.Ladybird Classics Me Book from 69p.Who won the Junior Design Awards 2012 Best Children's Story App?Read the Ladybird Classic guide to transforming your school run

and rascal, to come.Find out why Winnie The Pooh won our Junior Design Award for Best Classic Book 2012Discover who all of the winners were in our children's books categories

of the greatest children's books of the 20th Century.* The cartoony monsters are a tad more Sesame Street than super-scary - especially for today's young readers. And do we sense echoes of the Wild Things in The Gruffalo, with its "terrible" repetition? Let's call

.* The dignity and wisdom of Babar, who always knows best.The Story Of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff is published by Methuen.  

Name AliceBorn 1896Defining moment "Alice was considering whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit ran close by her."Why we love Alice* She's feisty, opinionated, and very, very cur...

Name TintinBorn 1929Defining moment Tintin made his debut appearance in Le Petit Vingtieme, a supplement for young people of the daily newspaper Le XXe Siecle in Brussells. "We are always eager to satisfy our readers and keep them up to date on foreign affairs. We have therefore ...

. This is the ultimate timeless classic for children and adults alike to enjoy again, and again, and again...Winnie-The-Pooh by AA Milne, illustrated EH Shepard (Egmont, £6.99)Who won Picture Book Of The Year 2012?Illustration copyright 2012 E H Shepard and Egmont Ltd.

Name Miffy Bun, pet name Min (Nijntje in her native Dutch)Born Utrecht, 1955Defining moment After a divine visitation by an angel, Miffy is born. "The Bunny pair were overjoyed. Quite soon the baby came. WIth ears so long and fur so white and Miffy was her name."Why we love Miffy...

.* When first published, Dr Seuss's style was considered revolutionary. Back then, books for children were designed as textbook to increase skill, not as a pleasurable entertainment for children.  * The crazy quirkiness of the characters, infused

Name ElmerBorn 1989Defining moment "Elmer was different. Elmer was patchwork. Elmer was yellow and orange and red and pink and purple and blue and green and black and white. Elmer was not elephant colour."Why we love Elmer* He always stands out in a crowd.* He has a great sense o...