In this episode, A.M. Dassu shares how she started her journey into writing through observing children and talks about how reading and writing complement each other. Did you know that Spot the Dog was her favourite book as a child? She also talks passionately about how her book Kicked Out shows children how empathy and being there for each other plays out in friendship, and highlights the experience of refugee children.

A. M. Dassu is a former World Book Day author and internationally acclaimed writer of 13 children's books, including Boy, Everywhere, Fight Back and Kicked Out, which have collectively been listed for more than 55 awards, including the Carnegie Medal, Waterstones Children's Book Prize and The Week Junior Book Award.

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