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Katy and Alison interview Mayo Agard-Olubo about his debut picture book, Kid Rex to the Rescue.

Join us talking to Mayo Agard-Olubo about his debut picture book, Kid Rex to the Rescue, illustrated by Diane Ewen. Max's imagination transforms him into the superhero Kid Rex, and he's ready to use his dinosaur powers to battle robots, dragons and even the evil king dust bunny. A fun bedtime story and definitely one for dinosaur fans. Mayo's website can be found here. His BBC Sounds appearance on Margins to the Mainstream can be found here. The books we reviewed were: Auntie's Bangles, by De...

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Hosts: Katy Donnelly, Alison Palmer

Guest: Mayo Agard-Olubo

Topics covered

• children's literature
• picture books
• imagination
• superheroes
• dinosaurs

Keywords

• Kid Rex to the Rescue
• Mayo Agard-Olubo
• children's books
• bedtime stories
• dinosaur powers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Kid Rex to the Rescue, Auntie's Bangles

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