The Endless Shelf

Episode five celebrates another magnificent picture book - Easy Peasy by Ky Garvey! Ky is also the host of Totally Lit, a great Australian bookish podcast. If you haven't listened to it yet, we highly recommend you add it to your queue.

Ky and Renata talk kid's books, family, and if turtles would show up on time to a party.

Easy Peasy (picture book)
Author:                Ky Garvey
Illustrator:         Amy Calautti
Publisher:          Exisle Publishing

It's hard to hang onto the signal when magic is involved...

It's Endless fun!

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Bethany Loveridge is a kidlit community member, and creator of LoveOZMG 

As an expert on Australian middle grade it was only right that she bring us a middle grade book she LOVES - Jack Henseleit's The Vampire Knife from his Witching Hours series!

Renata and Betty talk kidlit, spooky middle grade and if Betty's ever said hello to a wobbegong.

The Witching Hours
Book One: The Vampire Knife 
(middle grade fiction)
Author:                         Jack Henseleit
Publisher:                    Hardie Grant Children's Publisher
Genre:                           Horror

The ending is a hole lotta chaos as usual...

It's endless fun!

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This week's episode is a different sort! And we don't mean we're polishing the vegetables.

Renata chats with Karen about kids books, mental health, and Karen and her husband Steve put on a radio style pantomime of Andy & Ghost Boy! It's a pantomime special!

Steve is a kid's book writer just like Karen! It's a two for one deal. 

Andy & Ghost Boy (junior fiction)
Author:                         Karen Tyrrell
Cover illustrator:    Nicola Hooper
Publisher:                   Digital Future Press

Will we make it to the end of Andy's story?

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It's our first kid reader episode! 

Squinky brings us the glorious picture book Piano Fingers by Caroline Magerl! 

But first she talks about school, her WEIRD family, and what animal is the noodle of the sea.

Book:                                      Piano Fingers (picture book)
Author & Illustrator:     Caroline Magerl
Publisher:                            Walker Books Australia

It might not end sensibly, but it's a lot safer than last week's ending!

It's endless fun!

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It's finally time for the first episode!

Renata and Rory discuss the magic of kid's books and how many toes he's got. 

Then they chat about his new picture book, Book Week Bear! 

Book Week Bear (picture book)
Author:              Rory H. Mather
Illustrator:       Ruth-Mary Smith 
Publisher:        Scholastic

Absolutely nothing strange happens at the end of this episode...

It's endless fun!

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In just two weeks episodes will start dropping weekly! 

Listen on your ride to school each Monday from the 21st of August.

Three guests make an anonymous appearance in this sneak preview, who could they be?
And wait until you hear the rest of their episodes! 

It's never ending fun.

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A kidlit podcast!

First episode will hit the airwaves on 21st August 2023.

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