Fun Kids Book Worms

Updated: 06 Aug 2025 • 158 episodes
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Join Bex from the children's radio station Fun Kids as she meets top authors who tell her about their books and also read us chapters from them. Plus, Bex and friends recommend their favourite kids books of the month. You can listen to Bex on Fun Kids (weekdays from 4pm) on DAB Digital Radio across the UK, on the free Fun Kids app, and online at funkidslive.com Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

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Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! First up,  Alex Field’s Ava Spark: Hello, I’m Here! highlights the power of using your voice and the impact of kindness. And to close the show, Bettany Hughes takes us back in time to explore the lives of Roman kids—right from your own backyard! That's all on this week's epi

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Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! First up, we’re making a splash with Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing, where Martin Stewart plunges us into an eco-adventure bursting with mystery, danger, and deep-sea secrets. Next, Jennifer Claessen bends time itself in Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime, a twisty tim

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Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! This week, Bex chats to Terri Libenson about her new book Entirely Emmie, a graphic novel about friendship and perspective. Plus, there’s Vivi Conway and the Lost Hero by Lizzie Huxley-Jones—a fast-paced, magical adventure full of Welsh mythology, mysterious powers, and a br

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Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! There’s swashbuckling, secret missions, and even a magical sword in Pirate Academy: Sword Echoes—Justin Somper’s latest pirate adventure is as daring as they come. Over in the picture book corner, The Summer Puppy by Jackie Morris is a gentle, poetic read that captures all t

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Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! Get ready, book lovers we have a very special episode installed for you this week! It’s time to celebrate the stories and storytellers that have captured the hearts and imaginations of young readers across the UK – with The Week Junior Book Awards! First up, it’s Deborah Mea

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Welcome to the latest episode of Book Worms! Bex is joined by dyslexia champion Kate Griggs, whose new book Xtraordinary People celebrates how thinking differently is a real superpower. Clare Harlow stops by to talk about Tidemagic — a spellbinding new story packed with adventure, secrets, and the power of finding your

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