From robot rights to ageing and climate change, this month’s science fiction squares up to the big topics, with new titles ...

Having published nonfiction for younger readers for more than 50 years, DK is poised to launch its first children’s and young adult fiction imprint. DK flip will feature chapter books ...

Children’s fiction: Five books to delight the younger reader with tales of magical cats, geese and squirrels - and a busy girl called WandaOpens in new window ] Cornelia Funke’s The Green ...

DK has launched its first children’s fiction imprint, DK flip, “dedicated to publishing flippin’ marvellous fiction”, having previously only published children’s non-fiction. DK flip ...

“I could guess it’s because they’re top students from top schools who have been told science fiction is a form of children’s literature, or it isn’t worth their time,” Novy says.

And while policy-level efforts are essential, parents and educators have an equally critical role to play in reigniting a love for reading among children, particularly through fiction books.