School Reading List

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 40

For transcripts, resources & show notes: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-40/

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•  I Am Ray's Imaginary Friend by Brian Moses
• Locked in the Museum by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe
• Mo's Stick by Fiona Lumbers
• Tick Tock Around the Clock by Ruth Brown
• Sea Safari by Julie Sykes and Emily Jones
• Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ed...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 39

For transcripts, resources & show notes: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-39/

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• Carnival Fantástico by Angela Montoya
• Insectarium Junior Edition by Emily Carter and Dave Goulson
• When Tad Kicked Vlad by Julian Gough and Ross Collins
• Don't Do It, Doug by Maudie Powell-Tuck
• I Am Strong Just Being Me by Laura Dockrill...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 38

For transcripts, resources & show notes: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-38/

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• Small Poems for Big Imaginations by Neal Zetter, illustrated by Will Hughes
• How to Survive an Apocalypse by Coby Coonradt and Cameron Hardy, illustrated by Victoria Stebleva
• Tree Thing by Piers Torday, illustrated by Matthew Taylor 
• Tyrann...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 37

For transcripts, resources & show notes: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-37/

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• Hot Food Nice! by Michael Rosen
• What If Every Volcano Erupted at Once? by Emma Young
• Snow by Meera Trehan
• The Turtle Who Turned the Tide by Rachel Bright and Jim Field
• Harmony House by Monika Singh Gangotra
• You Think You Know Everything Abou...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 36

For transcripts, resources & show notes, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-36/

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• Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen
• All About Antarctica by Marc Martin
• To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis
• The Bear Who Wanted to Dance by Stephanie Stansbie
• Squirrel and Bird by Laura Baker and Stacey Thomas
• Pizz...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 35

For transcripts, resources & show notes, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-35/

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• Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor
• The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare
• Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
• The Cave Downwind of the Café by Mikey Please
• I See a Star by Saskia Gwinn
• Hank ...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 34

For transcripts & show notes see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-34/

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• Gloam by Jack Mackay
• There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
• The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
• How to Catch an Idea by Forest Xiao
• The Coming of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes
• My Brother Is a Tiger by Joaquin Camp
• Luna Grace: Girl from Out...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 33

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-33/

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• Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
• Domain by Rohan Gavin
• Dinosaur Desert: A Prehistoric Journey of Discovery by Dr Nick Crumpton
• Go Go Dodo! by Huw Lewis Jones, illustrated by Fred Blunt
• Every ...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 32

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-32/

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• Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue
• The Great Pollination Investigation by Deborah Hocking
• Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic
• I Hear the Trees by Zaro Weil
• Carnival Queen by Donette Williams-Harry, i...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 31

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-31/

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• A Flash of Neon by Sophie Cameron
• Volcano by Claire Saxby & Jess Racklyeft
• I’m going to make a friend by Darren Chetty & Sandhya Prabhat
• The Man Who Loved Libraries by Andrew Larsen & Katty Maurey
• The Glass He...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 30

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-30/

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• Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Our Tree by Jessica Meserve
• We are All Animals by Ben Hoare and Christopher Lloyd, illustrated by Mark Ruffle
• Real-life Mysteries: Tales of Scary Beasts by Susan Martineau, i...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 29

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-29/

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• Mr Norton's New Hat by Huw Lewis Jones and Corey Egbert
• Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica by Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch
• Please Don't Read the Footnotes Please by Rob Walton, illustrated by Reena M...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 28

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-28/

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• Diary Of A Future Billionaire by Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Wotto
• Surviving Vesuvius by Christopher Harrisson, illustrated by Beth Waters
• Paloma Flies Away by María J. Guarda
• I Really Really Love My Noisy Bum by Kar...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 27

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-27/

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• Loverboy by Ben Tomlinson
• One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust by Michael Rosen and Benjamin Phillip
• The Really Beautiful Thing by Frances Tosdevin
• Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Rat...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 26

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-26/

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• A Symphony of Stories by James Mayhew
• 2025 Children's Almanac by Collins Kids
• Traitors in Space: A Pick-Your-Own-Path Adventure by Tim Collins
• My Name is a Gift by Zeshan Akhter
• My First Ocean Atlas by Catherine Ard ...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 25

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-25/

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• The Snowman Code by Simon Stephenson
• Can We Live on Mars? by Giles Sparrow
• Family by Patricia Hegarty, illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
• Milo's Hat Trick by Jon Agee
• We Can! by Alexandra Strick
• You Only Spy Twice by Be...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 24

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-24/

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• The Boy in the Suit by James Fox
• First Big Book of How by Sally Symes
• Serena and Laloolee Fly Away by Rosemary Clunie
• Clive Penguin by Huw Lewis Jones and Ben Sanders
• Ivy Newt and the Vampixies by Derek Keilty and Magda B...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 23

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-23/

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• