Get ready for Mission Imagination – the new series of the Puffin Podcast. Each episode will whoosh you a way to a different magical world created by a fantastic Puffin author. Hosted by the hilarious Babatunde Aleshe, alongside two young Puffineers, there’ll be a new adventure for each week of the summer holidays.

A little bit of kindness and understanding can go a long way. So, to celebrate Empathy Day on 10 June, we've gathered together the best books that explore what it means to be compassionate towards others.

To mark our Lit in Colour campaign, Bernardine Evaristo, Diana Evans, Avni Doshi and more reflect on the literature they wished they'd discovered back in the classroom.

Children’s author and Puffin World of Stories ambassador Nathan Bryon has pulled together a selection of his favourite upcoming debuts and recent releases from new Black authors and illustrators. Get ready to make room on your bookshelf!

We’re all capable of achieving remarkable things during our lifetime but you don’t have to become a spy or an Olympic athlete to be considered phenomenal. We’re all extraordinary in our own way! Rashmi Sirdeshpande, the author of How To Be Extraordinary, shares the top ways children (and adults) can be exceptional every day.