Lauren Laverne is a BBC 6 Music DJ, TV presenter, author, singer, musician and mother...

Plus, she's host of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs and patron of The Children's Book Project.

Together with our host Rachel Parris (BAFTA-nominated comedian, actor, author), Lauren reveals (at least) three children's books that have helped make her who she is today.

Delivering not quite the soundtrack of her life, but the literary yarns that knit it together.

Three books:

• Childhood favourite - the book that shaped who they are today, a little window into their childhood
• Shared book - an important book, read with someone significant today
• Gift to the future - a title to donate to The Children's Book Project, inspiring a future generation

Brought to you by The Children's Book Project - the Queen's Award-winning national charity that takes your pre-loved, unwanted children’s books and gives them to families with few, if any, of their own.

Just by listening, you help us achieve our goal - to eliminate book poverty in children.

Guests this series:

• Lauren Laverne
• Stephen and Anita Mangan
• Clare Balding
• David and Ivor Baddiel
• Andi Oliver
• Suli Breaks
• Bonus panel ep hosted by Tracy Chevalier

Written, produced and edited by Rachel Shelley

In collaboration with The Children's Book Project charity.

This podcast is brought to you with the very kind support of Wonderbly, creators of personalised books for all ages. Blending imaginative storytelling with intricate personalisation, Wonderbly offers a range of books that inspire, delight, and bring loved ones closer together.

Help us eliminate book poverty in children:

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Every time you do, we get one step closer to dramatically transforming a child's life.

That's the power of a book.

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Welcome to The Power of a Book podcast. The only podcast with the power to eradicate book poverty in children. It's a podcast with purpose.

Join our host, BAFTA-nominated comedian and author Rachel Parris (The Late Night Mash), as she talks with some much-loved public figures about the children's books that have been powerful enough to shape their lives.

A kind of desert-island-children's-book show - so who better to kick us off than the lovely Lauren Laverne?

Over the series, Rachel Parris brings listeners into intimate conversations where guests explore their literary inheritance and celebrate the universal power of stories to connect and inspire us all.

Brought to you by The Children's Book Project - the national charity that takes your preloved, unwanted children’s books and gives them to families with few, if any, of their own.

Just by listening, you help us achieve our goal - to eliminate book poverty in children.

Three books, Three stories

Each guest selects three titles that uncover personal revelations:

• Childhood favourite - the book that shaped who they are today, a little window into their childhood
• Shared book - an important book, read with someone significant today
• Gift to the future - a title to donate to The Children's Book Project, inspiring a future generation

Guests include: Lauren Laverne, siblings Anita and Stephen Mangan, Andi Oliver, Ivor and David Baddiel, Clare Balding and Suli Breaks.

Written, produced and edited by Rachel Shelley

In collaboration with The Children's Book Project charity.

Help us eliminate book poverty in children:

Find your local book donation site

Subscribe, follow and review The Power of a Book

Follow us on X and Instagram

Explore bonus material

Written, produced and edited by Rachel Shelley

Brought to you by The Children's Book Project

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.