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Evie’s joined in the studio by M.T. Khan, the author of ‘Nura and the Immortal Palace’, who discusses how her passion for science inspired her to write her book and why it was important for her to write a story rooted in Muslim culture. Evie meets R.J. Palacio to talk about her classic book ‘Wonder’, a story about the importance of kindness. R.J. talks about why she thinks ‘Wonder’ is still important ten years after she wrote it. Jenny Pearson and Sam Copeland, authors of ‘The Underpants of Chaos’, tell us what it was like to write a book together, what books they loved when they were younger and how they came up with such an unusual book title about underpants...

We've partnered with The National Literacy Trust to help primary schools explore Marcus Rashford's book, 'The Breakfast Club Adventures', together in class.

In June’s Book Club, Laura meets Alex Falase-Koya & Marta Kissi who discuss what it was like to work with Marcus Rashford on their new book, “The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond The Fence”. They take on the emoji challenge, solve some literary mysteries, and Marta shows how to draw a cartoon version of Marcus Rashford. Also on the programme is Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson, talking about their new book, “The Underpants of Chaos”, and Anthony Horowitz discusses his new book, “Where Seagulls Dare: The Diamond Brothers Detectives”.

This month's C������̳ Book Club is presented by Alishea and she’s joined in Book Club HQ by Sharna Jackson, the author of “The Wrong Turn”, who talks about writing mysteries, how she was inspired by an American girl-scout leader called Josephine Holloway, and what it’s like to live and write on a boat! Alishea also meets comedian and horror writer Bec Hill to discuss her new book, “Now Live: Streaming”, a story all about swapping lives with a famous influencer.

Dame Jacqueline Wilson answers your questions, plays the Emoji challenge, and tells us all about her awesome new book, which is a modern version of the 'The Magic Faraway Tree' by Enid Blyton. Rhys also meets Lucy Hawking, daughter of legendary theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who tells us all about her new book, 'Princess Olivia Investigates: The Wrong Weather'. Lucy also tells us what it was like to write children’s books with her dad, why a pig featured in their books, and why she was banned from writing about aliens!

Join Rhys Stephenson for a special C������̳ Book Club celebrating all things World Book Day 2022! Astronaut Tim Peake rockets in to tell us about the books he read in space and why World Book Day is important to him, Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown is answering C������̳ viewer questions, Humza Arshad tells us how Little Badman is celebrating World Book Day and Cressida Cowell tells us all about the magic of reading, how to get involved and the importance of diversity in children’s books.