Professor Branestawm and Mrs Flittersnoop have been part of our family since before time began. It's thrilling to welcome back the lunatic genious of our beloved Norman Hunter

Others may try, but nobody comes close to Aiken in writing sequels to Jane Austen

Joan Aiken recreates Jane Austen's characters and her unmistakable sound with the assurance of a writer who has found a voice she loves

Sometimes you have to break the rules, particularly when those rules are based on prejudice. Naidoo breaks the rules, producing books for young people which recognize that they want to know about the real world

Genuinely enlightening ... gently moves the reader through areas that are hard to think about.