World Book Day set to give away 14m book tokens.

Brand new stories from Neil Gaiman and Anthony Horowitz, the culmination of Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson's quest to find the UK's best storyteller and the country's biggest ever book show will all mark World Book Day today.

Celebrated in over 100 countries around the world, World Book Day is the UK's largest festival of reading and aims to encourage a lifelong love of literature in children. Thousands of schools and nurseries are joining in, with more than 14m book vouchers given out to children, and hundreds of events – from Where's Wally "flash mobs" to author talks and literary fancy dress competitions – taking place up and down the country.

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UK's top 10 2011 YouTube videos put dog above Royals.

A talking dog has topped YouTube's list of most watched videos in the UK for 2011.

The clip shows the pet being teased by its owner about food treats given to others.

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Are fairy tales too scary for today's children? Parents refuse to read classics to youngsters.

For generations, children have been captivated by Rapunzel and enchanted by Jack and the Beanstalk.

But it seems these traditional fairytales are on their way to an unhappy ending – as parents decide they are too scary.

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Toilet video games combat urinal boredom

British company Captive Media thinks it has developed a product that fills a gap in the market - a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.

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