In this episode, Krish reviews Holes by Louis Sachar, a Newbery Medal and National Book Award winning mystery adventure.

The story follows Stanley Yelnats, a boy who is wrongly accused of stealing a pair of trainers and sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp in the scorching Texas desert. At the camp, the boys are forced to dig holes every day, supposedly to build character. But Stanley soon begins to realise that the Warden may be searching for something much more mysterious.

Krish shares why this book felt so different from anything he has read recently, how Louis Sachar cleverly connects three storylines across different time periods and why Stanley and Zero’s friendship made such a strong impression on him.

Krish is also joined by the brilliant illustrator Jim Field, known for books including Oi Frog!, The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could. They chat about creating characters, drawing for picture books, making mistakes, inspiring children to read and what life is really like as an illustrator.

There is also a fun Lightning Sketch Round, a shout out to Armchair Adventures and plenty of encouragement for listeners to start drawing and telling their own stories.

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