Fun Kids Book Worms

Hosted ByBex Lindsay

Hear about the latest kids books, meet the authors and listen to them reading their stories. 

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!

Fun Kids Book Worms is a great vehicle to reach vociferous readers that combines book reviews with interviews of the country’s famous authors and readings from their brilliant books.

As an environment, the podcast is perfect for publishers wanting to introduce children to new titles. This can be in the form of sponsor credits, spot advertising or sponsored readings/audiobook extracts.

Hachette used the podcast last Summer to talk about their new titles…


All Episodes

What kind of art is right for me? And meet the Yoto Carnegie winners!

In this week’s Book Worms, Bex has been chatting to author Joe Haddow and illustrator Ellie Hawes all about their new book Art Is Everywhere! Art isn’t just paintbrushes and picture frames, and Joe is determined to showcase every type in this book. Plu…

Football legends, fantasy worlds, and the Alligator’s Mouth Shortlist!

What a line-up we have in store for you this week on Book Worms! There’s authors aplenty, and Bex crowns her Fun Kids Book of the Month for June…
BBC Sports Personality of the year and Arsenal player Beth Mead is here to chat all about her new book,…

How To Train Your Dragon, and your pet wolf too!

In this week’s animal training episode of Book Worms, Bex is chatting to author Cressida Cowell on How To Train Your Hogfly! Cressida has been hard at work training all of these fantastic creatures, and after the 20th anniversary of How To Train Your D…

Jacqueline Wilson’s story of an Enid Blyton classic!

Jacqueline Wilson is on Book Worms to chat about her new tale set in an Enid Blyton classic, The Magic Faraway Tree: A New Adventure!
We’ve also got Kimberly Whittam on the show to give an introduction and reading to Quiet Storm, a book about a shy gi…

Stephen Mulhern on how YOU can become a magician!

Welcome to this week’s Book Worms! Bex is chatting to Stephen Mulhern all about his new book, Max Magic: The Greatest Show on Earth! Stephen has some expert advice on how to become a brilliant magician, and Bex seems very interested… 
Jess Butterwor…

BONUS: New series, Badger and The Blitz

A story of love and hope, inspired by the real-life events of World War II.
When Jack’s dog and best friend Badger finds her life on the line, he must act fast to save her.
An act of survival becomes an adventure, as they journey across war-torn Lond…

BONUS: New series, Badger and The Blitz

A story of love and hope, inspired by the real-life events of World War II.
When Jack’s dog and best friend Badger finds her life on the line, he must act fast to save her.
An act of survival becomes an adventure, as they journey across war-torn Lond…

Superheroes don’t always need superpowers!

Welcome to this week’s Book Worms! Bex will be your guide to all of the best and most exciting book releases. 
AF Steadman came into the Fun Kids studio recently to chat about the latest release in the magical Skandar series, Skandar and the Phantom R…

BONUS: National Trust Kids’ Podcast – Ranger Rae and The Wildlifers

I wanted to share with you a brand new episode of a podcast we’ve been working on at Fun Kids. 
It’s called the National Trust Kids’ Podcast. 
Take a listen – and if you like what you hear, remember to follow the podcast wherever you’re listening to …