Have you ever wondered about the lives of gnomes – or aliens, for that matter? Two wonderful new books from Pushkin Children’s Press offer a joyful anthropological study for young humans ...

The Gnome Book, by the Dutch illustrator Loes Riphagen, marks another step in the gnome’s rebranding. The book is narrated by Kick, who is “as tall as six sweets piled on top of each other”.

Every year, in late November, booksellers huddle around together in the offices of their stores to discuss the best books of the year, comparing notes with all manner of publications from The ...