Those books that you don’t sell on at the end of your university career. Ladybird books covered a huge range of topics. So you might find it a little unexpected then that our subject here is a ...

The idyllic - but pretty outdated - scenes in the Ladybird books were updated in the 70s and 80s to reflect Britain's changing society - but can you spot the difference? Fans of the Ladybird Books are ...

Look hard enough at any bookshelf in Britain and you’ll probably find a Ladybird book. Rooting around my family home, I find ...

‘Henry-Allain’s new book Maya and Marley and The Great Big Tidy Up has just been published by Ladybird Books “I was telling ...

“It’s basically a Ladybird book,” said local tour guide Ian Jelf, during our lunchtime ramble around what is, by some ...

but generations of children that grew up reading Ladybird books are likely to agree that the publisher’s red and black beetle symbol really does belong in that category. The imprint, which is now part ...

It came courtesy of a children’s book, one of the Ladybird series that will be familiar to British people of a Certain Age: [George Dobbs, G3RJV]’s Making A Transistor Radio. This book built ...

"In my time the retail of second-hand and vintage books has changed beyond recognition," says Ms Lee, who has been working for Oxfam for two decades. "Things like Ladybird books, lovely old ...

Both authors have previously written in-depth books on wildlife. An Insect A Day consists of vignettes on creatures, ranging ...

The Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) is set to host a winter art exhibition at its Aberlady headquarters in Lothian, with ...

Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. The celebrity chef’s ...

Gavin Francis’s meditative travelogue takes in history as well as geography, exploring how bridges can also be barriers ...