Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
From young werewolves’ adventures with vampires to hard-up funeral crashers and the late Jeremy Strong’s wonderful final tale
Publishing’s ‘Super Thursday’ includes books by Boris Johnson, Stanley Tucci and Kate Mosse
A total of 1,900 titles are being published today, including a Rebus from Ian Rankin, memoir from Miranda Hart and children’s fiction by AF Steadman
Majority of UK children’s books with Black main characters written by white authors, study finds
Report finds that books with main characters from minority ethnicities or who are disabled or neurodivergent are written by those who do not share the protagonist’s identity
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller look back: ‘We were really cross with each other, slamming the door and saying: That’s it’
The comedy double act on playing it cool, bombing at Edinburgh, and how their friendship endured after they branched out on their own
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman audiobook review – a mesmerising reading by Ruth Wilson
The actor narrates the first book in the author’s beloved His Dark Materials trilogy, giving a richly textured performance
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
An Olympian’s picture book; a miscellany of marvellous kids; volcanoes explained; a dark Celtic adventure; and when teen wishes go wrong
The Haunted Wood: a History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith review – young at heart
A thoughtful, witty and warmhearted journey through children’s literature
‘These books captured our hearts’: Jacqueline Wilson’s Girls series is back – and millennials are rejoicing
The beloved children’s author reunites readers with Ellie, Magda and Nadine, now 40 and grappling with parenthood, sex and divorce
That’s me, mum! The Nigerian author who wrote a book about her children … and joined a publishing revolution
Simone, 8, has Down’s syndrome. Unable to find stories that reflected her modern African family, her mother decided to fill the gap, then publishers came knocking
TikTok meets Tolkien: how the Folio Society attracted gen Z readers
The publishing house is booming thanks to sci-fi and fantasy novels – and a love of artisanal editions
Can fairytales and fantasy compete with Fortnite? How to get kids reading at any age
Books, comics, films, video games … does it matter how children discover stories? Keeping an open mind is just one way to help get them hooked
Jeremy Strong obituary
Author who won the Children’s Book award in 1997 and whose bestselling series made adults laugh too
The Land of Lost Things by Andy Griffiths review – a madcap adventure for young readers
The first in the highly anticipated post-Treehouse series delights in silliness, imagination and problem-solving
I fear books are going the way of vinyl records – a rarefied pursuit for hobbyists
We’re increasingly getting our narrative fix from short videos. But, like snacking on junk food, it won’t nourish us, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
New Andy Griffiths, Korean slow food and a frontier war epic: the best Australian books out in August
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on