• Fun Kids Book Worms

  • By: Fun Kids
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Fun Kids Book Worms

By: Fun Kids
  • Summary

  • Join Bex from the children's radio station Fun Kids as she meets top authors who tell her about their books and also read us chapters from them.

    Plus, Bex and friends recommend their favourite kids books of the month.

    You can listen to Bex on Fun Kids (weekdays from 4pm) on DAB Digital Radio across the UK, on the free Fun Kids app, and online at funkidslive.com

    Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

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Episodes
  • DAVID BADDIEL, DONNCHA O'CALLAGHAN & KATE MCKINNON: Small Fry, Disaster Dad: Chicken Chaos & The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
    Nov 13 2024

    Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms!

    To kick things off Bex chatted to David Baddiel about his new book Small Fry where we meet Burger Supremo Benny where he must find a way to defeat fast food giant Bonkers Burgers who want to destroy any competition by any means necessary

    Bex also speaks to Irish rugby legend Donncha O'Callaghan to chat all about Disaster Dad: Chicken Chaos where Mum is going to America to visit family for a week and has left a very clear master plan for Dad, Finn and Emma to follow. But when the plan is destroyed, Dad goes rogue and starts organising a birthday surprise!

    And to round off the episode Bex chats to Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon about The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science a madcap new adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist where the girls must learn to embrace what has always made them stand out – before it’s too late!

    That's all on this week's episode of Fun Kids Book Worms

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    25 mins
  • LUCY STRANGE, PAM SMY & KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE: The Ghosts of the Manor & In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen
    Oct 30 2024

    Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms!

    To kick things off Bex chatted to Lucy Strange and Pam Smy all about The Ghosts of the Manor, the first from their Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries series where Matilda Lockett discovers she can really see ghosts and when they goes to Beauchamp Manor her and her new friend Edgar, who shares her love of supernatural snooping, they set about unravelling the case of The Ghosts of the Manor

    Bex also speaks to Kiran Millwood Hargrave about her new book In The Shadow of the Wolf Queen where Ysolda has lived her life in her safe forest haven until one day when a mysterious earthquake shakes the land and her older sister Hari vanishes in its wake.

    That's all on this week's episode of Fun Kids Book Worms

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    16 mins
  • LISA WILLIAMSON, ANNA JAMES & LIZ PICHON: Bigg School Secret Crush, Chronicles of Wetherwhy & Ha Ha Hilarious
    Oct 16 2024

    Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms!

    To kick things off Bex chatted to Lisa Williamson to chat about the latest installment in her Bigg School series all about different children starting the Henry Bigg Academy and going through the trials and tribulations of starting year 7 and secondary school. This latest addition is about a secret crush and about staying true to yourself.

    Bex also speaks to Anna James chatting all about the Chronicles of Wetherwhy where everyone has magic inside them. But a rare few are Enchanters: people born with magic in their bones, who can wield all four seasons of magic. When Juniper discovers she is an Enchanter, she is invited to study at Thistledown Academy. Unwilling to be left behind, her twin brother, Rafferty, follows her to the capital city of Stormgrove and takes up an apprenticeship at a bookbindery.

    And to complete this episode Bex spoke to Liz Pichon all about the latest book in her Tom Gates series - It's brand new comic to make everyone laugh. But when Tom's comic falls into the wrong hands, everything starts to go wrong. How will he get himself out of this MESS? How will he make everyone laugh again?

    That's all on this week's episode of Fun Kids Book Worms

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    26 mins

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