The Endless Shelf
A silly kid-focused bookish podcast!
Episodes
You know the shelf always has space for more books, and it's time for another great picture book to join the greats on our list. This week's guest is Jess Galatola, sharing her debut picture book and some exciting news on an upcoming project!
Renata and Jess talk kid's books, teaching drama, how to talk about hard things with kids, planets, toe strength, flowers, flours, and fish and chip flavoured fairy fl...
We're back with more great Aussie kid's books to add to our shelf and yours!
Eileen O'Hely has many kid's book series out in the world, and today we celebrate her latest addition to her published works: picture book Aisling & Amelia! Eileen and Renata talk kid's books, astronomy, dance, visiting wizards, languages, canoes & secrets of the insect world.
It's endless fun!
It's our final episode for the year!
What a wonderful year 2023 has been for Booky & the team. This episode is our first International recording! Vikki and Renata talk kids books, libraries, Christmas, Lego and shot putters.
We have plenty of new episodes coming in 2024, but for now we hope you have a great holiday period!
PICTURE BOOK: POPPY, THE QUEEN & THE SEAT
AUTHOR: Vik...
It's time for the school holidays, and we don't want you listeners to miss your chance at attending awesome kid's book events! We focus on events at kid's book shops in brisbane, but we'll be sharing the names of kid's bookshops all over Australia, so that you can find the one closest to you and go experience their magic! So many cool experiences await you all.
Lauren Hackney is back after her...
It's season 2, episode 2, so how about we celebrate 2 picture books!!
It's too good. Renata and Zewlan talk kids books, diversity, empathy, dancing, dinosaurs & mangoes!
NOTHING ALIKE
AUTHOR: Zewlan Moor
ILLUSTRATOR: Peter Cheong
PUBLISHER: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
THE BILL DUP
AUTHOR: Zewlan Moor
ILLUSTRATOR: Simon ...
We're back for a second season!
Lauren and Renata talk kids books, lollies, the power of story, witches, pyjamas, & leprechauns.
THE LOLLY SHOP
AUTHORS: Lauren, Baxter & Ethan Hackney
ILLUSTRATORS: Baxter & Ethan Hackney
It's endless fun!
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It's time for a middle grade fiction edition of The Endless Shelf!
Renata and Emma talk kids books, fantasy, an awesome kids writing competition, frogs, and chocolatey treasure.
RAINE IN THE UNDERLANDS - THE LOREKEEPER SERIES: BOOK ONE
AUTHOR: E.M. Greville
COVER ILLUSTRATOR: Kit Cronk
PUBLISHER: Lightning Source Inc
It's Endless Fun!
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We're back and straight into another awesome episode!
Renata and Sharon talk kid's books, teaching, and whether they've ever tried fire eating. This episode focuses on just one of Sharon's fantastic picture books, but we recommend you check out all of her titles!
LET'S GO SHOPPING, GRANDMA
AUTHOR: Sharon Giltrow
ILLUSTRATOR: Dhwani Gosalia
PUBLISHER: ...
This week we add some beautiful serenity to the shelf, with picture book The Lucky Shack by Apsara Baldovino. This story brings life and beautiful meaning to a little place through beautiful art work in words and illustrations.
Renata and Apsara talk gratitude, creativity, tutus and symbiotic pockets.
It's endless fun!
THE LUCKY SHACK (Picture Book)
Author: Apsara Baldovino
Illustr...
Alison McLennan is a many times published kid's book author. She's got titles such as Growing Pains, Great and Small, Hotel for Bees, and Birdie Lights up the World. But guess what? She has a new book coming out, and we got to chat about it!
Renata and Ally talk kid's books, cartwheels, and woolly giraffes.
Calamity Jones: A Flamingo for Christmas
AUTHOR: Alison McLennan
PUBLISHER: ...
Renata and Booky welcome Gabby Bassett to join them for a chat about kids books, inclusion, fairy lights and pizza!
The ending really pops...with non-stop surprises all over the place.
JACK'S BEST DAY EVER (Picture Book)
AUTHOR: Gabrielle Bassett
ILLUSTRATOR: Annabelle Hale
PUBLISHER: Woodslane Press
It's endless fun!
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Episode five celebrates another magnificent picture book - Easy Peasy by Ky Garvey! Ky is also the host of Totally Lit, a great Australian bookish podcast. If you haven't listened to it yet, we highly recommend you add it to your queue.
Ky and Renata talk kid's books, family, and if turtles would show up on time to a party.
Easy Peasy (picture book)
Author: Ky Garvey
Illustrator: ...
Bethany Loveridge is a kidlit community member, and creator of LoveOZMG
As an expert on Australian middle grade it was only right that she bring us a middle grade book she LOVES - Jack Henseleit's The Vampire Knife from his Witching Hours series!
Renata and Betty talk kidlit, spooky middle grade and if Betty's ever said hello to a wobbegong.
The Witching Hours
Book One: The Vampire Knife
This week's episode is a different sort! And we don't mean we're polishing the vegetables.
Renata chats with Karen about kids books, mental health, and Karen and her husband Steve put on a radio style pantomime of Andy & Ghost Boy! It's a pantomime special!
Steve is a kid's book writer just like Karen! It's a two for one deal.
Andy & Ghost Boy (junior fiction)
Au...
It's our first kid reader episode!
Squinky brings us the glorious picture book Piano Fingers by Caroline Magerl!
But first she talks about school, her WEIRD family, and what animal is the noodle of the sea.
Book: Piano Fingers (picture book)
Author & Illustrator: Caroline Magerl
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
It's finally time for the first episode!
Renata and Rory discuss the magic of kid's books and how many toes he's got.
Then they chat about his new picture book, Book Week Bear!
Book Week Bear (picture book)
Author: Rory H. Mather
Illustrator: Ruth-Mary Smith
Publisher: Scholastic
Absolutely nothing strange happens at the end of this episode....
In just two weeks episodes will start dropping weekly!
Listen on your ride to school each Monday from the 21st of August.
Three guests make an anonymous appearance in this sneak preview, who could they be?
And wait until you hear the rest of their episodes!
It's never ending fun.
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A kidlit podcast!
First episode will hit the airwaves on 21st August 2023.
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