Big Draw festival

11:28am Thursday 16th October 2008

The earth is the theme of this year's national Big Draw festival being celebrated in Oxford and Witney this weekend.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

10:25am Thursday 24th July 2008

Children who bring their teddy bears to Cogges Farm in Witney tomorrow will be allowed in free as part of the museum's Traditional Toy Weekend.

Short story competition winners

12:39pm Thursday 5th June 2008

The winners of the second Oxford Literary Festival's short story competition for children gathered at Blackwells Bookshop in Broad Street to receive their prizes on Monday.

Mischievious Magic

11:19am Thursday 17th April 2008

Three million people can't be wrong, can they? That's the number of book buyers around the globe who have bought Winnie the Witch and other children's literature illustrated by Korky Paul.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE TREATS

11:45am Thursday 14th February 2008

There are three children's shows with puppets, music and animation billed over the coming week at Banbury's Mill Theatre.

A mix of ice skating and city marmalade

11:17am Thursday 17th January 2008

CHRIS KOENIG looks at the history of a demolished and versatile Art Deco delight Succeeding generations move into each other's buildings much as the guests at the March Hare's Tea Party moved round the table - with all except the Mad Hatter inheriting the used crockery of his predecessor.

Ready for take off

10:00am Thursday 10th January 2008

The original hands-on science gallery has had a £4m transformation. Take a trip to London's Science Museum and you will find a few surprises.

Children's book choices

10:58am Thursday 6th December 2007

Among the latest crop of children's books, The Spellgrinder's Apprentice (Bloomsbury, £6.99) is a thrilling magical story from N.M. Browne about an orphaned boy who is apprenticed to grind spell stones, and is chased horribly when he runs away.

Blackwell's Christmas Family Day

11:25am Thursday 29th November 2007

Wise owls and reading go together but meeting one eye to eye in your favourite bookshop is unexpected. The best party in December where families are welcome has to be Blackwell's Christmas Family Day.

Book choices for children

10:34am Thursday 22nd November 2007

Yuck, how disgusting - The Gooey, Chewy, Rumble, Plop Book by Steve Alton and Nick Sharratt (Bodley Head, £9.99) is not for the squeamish, writes Philippa Logan. And it's probably best not to look at it just before a meal, because it's all about our insides - more specifically, about the digestive process.