Barbie is a prominent figure to many who grew up with her. Her parents, George and Margaret Roberts, have been a mystery for ...

Matilda to Alice in Wonderland - The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack ...

Filmmaker David Lynch, a true visionary known best for helming Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, and Dune, has died aged 78. Last year, the writer and director revealed he'd been diagnosed with ...

The second-last page in Alison Lester's classic children's book, Magic Beach, gets me right in the heart. It shows a beach shack where four kids are tucked into bed together, enjoying the happy ...

the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment revisits now-classic books, published in the first half of the 20th-century, that were seen as ...

A picture book has been created based on the true story of parents and their child born on January 17, 1995, when a major earthquake struck western Japan. An event to mark the book's completion ...

One of the greatest books about the American Dream also happens to be one of the very shortest. This 1937 classic follows George and Lennie, two out-of-work drifters, in pursuit of a better life ...