In episode 219 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
10 minutes with Kim Rackham
Allison chats to debut author Kim Rackham about her delightful junior fiction verse novel ‘Hannah Backwards’. Plus Megan has two strong book recommendations – one for YA readers and one early learning educators.
Books we mention
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Bookmail and TBR pile
‘The Phoenix Five’ by Sandi & Christopher Phoenix & Monica Millgate. Illustrated by Katherine Appleby
‘Ngurra Home’ by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler. Illustrated by Dub Leffler
‘Harper Wells: Renegade Timeline Officer’ by Bethany Loveridge
‘Pablo and Splash: Roman Holiday’ by Sheena Dempsey
10 minutes with Kim Rackham
About Kim Rackham
Kim Rackham spent many years working as an early childhood teacher and believes that language and stories and books prepare us for our world and help us through the trickiest of times.
‘Hannah Backwards’, her debut junior verse novel, illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith, is out now.
About ‘Hannah Backwards’
Hannah loves the familiar rhythm of her days—walking to school with her best friend Izzi, spending afternoons with Nana and Pop, and cosy weekends with her parents. When Nana gives her a special worry stone to bring calm in uncertain moments, Hannah tucks it safely in her pocket.
But change is coming. First, her beloved teacher Mr. Spicer leaves. Then, the unthinkable—Izzi is moving away.
As Hannah struggles with the idea of goodbye, her worry stone is always in her hand, but it can’t stop the storm of emotions building inside her. A moment of anger threatens to shatter everything they’ve shared, and Hannah is left to find a way to make things right. With courage, kindness, and the quiet strength of her worry stone, Hannah learns that endings are also beginnings—and that friendships, like the smoothest of stones, can be carried with us wherever we go.
Kim’s Recommendations
‘The Only Branch On The Family Tree’ by Sherryl Clark
‘Jo and the No’ by Kyle Mewburn, and Judy Watson
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 Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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