Books for Keeps 40 - the children's book magazine online

Tony Robinson,the innovative electronic storyteller, talks about how Theseus, Odysseus and Fat Tulip were brought to the screen.

Chris Powling talks to Vivien Alcock about the TV adaptation of her novel, The Cuckoo Sister, and to Paul Stone, the man behind it.

Lois Duncan interviewed byPat Triggs.

Pat Triggs talks toAliki about Information Books.

Thelma Davey is the teacher librarian in a special school. Recently she conducted a survey of staff and pupils about the kind of books they believed were important to them and needed in the school library. Her teacher colleagues voted for more non-fiction; the children wanted more fiction. Here she assesses the value of fiction for her class of young people with special educational needs.