Your Kid's Next Read With Allison Tait and Megan Daley

From picture books to novels for teens, we look at books that explore the different and diverse facets of family life. Plus, Allison is celebrating the publication of her 13th middle-grade novel, 'The Garden of Lost Girls'.

00:00 Life, Parenting, Quality Waffle
03:35 New Books For Kids and Teens
11:09 Books about Families 2.0
39:25 What's on For Megan and Allison

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Beverley McWilliams reads from her new middle-grade novel ‘Bandoola: Inspired by the true story of a remarkable elephant’. 

00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters
01:51 Beverley McWilliams reads 'Bandoola'

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Allison chats with award-winning, bestselling author Kate Foster about writing ‘A River I Must Be’, why representation matters and why her busy author life is not for everyone. 

00:00 Life, Parenting, Quality Waffle
04:19 New Books For Kids and Teens
15:05 10 minutes with Kate Foster
39:10 What's on For Megan and Allison

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Ashleigh Barton reads from 'Eighty-Nine Questions For After', her wise, thoughtful middle-grade novel about finding answers to life's big questions. 

00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters
02:36 Ashleigh Barton reads 'Eighty-Nine Questions for After'

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Allison and Megan explore books for sporty kids, from books about sport to books that feature sport to books with enough pace and ‘space’ to appeal to kids who’d rather ‘run than read’.

00:00 Life, Parenting, Quality Waffle
03:41 New Books For Kids and Teens
13:49 Books for sporty kids
32:44 What's on For Megan and Allison

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John Stanton reads from ‘The Adventures of Squidape’, his debut middle-grade mystery. 

00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters
01:55 John Stanton reads 'The Adventures of Squidape'

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Allison chats with award-winning author Samantha Wheeler about her latest middle-grade novel ‘The Lost Island’, survival stories and connecting adventure and nature in stories kids love. 

00:00 Life, Parenting, Quality Waffle
05:43 New Books For Kids and Teens
17:51 10 minutes with Samantha Wheeler
42:47 What's on For Megan and Allison

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Lucie Stevens reads from 'Nanny Tobbins and the Midnight Plan', book #2 in her funny middle-grade fantasy series.

00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters
02:14 Lucie Stevens reads ‘Nanny Tobbins and the Midnight Plan’

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Allison and Megan dive into one of the big book questions of our time. Using their perspectives as, respectively, parents, authors, advocates, educator, and journalist to look at why Book Week exists, the role it plays in school and family life, and why it's actually not about the costumes.

00:00 Life, Parenting, Quality Waffle
05:43 New Books For Kids and Teens
16:10 Why do we have to do Book Week?
34:15 Quick Tip: Raising Readers
25:10 What's on For Megan and Allison

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Rebecca Ahola reads from her debut middle-grade fantasy novel ‘Miles Thorne and The Forbidden Magic’.

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01:31 Rebecca Ahola reads ‘Miles Thorne and The Forbidden Magic’

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