Roger Hargreaves, Children's Books, UK Lifestyle, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Mr Men are celebrating their 40th birthday. The colourful characters have been delighting children since Mr Tickle first a...

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Kate Winslet In Wellies And Woollies At Port Eliot

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 23.09.2011 | UK Style

Read More: Reading in Public, Kate Winslet, Fashion, Mr Gum, Children's Books, Reading, Port Eliot, Literary Festivals, UK Style News

We've grown accustomed to seeing Kate Winslet glammed to the eyeballs in stylish black dress after stylish black dress so it was a pleasant surprise t...

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