In this episode we talk to Jacob Sager Weinstein about his picture book, What Rosa Brought (illustrated by Eliza Wheeler). We also chat about some picture books (old and new) that have caught our attention recently.

Jacob Sager Weinstein

What Rosa Brought, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler

The City of Secret Rivers

The City of Guardian Stones

Other books mentioned

The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

When Hittler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr

Tadpole’s Promise, Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross

Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion, Chris Barton, illustrated by Victo Ngai

Contacts:

Jacob Sager Weinstein

Website: https://www.jacobsagerweinstein.com/ and

Bluesky: @jacobsw.bsky.social

Eliza Wheeler

Website: https://wheelerstudio.com/2024/07/08/behind-the-rosa-art-vienna-research/

(worth checking out for interesting background on how she developed the drawings for What Rosa Brought.)

Instagram: @wheelerstudio

Picture Books mentioned in book chat

Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham

The Song of the Nightingale, Tanya Landman, illustrated by Laura Carlin

The Bowerbird, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Catherine Rayner

Gigantic, Rob Biddulph

The Girl and the Mermaid, Hollie Hughes, illustrated by Sarah Massini

The Big Dreaming, Michael Rosen, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus

Sam Francisco, King of the Disco, Sarah Tagholm, illustrated by Binny Talib

The Fastest Tortoise in Town, Howard Calvert, illustrated by Karen Obuhanych

Hippos go Berserk, Sandra Boynton

Mrs McTats and her Houseful of Cats, Alyssa Satin Capucilli, illustrated by Joan Rankin

A Million Chameleons, James Young

Sleepy Bears, Mem Fox, illustrated by Kerry Arden

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Interviews with YA authors Diana Anyakwo and Denise Brown

In this episode we talk to Diana Anyakwo about her book My Life as a Chameleon which has just been longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards. We also talk to Denise Brown about her second book, It All Started with a Lie.

Diana Anyakwo

My Life as a Chameleon

Contact for school visits: https://contactanauthor.co.uk/author/3518/diana-anyakwo

Instagram @dianaanyakwo

Books Mentioned

Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence, Mishal Husain

The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis

Malory Towers, Enid Blyton

Denise Brown

It All Started with a Lie

I am Winter

Website: https://www.denisebrownauthor.co.uk/

Instagram @denisebrownuk

Books Mentioned

What Katy Did, Susan Coolidge

Books mentioned in book chat

The Summer Dare, Joanna Dodd

Murder on a School Night, Kate Weston

How to Die Famous, Benjamin Dean

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,Gabrielle Zevin

100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe, Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kutsuwada

Songlight, Moira Buffini

The Girl who Couldn’t Lie, Radhika Sanghani

King of Nothing, Nathanael Lessore

Boy Overboard, Morris Gleitzman

The Secret of Golden Island, Natasha Farrant

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In this episode we talk to Tom Palmer about his latest book Angel of Grasmere and his other Lake District books. Plus we talk to Deborah Maclaren, the Managing Director of Love Reading about how they are building a social purpose into their book selling.

Tom Palmer’s Lake District books

Armistice Runner

After the War

Angel of Grasmere

Other books mentioned

Arctic Star

D-Day Dog

Resist

Information on all Tom Palmer’s books can be found on his website

Tom can be found on Twitter @tompalmerauthor

LoveReading4Kids - information about how their donations work can be found here and on how to set up wish lists here

Books mentioned by Deborah:

Stig of the Dump by Clive King

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter

The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival

The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow

Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher

Brambly Hedge books by Jill Barklem

Give Away

Check out our social media for a chance to win a stack of books from Love Reading (UK postage only). To enter the competition: On Twitter/X, entrants will need to follow @lovereadingkids and @Mostly_BookTalk and retweet and/or comment on the competition tweet. On Instagram, entrants will need to follow @lovereadingkids and @mostlybooktalk and comment and/or like the post announcing the competition.

Full T&Cs here

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