The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Amanda Craig reviews two children's books with magical illustrations

A Necklace of Raindrops (5+) by Joan Aiken and Jan Pienkowski, A Filth of Starlings/A Drove of Bullocks (6+) by Patrick George

The Battle of the Sun by Jeanette Winterson

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Amanda Craig reviews two children's books with compelling young protagonists

Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson and The Death-defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

This expansion of Maurice Sendak’s original is fanciful but unfocused

The week’s children’s books: October 24, 2009

Hallowe’en, with all its things that go bump in the night, arrives in perfect time for half-term

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Yummy (3+) by Lucy Cousins Walker and One Night in the Zoo (2+) by Judith Kerr

The Times review by Amanda Craig

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus, illustrated by Mark Burgess

Whisper who dares, the sequel about the bear of little brain doesn’t quite find his master’s voice

Wishing for Tomorrow by Hilary McKay

Times review by Amanda Craig

Amanda Craig reviews the week’s children’s fiction: September 19

Tabby McTat (4+) by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Mrs Cockle’s Cat (5+) by Philippa Pearce

Jim Downer & Ted Hughes's excellent adventure

A lost Ted Hughes children's poem finally sees the light of day after more than 50 years

Children’s books: Amanda Craig reviews the week’s relieases: September 12, 2009

Z-Rex (10+) by Steve Cole How to Break a Dragon’s Heart (7+) by Cressida Cowell

Roald Dahl’s widow on the real BFG

Dahl's stories are filled with cruelty, misanthropy and mischief. 20 years after his death, he is more popular than ever

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones

Children’s books: ‘Threads’ (11+) by Sophia Bennett

The Times review by Amanda Craig

Lemony Snicket to create new book series

US author of bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events is writing four books in first venture for children in three years

Children's books 'too depressing' says author

Anne Fine bemoans ‘gritty realism’ and calls for happy endings without resorting to the style of Enid Blyton

Time Quake by Linda Buckley-Archer

The Sunday Times review by Nicolette Jones