10 Minute Book Club: Kids’ Book Discoveries

O’Brien, writer of A Limerick Fairytale (O’Brien Press) and Solo (Little Island Books), was called a Bookshop Hero by The Bookseller in 2022. She said: “Lucas and I are really passionate concerning making sure that youngsters discover books that they connect with and love despite what the grownups in their lives believe they ought to read.”

Authors Advocate for Children’s Literature

Author Dave Rudden claimed “it’s never ever been more vital to have skilled advice and assistance on what books children will certainly love, specifically if you’re new to the ever-changing world of youngsters’s publications” and defined the podcast as “ideal listening for instructors, moms and dads and any individual that just enjoys an excellent read”.

The Need for Book Guidance

In 2023, writer SF Said ran a campaign called #CoverKidsBooks, “which located that youngsters’s books got simply 3% of national newspaper publication testimonial space, regardless of audit for over 30% of the British publication market”.

Maxwell, that is a college librarian and the writer of Let’s Roll: A Guide to Establishing Tabletop Role-Playing Games in your College or Public Library (Element Publishing), claimed: “With over 25 years of mixed experience, we are committed to putting the best books right into the right-hand men. This is a podcast that will obtain you started on a brand-new literary journey and we wish you can join us.”

“As children’s book authors ourselves, we’re passionate concerning assisting children discover guides that will shape them and stick with them for the rest of their lives. And we’re doing it quickly, since that’s at all times we’ve obtained.”

Mission of the 10 Minute Book Club

They say they began the podcast as “there are many incredible youngsters’s and YA books out there that deserve much more focus than they are getting in the media. The 10 Minute Publication Club will certainly highlight these books in other words, digestible episodes”.