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

Barry Jonsberg reads from his new middle-grade novel ‘Nerds vs Aliens’.
00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters
01:55 Barry Jonsberg reads ‘Nerds vs Aliens’.
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When times are troubled, books can offer a comfortable place to escape – but what exactly is a ‘comfort read’, where do they fit in a kid’s reading journey, and how can you tell when ‘comfortable’ has become a rut?
00:00 Quality Waffle
03:12 Book Mail for This Week
14:00 Can reading be too ‘comfortable’?
12:45 What Else is Happening This Week
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An extract from the audiobook edition of ‘Fur Power!’, the first book in the new Guinea Wigs junior fiction series, written by Rebecca McRitchie, illustrated Shiloh Gordon.
00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters
01:52 Rebecca McRitchie reads ‘Guinea Wigs: Fur Power!’
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Allison chats to author Rebecca McRitchie about her new junior fiction series ‘Guinea Wigs’, keeping the two halves of her professional life separate, and surprising places to stumble upon ideas.
00:00 Quality Waffle
06:10 Book Mail for This Week
20:23 10 minutes with Rebecca McRitchie
30:00 What Else is Happening This Week
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Rhiannon Williams reads the first chapter of 'The Dragon Snare', the first book in her new middle-grade fantasy series.
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