The Lucky Shack - Apsara Baldovino

It's our final episode for the year!

What a wonderful year 2023 has been for Booky & the team. This episode is our first International recording! Vikki and Renata talk kids books, libraries, Christmas, Lego and shot putters.

We have plenty of new episodes coming in 2024, but for now we hope you have a great holiday period!

PICTURE BOOK: POPPY, THE QUEEN & THE SEAT
AUTHOR:              Vikki Marmaras
ILLUSTRATOR:  Caterina Metti
PUBLISHER:        Red Paper Kite Publishing

PICTURE BOOK: I SPY TREASURE
AUTHOR:              Vikki Marmaras
ILLUSTRATOR:  Binny Talib
PUBLISHER:        Frontier Publishing

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It's time for the school holidays, and we don't want you listeners to miss your chance at attending awesome kid's book events! We focus on events at kid's book shops in brisbane, but we'll be sharing the names of kid's bookshops all over Australia, so that you can find the one closest to you and go experience their magic! So many cool experiences await you all.

Lauren Hackney is back after her visit on the first episode of season 2, but she's turned the tables on Renata, and this time Lauren is the one asking silly questions! They talk kids books, fairies, an octopus and a cow who are friends, and the end will leave you hopping for more! 

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It's season 2, episode 2, so how about we celebrate 2 picture books!!

It's too good. Renata and Zewlan talk kids books, diversity, empathy, dancing, dinosaurs & mangoes!

NOTHING ALIKE
AUTHOR:               Zewlan Moor
ILLUSTRATOR:   Peter Cheong
PUBLISHER:         Hardie Grant Children's Publishing 

 THE BILL DUP 
AUTHOR:              Zewlan Moor
ILLUSTRATOR:  Simon O'Carrigan
PUBLISHER:        Windy Hollow Books 

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 We're back for a second season!

Lauren and Renata talk kids books, lollies, the power of story, witches,  pyjamas, & leprechauns.

THE LOLLY SHOP
AUTHORS: Lauren, Baxter & Ethan Hackney
ILLUSTRATORS: Baxter & Ethan Hackney

It's endless fun!

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It's time for a middle grade fiction edition of The Endless Shelf!

Renata and Emma talk kids books, fantasy, an awesome kids writing competition, frogs, and chocolatey treasure.

RAINE IN THE UNDERLANDS - THE LOREKEEPER SERIES: BOOK ONE
AUTHOR: E.M. Greville
COVER ILLUSTRATOR: Kit Cronk
PUBLISHER: Lightning Source Inc

It's Endless Fun!

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We're back and straight into another awesome episode!

Renata and Sharon talk kid's books, teaching, and whether they've ever tried fire eating. This episode focuses on just one of Sharon's fantastic picture books, but we recommend you check out all of her titles!

LET'S GO SHOPPING, GRANDMA
AUTHOR:                  Sharon Giltrow
ILLUSTRATOR:      Dhwani Gosalia
PUBLISHER:            Dixi Books

It's endless fun!

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This week we add some beautiful serenity to the shelf, with picture book The Lucky Shack by Apsara Baldovino. This story brings life and beautiful meaning to a little place through beautiful art work in words and illustrations.

Renata and Apsara talk gratitude, creativity, tutus and symbiotic pockets.

It's endless fun!

THE LUCKY SHACK (Picture Book)
Author:           Apsara Baldovino
Illustrator:    Jennifer Faulkner
Publisher:     Harper Collins Australia

The ending is unbearable....it will build your need to read this picture book. You'll be growling for more!

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Alison McLennan is a many times published kid's book author. She's got titles such as Growing Pains, Great and Small, Hotel for Bees, and Birdie Lights up the World. But guess what? She has a new book coming out, and we got to chat about it!

Renata and Ally talk kid's books, cartwheels, and woolly giraffes.

Calamity Jones: A Flamingo for Christmas
AUTHOR:          Alison McLennan
PUBLISHER:    Five Mile Press

I'm dog-tired of all these endings being interrupted...

It's Endless fun.

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Renata and Booky welcome Gabby Bassett to join them for a chat about kids books, inclusion, fairy lights and pizza!

The ending really pops...with non-stop surprises all over the place.

JACK'S BEST DAY EVER (Picture Book)
AUTHOR:                   Gabrielle Bassett
ILLUSTRATOR:       Annabelle Hale
PUBLISHER:             Woodslane Press

It's endless fun!

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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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