Moving up – Simon Packham’s new novel on senior school transitions
Shifting friendships and moving up to senior school are compelling themes for children, played out compellingly in Simon Packham's new book
Try, try again – Donncha O’Callaghan’s comic tale about family life
Ireland rugby international Donncha O'Callaghan was inspired by his own track record of embarrassing scrapes for the plotline in Disaster Dad
Colette Hiller’s perfect words
Colette Hiller's Colossal Words taps into children's innate gift for language by introducing them to words of substance and precision
Treasure trail – Robin Scott-Elliot’s gripping new mystery
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
Jacqueline Wilson on a magic revival
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: 50 years as reading champions
Coram has a long history of supporting children, and its Beanstalk volunteer reading programme celebrates its 50th birthday this year
In conversation with graphic novelist Jerry Craft
Graphic novelist Jerry Craft talks about the importance of great expectations and giving children characters and stories they can believe in
Allie Esiri: time for rhyme
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
Doorstep Library – reading champions
A grassroots London charity, Doorstep Library, is helping young people to discover the wonderful world of books and reading for pleasure
Rocket man: Tim Peake on life, the universe and his journey into space fiction
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