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Kiwi Kids Book Chat
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Join Penny Walch and Julie Huggins as they delve deep into Kiwi Kids Lit and the authors and illustrators who have created it.
Episodes
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 8 - Jennifer Beck
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. In our monthly podcast, we are committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon. This week we are chatting about the amazing work of Jennifer...
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 7 - NZ Book Award finalists 2025
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. In our monthly podcast, we are committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon. This week we are chatting about many of the 2025 NZ Book…
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 6 - NZ Book Award finalists 2025 : Junior Fiction
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. In our monthly podcast, we are committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon. This week were deep diving into the five finalists in the NZ...
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 5 - the work of Maria Gill
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. In our monthly podcast, we are committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon. We do need to apologise (again!) for the quality of the…
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 4 - some fab new kiwi kids' books
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. As we head into 2025, refreshed and ready to rock and roll, we have decided to change the podcast to a monthly affair, rather than fortnightly, as our school embarks on a number of big changes. We are still...
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 3 - The work of Ned Barraud
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. As we head into 2025, refreshed and ready to rock and roll, we have decided to change the podcast to a monthly affair, rather than fortnightly, as our school embarks on a number of big changes. We are still...
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 2 - Storylines Non Fiction Notable Books
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. As we head into 2025, refreshed and ready to rock and roll, we have decided to change the podcast to a monthly affair, rather than fortnightly, as our school embarks on a number of big changes. We are still...
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KKBC Season 3 : Episode 1 - Top 20ish NZ Kids' Books to read before high school
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. As we head into 2025, refreshed and ready to rock and roll, we have decided to change the podcast to a monthly affair, rather than fortnightly, as our school embarks on a number of big changes. We are still...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 19 - Wrap Up
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week is a wrap up of some of our favourite books of the year! See if you agree... Follow the KKBC on Facebook: @kiwikidsbookchat Follow our library (not exclusively kiwi kids literature):...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 18 - The Great Outdoors
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we check out the books which feature NZs great outdoors! We realised early on that this needed to be split into two episodes, so this one features some fabulous fiction. Look out for an episode...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 17 - Des Hunt
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we delve into the work of the legend that is Des Hunt. His work is, for the most part, firmly located in Aotearoa and the books always spotlight NZ flora and fauna. There is generally a theme of…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 16 - Christmas Book Buying
Description Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we have a whole host of suggestions for Christmas book buying. There is a tantalising selection of great books out there to tempt even the most reluctant of readers! Please do excuse a…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 15 - Kiwi Kids Book Bites2
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we chat with some of our students about what they love to read. These Book Bites are all by Year 7 & 8 boys. Look out for other Bites in future episodes. Books mentioned in the episode: What If...…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 14 - Shooting Stars by Brian Falkner
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we feature Shooting Stars by Brian Falkner which has been a popular addition to our Year 8 reading programme - to the point that it has not only converted student readers to reading, but also...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 13 - Kiwi Kids Book Bites
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we chat with some of our students about what they love to read. These Book Bites are all by Year 7 & 8 girls. Look out for other Bites in future episodes. Books mentioned in the episode: Out Of My...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 12 - KLQ Kids' Favourite Books
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. After last week's chat about KLQ, this week we chat to some real life KLQ Kids and ask them about their favourite books. Books mentioned in the episode: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. Wings of Fire series...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 11 - Kids' Lit. Quiz
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we chat about the phenomenon that is Kids' Lit. Quiz. We could have gone on for hours!! The sound quality isn't great for this episode, so apologies for that! Website mentioned in the episode: KLQ...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 10 - David Hill & Phoebe Morris and their narrative non-fiction picture books
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we feature the narrative non-fiction titles by David Hill and Phoebe Morris, which we love. Whilst they have been in circulation for a few years now we feel they are never more relevant as the ANZHC...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 9 - Book Awards 2024 Part 2
