Join us talking with Cath Howe about the latest book in her Call the Puffins series, Tiny and the Cave Ghost (illustrated by Ella Okstad). We talk about the importance of early reading books and wonder whether there is a big meeting of authors where they decide which animals they are going to write about (you never know...)! We also go down memory lane with the Tufty Club and it all gets a bit silly...

Cath's other books include:

In the Call the Puffins series (all illustrated by Ella Okstad):

Call the Puffins

Tiny's Brave Rescue

Muffin and the Shipwreck

Her middle grade books:

Ella on the Outside

Not My Fault

How to be Me

My Life on Fire

The Insiders

Cath's website is here with resources to go with her books and information about school workshops.

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In this episode we talk with Teresa Cremin, the  co-director of the Open University's Literacy and Social Justice Center, about what the research says about children's reading for pleasure and about the work the OU is doing to support teachers develop reading for pleasure cultures in their schools.

You can find out more about the OU Reading for Pleasure activities here.

Some recent books by Teresa Cremin include:

Reading Teachers: Nurturing Reading for Pleasure, ed. Teresa Cremin, Helen Hendry, Lucy Rodriguez Leon and Natalia Kucirkova

Reading for Pleasure: International Perspectives, ed. Teresa Cremin and Sarah McGeown

Teaching English Creatively, by Teresa Cremin

Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age: Mapping Reader Engagement by Natalia Kucirkova and Teresa Cremin

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Listen to Lisa Thompson talk about her new book, The Boy in the Tree (illustrated by Katie Kear), and also her many other books including the forthcoming follow up to The Goldfish Boy - The Skeleton Puzzle (out in September.)

Information about all Lisa's books and also extra resources can be found at www.lisathompsonauthor.com

Links to the books we talked about

The Goldfish Boy

Owen and the Soldier

The Treasure Hunters

Sidney and Carrie Have a Party

Worry Boots

The Boy in the Tree

The Magpie Riddle

The Skeleton Puzzle

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