A cheeky crew – Maggie, Rose, Oscar and their little dog Bentley – are getting creative in this fun activity book. Even better, they are learning their 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – as they repurpose rubbish to make fun new things and become Eco

and right. That’s a whole lot of learning – and all from a cast of seemingly simple dancing dots. Find out who all of the lucky winners are in our Children's Book categories Read our conversation with Herve TulletPress Here by Herve Tullet (Chronicle, £9.99)

. Hopefully this little book shows my debt to these great masters. How can we encourage children to appreciate art? I think there is nothing better than visiting art galleries as often as you can, or if this isn’t possible, then getting books out

illustrated (he is adverse to calling it a children’s book, as he believes its appeal is ageless), it was a nerve-wracking process. "I dealt with the text and the publisher, and we went backwards and forwards for six months. It was a real collaboration," he

There are many mediums through which to express your art, be it in pen and ink, oil paints, collage, or crayon. Using food materials is perhaps one of the more unusual techniques but these are the raw ingredients coming together in this highly

Big and small, hit and miss, up and down, hot and cold – discovering the world of opposing elements is one of the stock-in-trades for young children. This vibrant book takes a tried-and-tested topic and skillfully transforms it into a stunning work

was always disappointed to see the comments of my mother and teachers then. It was always the same: “Yoko is shy and quiet.”What were your favourite books as a child?One of my favourite picture books when I was little was 'Pitschi' by Hans Fischer

and rips it to shreds and arranges it in her bed like it’s a collage. And I think Lucy Locket was once a very famous film star but is now in retirement! Characters in the book seem to have descriptive/straightforward names e.g. Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes

, but it was not a conscious decision. I think a lot of books and rhymes follow this kind of rhythm, and it is one that children are familiar with and enjoy.What do you think would appeal to a child about the repetition of all the different sounds?I think it

it into a solid picture book.I always try to write about what excited me as a child in the hope that children will share that same excitement. Stories of feral Mogli-esque children have always fascinated me and as a child I adored animals and daydreamed