Fun Kids Book Worms

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 22m. Bisher sind 141 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint jede zweite Woche.

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episode 185: Eoin Colfer, The Snow Girl, Beano's latest Boomic & Everything Under The Sun


Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! To kick things off Bex got chatting to Craig Graham, Mike Sterling and Laura Graham from Beano all about their Boomic series and which character the latest installment is focusing on?

To get you all in the festive mood we're now joined by Indie Book Award winning author Sophie Anderson about her brand new book The Snow Girl, an enchanting story about facing fears and knowing when to let go...


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 December 13, 2023  45m
 
 

episode 184: The Frost Fair, A Magical Dress & Michael Rosen's Big Dreaming


Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! To kick things off Bex got chatting to Natasha Hasting all about her brand new book The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair! The perfect book to welcome the Christmas season in.

We've got another magical story for you! Robert Tregoning's The Dress in the Window is a tale of a boy who falls in love with a second-hand dress, and it's sure to steal your heart...


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 November 29, 2023  20m
 
 

episode 183: The Beast & the Bethany's Latest Instalment, a 19th Century Fantasyland & an Amazing Spook Anthology????????


Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! To kick things off Bex got chatting to Jack Meggitt-Phillips about The Beast & the Bethany: Child of the Beast in the latest instalment in his beastly series.

Peter Bunzl is back too, talking about his new book Glassborn! Set in a 19th century fantasyland where he explains what magical adventures the Belle siblings get up to in it...


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 November 15, 2023  20m
 
 

episode 182: FOOTBALL FANS, keepy-uppy with these amazing books! ⚽


Welcome to a super sporty episode of Book Worms! To kick things off Bex got chatting to Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton all about their new book, The Football Encyclopedia! This book has all the football info a football superfan needs. Alex and Ben are here to tell us about their love for football and how they co-wrote this amazing book...


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 November 1, 2023  28m
 
 

episode 181: Bex gets SPOOOOKY with Carrie Hope Fletcher! ????


Welcome to the scariest, most spine-tingling episode of Book Worms this year! Carrie Hope Fletcher came by the Fun Kids studio to chat all about her new spooky book, The Double Trouble Society and the Worst Curse! We'll find out what Carrie loves about Halloween, what special monster abilities she wants to have, and some behind-the-scenes chat about this new story...


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 October 18, 2023  12m
 
 

episode 180: A sea-faring mystery, a polar bear, and words of inspiration!


AM Howell is here to chat to Bex all about her new book Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic! Ann-Marie has provided all kinds of historic references to cruise ships in the 1930s. It's a must-read for those looking for an epic mystery to get stuck into! 

Hannah Gold is here too with an introduction to her new book, Finding Bear! This is the sequel to The Last Bear, a story about a girl and her friendship with a polar bear stranded on a melting ice cap...


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 October 4, 2023  21m
 
 

episode 179: Dermot O'Leary talks Wings of Glory! ????️


Bex is the reigning Queen of books, and she's been getting stuck in some AMAZING new stories! We've got a jam-packed episode for you, so let's get started!

Dermot O'Leary is here to chat about Wings of Glory! What inspired Dermot to write about the Second World War, and what is it about animals that he loves writing? History lovers and animal lovers, this one is for you...


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 September 20, 2023  27m
 
 

episode 178: An ACCIDENTAL art heist and an UNLIKELY superhero!


Today, we at Book Worms are celebrating National Read A Book Day! Every year on the 6th September people across the nation are encouraged to read a book! That's no challenge for Bex, but it's great to get everyone involved. Let us know what books you've been reading on the Fun Kids website! 

Judith Eagle visited the Fun Kids studios to chat to Bex all about Stolen Songbird...


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 September 6, 2023  20m
 
 

episode 177: Travel to the past in Sweet Skies and meet robots in Worrybot!


We've got a mix of genres on the show today. First, Robin Scott-Elliott reveals why he wanted to write a story about a young boy in 1948 Berlin who wants to be a pliot...


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 August 23, 2023  17m
 
 

episode 176: Robot Librarians ATTACK in Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson's new tale!!!


It's not often you see two authors for one book, and even rarer for them to be writing two separate stories! Bex caught up with author duo Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson to chat all about their new book, Attack of the Robot Librarians! What was it like for Jenny to write one protagonist and Sam to write the other? It turns out, they hated it! Or are they just kidding? Listen to find out! 

We've also got Jamie Littler on the show to tell us all about Arkspire! Part of a brand new...


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 August 9, 2023  15m