In episode 164 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
10 minutes with Belinda Murrell
Allison interviews popular children’s author Belinda Murrell about her new junior fiction series THE DAREDEVIL PRINCESS, her long career and writing in a changing world. Plus, details of our exciting special event
Books we mention
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Bookmail and TBR pile
‘Hooray, Hooray It’s Library Day’ by Julie Anne Grasso. Illustrated by Heath McKenzie
‘Ratbags: Dummy Spit’ by Tim Harris. Illustrated by Shiloh Gordon
‘My Brother, Finch’ by Kate Gordon
Marion and The FortyThievesby Sarah Luke (illustrations by Martina Heiduczek)
Ash Barty Tennis Camp Diaries: Doubles Disaster by Ash Barty, Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin
10 minutes with Belinda Murrell
Belinda Murrell is the award winning, internationally published author of more than 20 books for children, including the Pippa’s Island series, The Lost Sapphire (and six other popular timeslip novels), fantasy novels The Golden Tower and The Silver Sea, and the Lulu Bell junior fiction series.
Her new junior fiction series The Daredevil Princess is out now, and illustrated by Rebecca Crane.
Find out more about Belinda Murrell.
About The Daredevil Princess series
A royally fun junior fiction series filled with magic, adventure and daring . . . and a very sassy unicorn.
Princess Tillie is brave and bold, clever and curious, daring and very determined.
Which is just as well because there is trouble in the Queendom of Blumenfeld. A sneaky thief has been stealing the royal roses. The Summer Harvest Festival will be a disaster!
Princess Tillie sets out to trap the thief and solve the mystery, with the help of King Edwin’s latest invention. But a sassy, golden unicorn called Honey Blossom turns everything upside down.
Can Princess Tillie and Honey Blossom save the day?
Find out about the four books in The Daredevil Princess series here.
Belinda’s recommendation
Showerland (series) by Nat Amoore
The Book of Wondrous Possibilities by Deborah Abela
Ella at Eden by Laura Sieveking
Quick tips
Don’t miss our special Raising Wild Readers Event, live on Zoom!
Megan Daley in conversation with Sally Rippin, the 2024/25 Australian Children’s Laureate, for an in-depth discussion about:
- the role of the Australian Children’s Laureate,
- improving literacy outcomes in Australia,
- the so-called ‘Reading Wars’ and
- how to foster a love of literature in young readers of all types
The Australian Children’s Laureate is an initiative developed by the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF).
All details and tickets here (note, you must register to receive the Zoom link on the day).
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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