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Ruth Alltimes becomes managing director at Hachette Children's Group as Hilary Murray Hill retires

Ruth Alltimes will become managing director of Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) in March. Hilary Murray Hill will step away after a decade as chief executive, becoming chair and will retire at the end of the year.

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More than half of children's books with diverse main characters are by white authors, report finds

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Polly Whybrow becomes editor-at-large at Magic Cat

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Eason and Children's Books Ireland team up to promote 'quality Irish books'

YA Book Prize 2025 submissions open

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s dragon Zog to get annual day of celebration

Nosy Crow appoints Rachel Kellehar as publisher

Puffin Graphics launches graphic novel competition

Kindness selected Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024

Beatrix Potter gets the AI treatment via children's storytelling app yarn

Julia Donaldson supplants JK Rowling to become the UK’s all-time top author by volume

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Review of the Year, Children's – Comic timing, pre-school and Young Adult keep Children’s purring

Julia Donaldson supplants JK Rowling to become the UK’s all-time top author by volume

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

Teachable moments? Why increased funding is key for the schools sector

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Usborne to run: kids’ indie toasts half century

by Horace Bent

It was a family affair over at the inconspicuous Usborne stand, as the children’s independent celebrated five decades in publishing.

On your marks: BCBF sets off at a pace

by Horace Bent

UK delegates at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair were greeted with an unusual scene in the city centre after alighting from their Sunday flights…

On John Agard

by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

This week, John Agard became the first poet to win the BookTrust lifetime achievement award. Here, judge Frank Cottrell-Boyce pays tribute to him.

Lessons from Clanchy

by Tara Tobler

The response to the criticism of Kate Clanchy’s memoir was a moral failure on the part of white publishing—and an artistic failure too

Difference and disability

by Lisette Auton

Children’s fiction remains awash with dangerous tropes when it comes to characters with disabilities. It’s time to ensure there is positive representatio

Children’s Top 20View All

1

Cruel is the Light

Sophie Clark

Imprint: PenguinISBN: 9780241635292RRP: 16.99, ASP: 16.89Publish Date: Jan 23, 2025

2

Powerless

Lauren Roberts

Imprint: Simon & SchusterISBN: 9781398529489RRP: 9.99, ASP: 5.48Publish Date: Jul 6, 2023

3

Big Jim Begins

Dav Pilkey

Imprint: ScholasticISBN: 9781338896459RRP: 12.99, ASP: 7.96Publish Date: Dec 3, 2024

4

Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza

Jamie Smart

Imprint: David FicklingISBN: 9781788453073RRP: 9.99, ASP: 5.96Publish Date: Jan 2, 2025

5

No Brainer

Jeff Kinney

Imprint: PuffinISBN: 9780241583159RRP: 7.99, ASP: 5.12Publish Date: Jan 2, 2025

6

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

Imprint: PuffinISBN: 9780241003008RRP: 7.99, ASP: 4.39Publish Date: Sep 29, 1994

7

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Judith Kerr

Imprint: HarperCollins Children'sISBN: 9780007215997RRP: 7.99, ASP: 4.46Publish Date: Jan 30, 2006

8

Hot Mess

Jeff Kinney

Imprint: PuffinISBN: 9780241583166RRP: 14.99, ASP: 8.96Publish Date: Oct 22, 2024

9

Grannysaurus

David Walliams; Adam Stower

Imprint: HarperCollinsISBN: 9780008588847RRP: 7.99, ASP: 4.18Publish Date: Jan 2, 2025

10

Bluey: The Doctor

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Imprint: LadybirdISBN: 9780241722152RRP: 6.99, ASP: 4.23Publish Date: Jan 2, 2025

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Authors interviews, news and book previews

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Books in the Media: Bill Gates' memoir makes a splash

This week Bill Gates’ memoir and Eimear McBride’s latest novel dominated reviews.

Author Interviews

Holly Brickley's enthralling debut explores why music is the food of love

With the Noughties music scene serving as a backdrop, Holly Brickley’s debut novel explores the connection between music, art and love.

Author Interviews

Zohra Nabi tells a tale of two cities with her new novel

With her new middle-grade novel replete with tales of child trafficking and homelessness, Nabi draws illuminating parallels between Victorian and modern-day London.