In episode 002 of Your Kid’s Next Read podcast: 

Books for 7 year olds

Books for 7-year-old readers are in hot demand – find out why, and why 14-year-old boys are so hard to engage.  Quick tips to help young writers to edit their stories, and ways to develop your kid’s visual literacy. Plus, why we love Wendy Orr and Megan’s favourite new picture book. 

Books we mention

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Bookmail and TBR pile

‘Cuckoo’s Flight’ by Wendy Orr

‘Nim’s Island’ (series) by Wendy Orr

‘Dragonfly Song’ by Wendy Orr

‘Swallow’s Dance’ by Wendy Orr

‘Off The Map’ by Scot Gardner

‘Changing Gear’ by Scot Gardner

‘The Road to Winter’ by Mark Smith

‘Fish Kid’ (series) by Kylie Howarth

‘Billie and the Blue Bike’ by Ambelin Kwaymullina

‘My Place’ by Sally Morgan (for younger readers)

Books for seven year olds

‘Monty’s Island’ (series) by Emily Rodda 

‘Naughty Dragons’ (series) by Natalie Jane Prior

‘Sherlock Bones’ (series) by Renee Treml

‘What Zola Did’ (series) by Melina Marchetta 

‘Nature Storybooks’ (series) by Walker Books 

‘Explore Your World’ (series) by Tim Flannery 

‘The Secrets of Magnolia Moon’ by Edwina Wyatt 

‘Violet Mackerel’ (series) by Anna Branford 

‘Aussie Kids’ (series) by various authors

‘The Besties’ (series) by Felice Arena 

‘Tiggy and the Magic Paintbrush’ (series) by Zanni Louise 

‘The Adventures of Anders’ by Gregory Mackay

Your Next Read (Silver) series

Historical fiction

‘The Turnkey’ by Allison Rushby

‘Tarin of the Mammoths’ (series) by Jo Sandhu

‘Sweet Adversity’ by Sheryl Gwyther

‘The Skylarks’ War’ by Hilary McKay

‘Once’ (‘The Felix & Zelda series) by Morris Gleitzman

‘52 Mondays’ by Anna Ciddor

Book lists

YKNR Best Books for 5-7 Years on Children’s Books Daily

Reading Diverse Time Periods by Allison Rushby for Children’s Books Daily

20 Novels for Tweens who like History on BabyMac

Kids and editing 

Creative Writing Quest for Kids by Allison Tait for the Writers Centre 

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

Willow Bright’s Secret Plot by A. L. Tait

Danger Road by A. L. Tait

The Last Word 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.