In this episode of the Your Kid’s Next Read Friday First Chapters series:
Amelia Mellor reads ‘The Guinea Fowl Mystery (Your Next Read Gold)’
Amelia Mellor reads from ‘The Guinea Fowl Mystery’, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, one of four launch titles in the Your Next Read Gold series for readers 7+
About Amelia Mellor
Amelia Mellor is an author, teacher and nature nerd. She is the creator of The Grandest Bookshop in the World, The Bookseller’s Apprentice and The Lost Book of Magic, a multi-award-winning historical fantasy trilogy based in Melbourne where she lives. She holds degrees from Monash University and The University of Melbourne.
Amelia is writing a new Ocean-based adventure series called Oceanforged and has already published Oceanforged 1: The Wicked Ship, Oceanforged 2: The Silent Island and Oceanforged 3: The Sinking Ruins.
When she’s not writing or researching, she’s usually tending her collection of tropical fish or attempting a wildly ambitious craft project.
The Guinea Fowl Mystery (Your Next Read Gold) is Amelia’s first junior fiction novel.
About Jess Racklyeft
Jess Racklyeft is an author and illustrator based in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
From her home studio, Jess creates original paintings and prints for greeting card companies and various clients. But her favourite work of all is producing children’s books!
Jess has authored and illustrated several picture books and board books and has won several awards, including a CBCA Award.
Hear our interview with Jess Racklyeft here
About ‘The Guinea Fowl Mystery’
Do you like MYSTERY, FAMILY and ANIMALS?
Then this book is YOUR NEXT READ.
Hazel and Ava love all the animals on their family’s farm … until the guinea fowl arrive. They’re noisy, messy and always causing trouble. Then one day, they disappear! Can Hazel and Ava solve the guinea fowl mystery?
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FIND A LIST OF ALL OUR FRIDAY FIRST CHAPTERS EPISODES HERE.
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The Garden of Lost Girls by A. L. Tait
The Last Word by A. L. Tait
Danger Road by A. L. Tait
Willow Bright’s Secret Plot by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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