They seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them... a perfect marriage of word and picture.

It's not just Tove Jansson's wonderfully strange fairytale world that so appeals but also her beautiful line work and exquisite sense of design.

Beautiful words. Anarchic illustrations. Tove Jansson is a genius.

Nadia Shireen's Billy and the Beast celebrates the experience of those often left out of picture books, with its brave brown heroine and the outrageous array of props she stores in her huge cloud of hair. Lively, energetic, full of well-timed humour (and a sidekick called Fatcat), it's a great story for everyone, especially those not used to seeing themselves centre stage.

These are the most brilliant, beautiful and silly picture-books out there at the moment. Little doorways of joy.

A gripping piece of fantasy

Bloody, fast paced and adventurous

It snares your attention, and keeps it

Sally Green has fully captured me with this new series

A magical adventure that practically explodes off the page