Contributors include the hottest names in children's books today.The cover has been illustrated by Nick Sharratt, famous for hisbrilliant covers for Jacqueline Wilson and Jeremy Strong's books.Book includes totally original celebrity quotes, revealing the childhood favourites of stars such as: Lenny Henry, Eddie Murphy, Sarah Ferguson, Harry Enfield, Mel C and Anneka Rice.This is the only children's book guide written specifically for children themselves. The opinionated, witty tone is often irreverent and always child-friendly throughout.Also includes reviews and illustrations by 8-12s themselves, as well as the results of our exclusive 'Top Tens' readers' poll - to which we had over 1,500 responses.Dedicated website www.ultimatebookguide.com to go live in December 03 and will be a way of updating the content and allowing readers to interact with the editors and each other.

" this is a wonderful treasure trove of ideas for reading for children."A wonderful resource which should help to ensure that children read what they enjoy and enjoy what they read." The Good Book Guide (March 2006)

Daniel is a freelance writer, translator and editor; Leonie is alibrarian in a boys' school and Susan works as a commissioning editorat Egmont. All three are extremely well-connected in the children'sbook world!