The summer holidays have arrived and the kids are kicking their heels – what better way to keep them entertained than to supply them with a stock of good books? But which titles do you choose from the hundreds piled up in your nearest bookshop?
The Guardian's children's literary editor, Julia Eccleshare, guides Claire Armitstead through the shelves, from picture books, through the tricky territory of early independent readers and pre-teens to the more complex terrain of literature for the over-12s, and gives her key rules for choosing the best books for children.
