Tune in to the Puffin Podcast and hear all about his brand new book, Slapstick.

Sign up now to play The Shadow War - a gripping interactive online game which will put you in the shoes of a British SIS agent or a Soviet OGPU spy. From today, fans can sign up to play the game by visiting www.youngbondshadowwar.com. The game culminates on 8th October with a live event, hosted on the game site and featuring Charlie Higson, in which players will be able to ask questions and influence the end of the game.

Puffin has had fabulous nominations for this year's Booktrust Early Years Awards with the gorgeous Bog Baby being shortlisted in two of the awards categories.

Pre-School Award
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illus. Gwen Millward
There's An Ouch in My Pouch! by Jeanne Willis, illus. Garry Parsons

Best Emerging Illustrator
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illus. Gwen Millward
Bridget Fidget by Joe Berger

The winner for each category will be announced on 23 September 2008.

Puffins love stories, and Puffins love smoothies - but every Puffin knows that they're best together! That's why we're going down to the Innocent Village Fete, armed with heaps of stories for our tent.

The Innocent Village Fete is on the 2nd and 3rd of August in Regent's Park, and we've been very proud to host a tent there for the last two years. This year, our theme is the Puffin Treetime Story, and we'll be inviting every visitor to complete one of our beginnings:

Yesterday, after breakfast, I went outside and found...
I met a Puffin yesterday. He asked me to...
When there's a storm outside I like to...
Don't tell anyone but I just escaped from...
I looked into the magic mirror and saw....

...with an ending of their own. Every little book will then be hung on our huge Puffin Tree until it's bursting with leaves (made of FSC approved paper and tied with compostable string, of course).

We're also having a library for children of all ages, to give you plenty of inspiration and somewhere to relax!

So come and join us, and maybe write us a story - because every tree has got a book in it...

A brand new Lauren Child exhibition has launched at Manchester Art Gallery, running until 18 September. It's a travelling exhibition, so watch this space for details of its next location!

Tickets are free

For more information, take a look at:
www.milkmonitor.com
www.manchestergalleries.org

Check out the Puffin Blog today and read all about Cathy Cassidy's Ultimate Friendship Festival in July!

Since its publication in 1947, Anne Frank's Diary has been read by tens of millions of people. Today is Anne Frank Day and on the 25th June it is the anniversary of the publication of Anne's diary. Pupils can celebrate Anne Frank Day 2008 with a special school assembly.

For more information visit www.annefrank.org.uk

It was World Environment Day yesterday and now we've launched a brand new GREEN PUFFIN section, check it out now! It's full of fun facts and tips and there's even a cartoon!

Don't forget your wellies...

The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith, (the creator of BABE and The Sheep-Pig) is also available on DVD and high definition Blu-ray^TM from 30th June.

So you've still got time to read the book before you see the film.

Enjoy!

The Book People will be crowning the Queen of Teen in 2008!

Here is your chance to vote for the fabulous Cathy Cassidy and see her crowned your Queen of Teen! Nominate Cathy by submitting a 200 word nomination as to why you think she deserves this title. From the nominations received, a shortlist of ten authors will be selected and online voting will commence from mid-July on the dedicated Queen of Teen website.

So if you want to vote, click here now!

Published on the 1st May to coincide with World Environment Day, Charlie and Lola's very new book Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet is all about recycling.

To find out more about the book and all about the very especially exciting schools recycling campaign, click here.

Or why not download the Charlie and Lola recycling Look After Your Planet Tree Counter and exciting competition details here.

Charlie and Lola say: "We love recycling and want to pass it on"

If you missed Meg Rosoff discussing classic children's stories with author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce on Radio 4's Today Programme, you can still hear it!

Listen to the discussion now.
Just click on the link and scroll to 8.30-9.00am slot at the bottom of the page - Easy!

Our website went to sleep last night feeling a bit tired. It's woken up today bright and fresh and new! There's the brilliant Puffin Playground, full of games and stuff, there are author interviews, downloads, podcasts and WAIT - we're not going to tell you all about it. Take a look around and see for yourself! We hope you like it?.