We introduce our all about books issue and the 2018 gift guide.

Rebecca Fortey explores what messages come home in a five-year-old’s school reading book

Books can impact on us in ways we don’t expect. We take a few that have made their mark on readers as children and as adults.

Hayley Grove finds that revisiting childhood favourites can sometimes be a surprise

Kirstie Beaven takes a look at the myths and realities around boys and reading