In episode 187 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
YKNR Fave Reads 2024
In our last regular episode of 2024, Allison and Megan are joined by Allison Rushby, the third member of Team YKNR, for a candle-lit, round-table chat about our favourite books published in 2024. From picture books to YA fiction and everything in between, it’s an eclectic list, full of gems.
Books we mention
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Team YKNR’s Favourite Reads 2024
Picture books
‘Kittens do not Care for Baths’ by Ali Rutstein. Illustrated by Niña Nill
‘How We Share Cake’ by Kim Hyo-eun. Translation by Deborah Smith
‘The Beehive’ by Megan Daley and Max Hamilton (illus)
‘Cheese!’ by Felice Arena and Beatrice Cerocchi (illus)
‘Gymnastica Fantastica’ by Briony Stewart (Nov, 2023)
‘South with The Seabirds‘ by Jess McGeachin (episode 174)
‘Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants‘ by Tania McCartney (episode 175)
‘What Stars Are For’ by Margeaux Davis (episode 155)
‘Good Hair‘ by Yvonne Sewankambo and Freda Chiu (episode 158)
Junior fiction
‘Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat’ by Li Chen
‘Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra’ by Cassy Polimeni, illustrated by Hykie Breeze
‘Showerland 3: Walk the Plank’ by Nat Amoore, illustrated by James Hart
‘Sharkman and Blowfish: World Domination’ by David Woodland
‘Kimberley Kickers: Jy Goes for Gold’ by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler with Jy Farrar, illustrated by Samantha Campbell (episode 174)
‘Bravepaw and the Heartsone of Alluria’ by L. M. Wilkinson, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu (episode 171)
PD McPem’s Agency For Mysterious Mysteries (series) by Anna Battese, illustrated by Ruth-Mary Smith (interview episode 159)
Middle Grade
‘Laughter is the Best Ending’ by Maryam Master, Illustrated by Astrid Hicks
‘To and Fro’ by Anton Clifford-Motopi
‘11 Ruby Road:1925’ by Charlotte Barkla
‘The Midwatch’ by Judith Rossell
‘Lottie Brooks’ (series) by Katie Kirby
History Hunter (series) by Mark Greenwood (interview episode 166)
‘Leo and Ralph’ by Peter Carnavas
‘Father Of The Lost Boys’ (young readers edition) by Yuot A. Alaak (interview episode 162)
Young Adult
‘My Family and Other Suspects’ by Kate Emery
‘Don’t Let the Forest In’ by C.G. Drews
‘The Invocations’ by Krystal Sutherland
‘The Skin I’m In’ by Steph Tisdell
‘White Noise’ by Raelke Grimmer
‘Borderland’ by Graham Akhurst
‘Where the Heart Should Be’ by Sarah Crossan
‘Those Girls‘ by Pamela Rushby
‘The Unexpected Mess Of It All’ by Gabrielle Tozer (Megan’s newsletter review)
‘Medici Heist’ by Caitlin Schneiderhan (episode 174)
Fave episodes 2024
Episode 158, Short middle grade novels
Episode 172, Real Talk about Literacy and Literature
Episode 156, Graphic Novels 2.0
Episode 154, All About Verse Novels
YKNR community fave reads lists
Each year, we ask the YKNR Facebook group to share their young readers’ favourite reads of the previous 12 months.
As is the case each year, some of these books were published in 2024, some were not. There are always new books that bubble to the top straight away, and there are always older books that rediscovered by a new group of readers every year.
Your Kid’s Next Read Favourites 2024: Picture Books
Your Kid’s Next Read Favourites 2024: Chapter Books
Your Kid’s Next Read Favourites 2024: Junior Fiction
Your Kid’s Next Read Favourites 2024: Middle Grade
Your Kid’s Next Read Favourites 2024: YA
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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Meet Allison Rushby, the third member of #teamyknr. Find out about Allison and her books here.
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