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we are featuring four more of the categories of the 2024 Book Award finalists - Non Fiction, Illustration, Te Reo and First Book. There are yet more fabulous titles to drool over in this bunch!…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 8 - Book Awards 2024 Part 1
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we are featuring three of the categories of the 2024 Book Award finalists - Picture Books, Junior Fiction and YA as there are just too many good ones to squish into one episode! Books mentioned in…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 7 - Book Awards 2024 Intro
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we are featuring a bit of an overview of the 2024 Book Award finalists. We haven't read all of the books yet, so can't comment in detail, but we do just want to chat about the Awards in general, and...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 6 - Matariki
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we feature some of the beautiful Matariki books which are now on the market. It is so good to be able to celebrate this special time of year. Books mentioned in the episode: ACTIVITY BOOK My…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 5 - Wilding Books
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. The three books featured in this episode are all worth a look - and we loved chatting about them. We continue to work on our sound quality - bear with! Books mentioned in the episode: Aroha's Way by Craig...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 4 - Three New Titles
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. The three books featured in this episode are all worth a look - and we loved chatting about them. We continue to work on our sound quality - bear with! Books mentioned in the episode: The Grimmelings by…
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 3 - Manga
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. We love this episode where we interview three of our Year 8 boys from last year about their love of Manga. Whilst this is a Kiwi Kids Book Chat (the emphasis being on Kiwi Books) we couldn't pass up the...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 2 - ANZAC
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. Well we are back into it! This episode took about three attempts and it still isn't perfect!! But if we aim for perfection, nothing is ever going to happen - so here it is in all it's imperfect glory. We...
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KKBC Season 2 : Episode 1 - Reintro
After a 2 year hiatus, the reason for which is explained within, Teacher-Librarians Julie Huggins and Penny Walch are relaunching their podcast which aims to highlights books by kiwi authors, as well as books which are being read by kiwi kids. The technical side of things is NOT their forte, so…
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KKBC : Episode 9 - Graphic Novels
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. Well we certainly made up for the short episode last week… Who knew we could talk for soooo long about Graphic Novels? Best you get a cuppa for this one!! This week's episode makes mention of the following...
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KKBC : Episode 8 - The Reading Tribe
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week’s mini episode features The Reading Tribe by David Riley. (This is different to what was advertised at the end of Episode 7, as poor Julie has been unwell and unable to record. It wasn't nearly as...
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KKBC : Episode 7 - Wildlife Week
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week’s episode celebrates New Zealand Sea Week and International Wildlife Day. In the Bush, In the Garden, Under the Ocean, At the Beach, Up the River, Animals of Aotearoa, From Moa to Dinosaur by Ned Barraud and Gillian...
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KKBC : Episode 6 - Myths and Legends
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week's episode is the second of a two part feature which immerses itself in Maori mythology and features the following books: PART 2: Swim by Chris Szekely Tales of Aotearoa series by Donovan Bixley (How Maui Fished up…
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KKBC : Episode 5 - Myths and Legends
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week's episode is the first of a two part feature which immerses itself in Maori mythology and features the following books: PART 1: Various myths retold by Ron Bacon. Maui and other Maori Legends by Peter Gossage Here is…
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KKBC : Episode 4 - Sport
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week's episode nods to the Winter Olympics / Paralympics in Beijing and celebrates some of our kiwi sportspeople: (And note... it was recorded just before the amazing gold-medal winning performance by Zoi…
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KKBC : Episode 3 - the books of David Hill
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week's episode revels in the work of David Hill: Sky High (Jean Batten) Hero of the Sea (Sir Peter Blake) Taking the Lead (Jacinda Ardern) Dinosaur Hunter (Joan Wiffen) Journey to Tangiwai No Safe Harbour My Brother’s War...
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KKBC : Episode 2 - Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week's episode delves into Te Tiriti / The Treaty and features the following books: William's Waitangi Day by David Ling and Nikki Slade Robinson. Little Kiwi and the Treaty by Nikki Slade Robinson. Te Tiriti o Waitangi /...
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KKBC : Episode 1 - Who we are and why we are here!
Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week's episode explains how the podcast came into being, and features kiwi classics Alex by Tessa Duder, See Ya Simon by David Hill and Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd. Follow our library (not...
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Join Penny Walch and Julie Huggins as they delve deep into Kiwi Kids Lit and the authors and illustrators who have created it.
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Kiwi Kids Book Chat currently has 36 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Join Penny Walch and Julie Huggins as they delve deep into Kiwi Kids Lit and the authors and illustrators who have created it.
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