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Who was Andrew Pierce's favourite monarch and stars in their own Ladybird book?

Julia Donaldson is back with another winner in the best kids books of the month

Hidden Portraits by Sue Roe: The only woman who gave Picasso a taste of his own medicine

Spring by Michael Morpurgo: Salute to spring by our most beloved children's author

Our picks of the Classic Crime novels to bring back for April: Murder in Transit, The Mouthless Dead, The Case of the Busy Bees

Our favourite debut writers out this month: Veronika Dapunt, Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin, Claire Gleeson

'A full throttle thrill' in best Literary Fiction out now: Kate Folk, Solvej Balle, Camilla Barnes

Our Oaken Bones Merlin Hanbury-Tenison: How my father, my wife and me were healed by the Cornish rainforest

The Kitchen Shrink Dr Andrea Oskis: We all have the same love language... food

The CIA Book Club by Charlie English: Defeat Communism with a good book

What book would Mark Field take to a desert island to alleviate the boredom with some rock'n'roll?

Of Thorn & Briar by Paul Lamb: Meet Instagram's hunky hedgelayer heartthrob

When The Going Was Good by Graydon Carter: No limit on expenses. Interest-free home loans. And 'the best eyebrow lady' in New York every month!

'Compelling and horrifying': The best the Crime novels to read now - Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall, Son by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger, Paperboy by Callum McSorley

'A superb, surprisingly propulsive novel': The Literary Fiction to read now - Flesh by David Szalay, O Sinners! by Nicole Cuffy, Shams by Meike Ziervogel