Talking to young children about death is one of the hardest tasks a parent can face. But these stories can help you start the conversation about bereavement and the loss of a loved one
Picture books to tackle grief and death
What we’re reading: How Do You Make A Rainbow? by Caroline Crowe and Cally Johnson-Isaacs
Teach your child all the ways to find joy and colour in life, amid the gloom, with this rhyming rainbow-themed book
10 of the best picture books about love
Show your child the love on Valentine's Day and year round with these heartwarming stories about this most human of feelings
What we’re reading: Milo Imagines The World by Matt de la Pena and Christian Robinson
This tender story of a young boy learning not to judge others as he heads to visit his mum in prison is touching and joyful
What we’re reading: Daddy Long Legs by Nadine Brun-Cosme and Aurelie Guillerey
Teach your child about a parent's fierce and limitless love with this imaginative and funny book about a chaotic nursery run
We meet… Benji Davies
The award-winning author-illustrator tells us why The Storm Whale’s Noi is back, this time with his feisty grandmother and her flock of birds
We love… Alice Melvin’s board books
This first concepts series about a baby and his family, created from exquisite paper artwork, is a cut above
We meet… Grandma Z author Daniel Gray-Barnett
The Australian author-illustrator tells us about his striking debut release and why he chose making books over medicine
12 of the best books about dads
Celebrate dads and their everyday deeds with these touching and funny books about fatherhood
What we’re reading: So Much! by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
An uplifting story of a family's love for a baby that will have your own child enraptured
