Books for Keeps 247 - the children's book magazine online

Inclusive Storytelling: author Elle McNicoll introduces the Own Voice movement

Unlock a Love of Creative Writing There’s never been a better time to encourage children’s writing, says Joanne Owen

Authorgraph: Jon Agee interviewed by Jake Hope

Ten of the Best: books that connect children with nature, selected by Ann Lazim

Beyond the Secret Garden Drawing Conclusions: East Asian Characters in British Children’s Fiction by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor

Drawn Across Borders introduced by George Butler

I Wish: Em Norry chooses an intensely lyrical novel

Good Reads chosen by young people at Toot Hill School, Nottingham

Telling the Story of Chernobyl by Helen Bate

Libraries in Lockdown: secondary school librarian Kristabelle Williams describes how she’s kept her library open

Obituary: Victor Ambrus remembered by Nicholas Tucker

Classics in Short No. 146 Nonsense Songs and Amblongus Pie Brian Alderson reflects on one of the most original and accomplished children’s books of the 19th century

There is no time like spring to interview anthologist par excellence Allie Esiri

Damian Kelleher interview Jonathan Stroud about his new adventure series, The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne