There’s a great interview in this week’s Grazia with Yvette Cooper, who as well as being the shadow home secretary is married t...

The advantage of moving around a lot is that you feel at home in most places. And that was certainly the case when we made a...

If you’re racing to get your Christmas shopping done and need an enchanting story for girls aged ten and up, then The Wolf Princ...

I’ve been a fan of Lauren Child’s work for years. Her children's books, with their zany patchwork collages, wonky text goi...

Michael Morpurgo is one of the most prolific writers around. He began writing stories as a primary schoolteacher 40 y...

As regular readers will know, my student daughter is at university in Paris this year. She’s settled into a flat on the Left Ba...

Hurry, hurry, hurry – there’s no time to waste. If your children are interested in wildlife and love writing stories, then there...

With Christmas less than a month away (eek!), I’m busy writing a newspaper piece about great festive reads for children. One...

My children are both at university now – but out of sight doesn’t mean out of mind. Far from it. The fact that I don’t see the...

I’ve interviewed Professor Tanya Byron several times over the years and she talks more sense about children and teenagers than a...

“Enough about saintly working mothers. What about me? I’m a working dad.” That’s the headline emblazoned across the fron...

David Walliams is the fastest growing children’s author in the UK  – so children aged nine and up will be thrilled to hear that...

“I can’t believe I’m leaving you in Paris,” I told my daughter as we hugged goodbye on the Boulevard St Germain. “I’m more ...

There’s an autumn chill in the air, the garden is covered in leaves and the traffic in Oxford has resumed its usual snail-like craw...

It’s A level results day – the moment that will decide the future of thousands of 18 year olds in the UK. If the youngste...

The one thing I don’t miss from my children’s schooldays is the dreaded sports day. It was almost always one of the worst days of the year. ...