Fun Kids Book Quest

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Fun Kids Book Quest episodes

July 20, 2019 Matt Haig and Cressida Cowell
Bex is back and is telling us about her favourite books and authors ever!
In this episode, we hear from the new Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell.
Cressida’s the author of How to Train Your Dragon and the Wizards of Once series. The job of Children’s Laureate is to get children excited about books, reading and writing!
There’s also an exclusive interview you won’t hear anywhere else with author Matt Haig about his book, Evie and The Animals, plus a reading from him!
The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else. There’s also five books you should put on your reading list and loads more.
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26 min
July 06, 2019A.M Howell, David Solomons & Christopher Edge
In this episode, we hear from authors David Solomons, Christopher Edge and Ann Marie Howell about their new books.
David Solomons is the author of My Cousin is a Time Traveller and My Toaster is Taking Over The World.
Christopher Edge is chatting about his book, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon, a tale all about secrets, spies and maybe even a monster!
A.M. Howell is the author of The Garden of Lost Secrets, a book set in the middle of the First World War.
Plus Imogen’s here to run through books that must be on your reading list – check out the list below!
Top 5 July Reads
The House of Light by Julia Green
Warrior Monkeys and The Volcano Adventure by M.C. Stevens
What’s That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis
The Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle
The Flat Stanley Collection by Jeff Brown.
The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else.
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35 min
June 07, 2019 Ed Clarkle, Abi Elphinstone & Derek Landy
Every month, Bex tells us about her favourite books and authors ever!
It all happens in the Fun Kids Book Club podcast. June’s episode is out right now!
In this month’s episode, Ed Clarke is chatting about his brand new book The Secret Dragon!
In The Secret Dragon, Mari Jones is desperate to be a real scientist, even though she’s only eleven.
So when she discovers a tiny dragon while fossil hunting on the beach, she’s sure she can find a good scientific explanation – as long as she can keep it hidden long enough to study it.
Click here to find out more about The Secret Dragon!
June’s Fun Kids Book Club Podcast also features exclusive bits from Matt Haig’s brand new book, Evie and The Animals.
The book focuses on eleven-year-old Evie who has a talent – a super-talent!
A talent that can let her hear the thoughts of an elephant, and make friends with a dog and a sparrow!
The only problem is, this talent is dangerous. At least, that’s what her dad says…
Click here to find out more about Evie and The Animals!
Abi Elphinstone pops into the studio to tell us about her book Rumblestar…
In that story, eleven-year-old Casper Tock hates risks, is allergic to adventures and shudders at the thought of unpredictable events.
So, it comes as a nasty shock to him when he accidentally stumbles into Rumblestar, an Unmapped Kingdom full of magical beasts!
Click here to find out more about Rumblestar!
And we’re also hearing from Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy!
The next book in the series, Bedlam, came out recently.
In Bedlam, Valkyrie is sucked into a desperate, lawless quest – he has no choice but to become the hero he never really wanted to be…
Click here to find out more about Bedlam!
In the podcast there’s also tonnes of book recommendations and more.
Find out more in the Fun Kids Book Club podcast with Bex, out now!
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41 min
May 03, 2019John Boyne, Danny Wallace and Football School!
Every month, Bex tells us about her favourite books and authors in the Fun Kids Book Club podcast.
Here's May's episode and it's packed with interviews, exclusive readings, and more.
In this episode, the guys from Football School pop in to chat all about the beautiful game and our friend Danny Wallace is back to tell us all about his new book, Hamish and The Monster Patrol.
In Hamish and The Monster Patrol, things are afoot in Starkley… again!
Out in the ocean, something’s on the move. Something BIG. Something that might change everything!
While most of Starkley’s inhabitants have fled or gone into lockdown, Hamish and his pals in the PDF are coming up with a plan, because if they don’t save the world then who will?!
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If that wasn't enough, John Boyne talks to Bex all about his new book My Brother's Name is Jessica.
That story follows a character called Sam Waver who idolises his older brother, Jason.
Sam Waver’s life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible.
Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him.
But then one evening Jason calls his family together to tell them that he’s been struggling with a secret for a long time.
A secret which quickly threatens to tear them all apart. His parents don’t want to know and Sam simply doesn’t understand.
Because what do you do when your brother says he’s not your brother at all? That he’s actually… your sister?
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Plus, there are readings from comedian and author of The Bolds, Julian Clary.
He's reading from his new book, The Bolds in Trouble.
And as if all of that wasn't enough, we tell you the five books that should be on your reading list this May – check them out below.
Five Books For Your May Reading List
The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle
My Brothers Name is Jessica by John Boyne
Taylor & Rose Secret Agents by Katherine Woodfine
Theodore Boone The Accomplice by John Grisham
Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day by Dominique Valente
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43 min
March 30, 2019 Greg James and Chris Smith, Abi Elphinstone and Steven Butler!
Here's a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Book Club podcast!
In it, Greg James and Chris Smith chat about their latest book, Kid Normal and The Shadow Machine.
Steven Butler also pops up. He's chatting about The Nothing to See Here Hotel: Sea-ing is Believing!
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40 min
February 27, 2019 Harriet Muncaster, Alex Milway and Sam Copeland
In the February edition of The Book Club Podcast, author of 'Charlie changes into a chicken', Sam Copeland pops into the studio, Harriet Muncaster comes in to chat to Bex all about the brand new book in the Isadora Moon series, in which Isadora goes to her first human sleepover (which can be very confusing for a half-vampire, half-fairy girl!), and finally Alex Milway comes in to chat about his hilarious new book, 'Hotel Flamingo', which follows the story of Anna who renovates a once-grand hotel left to her by her Great Aunt Mathilde. But all the guests are staff are animals, which will surely make things a bit more difficult!
Plus 5 more brilliant books to add to your reading list!
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37 min
January 29, 2019 Celia Rees, Amber Lee Dodd and Hilary Mackay
In the first Book Club of 2019, Amber Lee Dodd joins Bex to chat all about her new book 'Lightning chase me home', the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, Hilary Mackay, talks about her book 'The Skylark's War', and finally Celia Rees joined Bex to chat about her fantasy book 'Glass town wars', and to give us a reading!
Plus 5 books to kick off your 2019 reading list.
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36 min
December 22, 2018 Ben Miller, Danny Wallace and Steven Butler
Merry Christmas!
We have 5 especially festive books to read over the holidays, plus Steven Butler is in talking about the latest in the Dog Diaries series, Danny Wallace is back to chat to Bex about his new book and gets inducted into Fun Kids, and Ben Miller comes in for a chat and a reading from his book 'The Night I Met Father Christmas'.
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42 min
December 07, 2018 Matt Haig, Jacqueline Wilson and David Solomons
Jacqueline Wilson joins us in the Book Club to chat all about her book 'My Mum Tracy Beaker'. Also in the club is David Solomons, who has written a book all about the brand new Doctor Who! And finally Matt Haig chats to Bex all about his book 'The Truth Pixie', and gives us a little introduction to the book.
Book expert Imogen is also back with 5 more reads to potentially pop on your Christmas list!
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39 min
October 31, 2018 Book Club Halloween Special!
It's Halloween!
We have 5 spooky pics to read on this Hallows eve, plus Laura Ellen Anderson is in talking about Amelia Fang, Olivia Lomenech Gill and Jim Kay, Illustrators of Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts books chat to Frankie, and we have some spooky readings for you as well!
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33 min