In episode 151 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
10 minutes with Kate and Jol Temple
Allison interviews dynamic writing duo Kate and Jol Temple about their brand-new junior graphic novel series FROG SQUAD, as well as writing together, great school talks and more. Plus, Megan has new audio book tips.
Books we mention
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Bookmail and TBR pile
‘The Endfixer’ by Noemi Vola. Translated by Rosa Churcher Clarke
‘Mayarda (Pelicans)’ by Patricia Cox. Illustrated by Delphine Shandley.
‘Kurrartuwarnti (Brolgas)’ by June Nixon
‘Manyi Ngany-jaali (Bush Tomatoes)’ by Delphine Shandley
Finding Bear by Hannah Gold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold
10 minutes with Kate and Jol Temple
Together Kate and Jol Temple have written over 30 books for kids from the best selling Bin Chicken series to junior fiction series The Underdogs, and the newly CBCA shortlisted picture book ‘That Bird Has Arms’.
Kate has also written two middle-grade novels about Time Keeper Trilby Moffat.
They are definitely back together for their brand-new junior graphic novel series Frog Squad, and we had a chat about the first book, Dessert Disaster.
Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster by Kate and Jol Temple, illustrated by Shiloh Gordon
Step into a top-secret world where frogs don’t just eat flies, they eat danger! This is FROG SQUAD!
Frog Squad comes to the rescue of a mega tanker in distress — and it’s full of ice-cream! Will these brave rescue frogs be fast enough to stop Professor Cain and The Organisation of Amphibious Devious Scoundrels (TOADS) from controlling the global supply of ice-cream?
Streaming now on Frogflix!
Kate and Jol’s book recommendations
The Worst Week Ever (series) by Eva Amores and Matt Cosgrove
David Conley ‘That Book’ graphic novel series:
That Book About Egyptian Mythology
That Book About Norse Mythology
That Activity Book About Greek Mythology
Our books
The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee 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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