{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65f9c1c61c46ed0017cac829/673f3f6d21054fefee38be49?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lit-Picking with David Barker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65f9c1c61c46ed0017cac829/1732198075555-8ab4dde4-5af7-4ffe-b641-b014056f73e7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>David Barker gets grilled by two Year 6 girls from Thomas A Becket Primary School about his first book for children, <a href=\"https://tidd.ly/4hWzpQC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Pax and the Missing Head</em></strong></a>.</p><p>Does David's dystopia draw in young readers? Or should he have stuck to writing for adults? Find out if Esme and Charlotte think <a href=\"https://tidd.ly/4hWzpQC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Pax</em></strong></a><strong><em> </em></strong>is a book <strong><em>you</em></strong> should pick.</p><p><strong>Get your own copy of the book and support school libraries!</strong></p><p>Buy it from <a href=\"https://tidd.ly/4hWzpQC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lovereading4kids.co.uk</a>, and 25% of your money will go to helping UK schools build up their library collections. Plus if you use any of the links in these show notes, 5% will come to us, so you'll also be supporting this podcast – as well as, of course, David!</p><p><br></p><p>Theme mastered by Finn Leckey</p>","author_name":"Chip Colquhoun and Matt Killeen"}