From a chicken channeling its inner dinosaur, to raising dragon eggs in P.E.I., to a teen fauxmance, The Next Chapter’s children’s book panel is back with a new holiday reading list. Writer and broadcaster Bee Quammie and CBC books producer Lucy Mann share six books to engage readers from pre-school to high school.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

Lena the Chicken (But Really A Dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey, illustrated by K-Fai Steele

The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Matt James

Fresh Start by Gale Galligan 

Kindred Dragons by Sarah Mensinga

You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh

Songs for Ghosts by Clara Kumagai