Tremendous Tales with Liz Pichon

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Chaaya shares some tremendous tales from her childhood, tremendous fails (ants in her laptop) and her inspiration for her books.

Snack Chat: Popcorn/ Nurukku

Tremendous Book: Sun Bread by Elisa Klevin

Shameless Plug: Anni Dreams of Byriani by Namita Moolani Mehra and Chaaya Prabhat / Best Diwali Ever Sonali Shah and Chaaya Prabhat /A Taste of Honey: Kamala Outsmarts the Seven Thieves Rebecca Sheir and Chaaya Prabhat

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Adam shares some tremendous tales from his childhood, illustration tips and his inspiration for his books.

Snack Chat: Digestive biscuit

Tremendous Book: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

Shameless Plug: King Coo three books - King Coo, King Coo - The Curse of the Mummy's Gold and King Coo - The Thing from Space. The Day Fin Flooded the World. Spaceboy and Little Monsters and Marmalade with David Walliams

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Steven shares some tremendous tales from his childhood (family Pom Pom factory) and his inspiration for his books.

Snack Chat: Tangy Cheese Doritos

Tremendous Book: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade, illustrated by Tor Freeman. Humbug The Elf Who Saves Christmas by Steven Butler Illustrated by Kenneth Anderson

Shameless Plug: Geenie and Teeny series Wish Upon A Star by Steven Lenton. How to Grow a Dragon by Rachel Morrisroe and Steven Lenton

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Lucy shares some tremendous tales from her childhood, tremendous fails and how she got to meet a professor of robots!

Snack Chat: Wasabi Peas

Tremendous Book: The Red Tree by Shaun Tan

Shameless Plug: In Our Hands by Lucy Farfort/ The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories illustrated by Sarah McIntyre

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Emily shares some tremendous tales from her childhood, tremendous fails and her inspiration for her wonderful books and illustrations.

Snack Chat: Homemade sourdough toast with homemade plum jam.

Tremendous Book: The Giant Jam Sandwich by Janet Burroway and John Vernon Lord published by Red Fox Picture Books

Shameless Plug: 10 Cats by Emily Gravett Published by Two Hoots

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Sarah shares some tremendous tales from her childhood, tremendous fails (not fully understanding privacy) and her inspiration for her books.

Snack Chat: Penguin Bar

Tremendous Book: Calvin and Hobbes Comics by Bill Watterson

Shameless Plug: Roly Poly Flying Pony Books Sarah McIntyre and Phillip Reeves

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Nadia shares some tremendous tales from her childhood, tremendous fails (this involves pop band 'Busted') and her inspiration for her tremendous books.

Snack Chat: Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Shameless Plug: 'Grimwood' Written and Illustrated by Nadia Shireen

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Grimwood/Nadia-Shireen/9781471199301

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Steven shares some tremendous tales from his childhood, tremendous fails (breaking 4 laptops in a year and half!) and his inspiration for his books.

Snack Chat: Tortilla Chips with Avocado Dip

Tremendous Book: 'Genie and Teeny Make a Wish' Written and Illustrated by Steven Lenton

Shameless Plug: 'The Nothing To See Here Hotel' series Written by Steven Butler and Illustrated by Steven Lenton

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Laura shares tremendous tales from her childhood and her inspiration for her books.

Snack Chat: Marmite on Hot Toast

Tremendous Book: 'Julian At The Wedding' Written and Illustrated by Jessica Love

Shameless Plug: 'The Lipstick' Written by Laura Dockrill Illustrated by Maria Karipidou, 'Butterfly Brain' by Laura Dockrill & Gwen Millward, 'The Dreamhouse' Written by Laura Dockrill Illustrated by Gwen Millward

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Liz and Katie discuss the deliciousness of Creme Eggs, how Katie got into presenting on TV and Radio and losing bags on trains

Snack Chat: Creme Eggs

Tremendous Book: 'Jamie McFlair Vs The Boyband Generator' by Luke Franks and Sean Thorne Illustrated by Davide Ortu

Shameless Plug: Life Hacks on Radio 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c189d

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Liz and Martin discuss the deliciousness of Twisties, illustrating Horrible Histories and holding sleeping armadillos

Snack Chat: Twisties (An Australian treat.)

Tremendous Book: 'How To Draw Horrible Science' by Tony de Saulles

Shameless Plug: Nell and The Cave Bear

Martin Brown has illustrated the 'Horrible Histories' series of book for 28 years. They have sold over 30 million copies.

http://martinbrownillustrator.co.uk/

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Liz and Adam chat about 'Kay's Anatomy', 'Kay's Marvellous Medicine', life as a doctor, disgusting facts about the human body including 'exploding head syndrome' and his favourite snack, the mighty Twix.

Snack Chat: Twix

Tremendous book: Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World by Konnie Huq

Adam Kay is a former doctor and a multi-million selling author of books including 'This Is Going To Hurt'.

Photo Credit - Charlie Clift

https://www.adamkay.co.uk/

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Liz and Eoin chat about tremendous tales, fails and making a packet of crisps last for hours.

Eoin is an Irish author whose bestselling Artemis Fowl novels have sold more than twenty five million copies worldwide. Kenneth Branagh directed the movie version for Disney. Eoin’s books have won numerous awards including The British Children’s Book of the Year, The Irish Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year and The German Children’s Book of the Year.

Snack Chat: Tayto Cheese and Onion Crisps

Tremendous Book: Stig of the Dump by Clive King

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Liz and Cressida chat about dragons, wizards, the magic of books, reading and

who remembers a lolly gobble choc bomb?

Snack Chat: Fruity Flapjacks

Tremendous book: The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones

See more about Cressida’s Waterstones Children’s Laureate Campaign

Life Changing Libraries

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/childrens-laureate/lifechanginglibraries/

Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell MBE is the number one bestselling author-illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once book series. Shehas sold over 11 million books worldwide in 38 languages. How to Train Your Dragon is also an Academy Award nominated billion dollar DreamWorks film series. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.

https://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/

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Trailer for Tom Gates' creator Liz Pichon's new fun filled, family friendly podcast. Where Liz talks to some of the most popular children's book writers and illustrators.

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