reading

Robin Scott-Elliot's Finding Treasure Island, weaves a gripping narrative around the boy and the hand-drawn map that inspired the epic 19th-century tale

For Jacqueline Wilson, being asked to write a new The Magic Faraway Tree adventure was a fantastic challenge, and an opportunity to revisit her own childhood

Coram has a long history of supporting children, and its Beanstalk volunteer reading programme celebrates its 50th birthday this year

Graphic novelist Jerry Craft talks about the importance of great expectations and giving children characters and stories they can believe in

Allie Esiri's anthology of nursery rhymes offers a rich variety of poems, songs and ditties ancient and modern to delight children and adults alike

A grassroots London charity, Doorstep Library, is helping young people to discover the wonderful world of books and reading for pleasure

Tim Peake is a hero to any UK boy or girl who dreams of space, and now he's branched out into children's fiction. Absolutely Education meets a real-life rocket man

As Waterstones Children's Laureate, Cressida Cowell champions the value of reading for the pure joy of it. She talks to Absolutely Education about her own magical childhood and the life-changing power of words on page

Author Sally Gardner has won multiple awards and sold over two million books in 22 languages – she also couldn't read until she was 14. Now she wants to talk about how we treat the one in ten with dyslexia

Hay Festival's Programme for Schools, running from 24th May, offers rich pickings – and a whole host of amazing authors and creatives are there to inspire young people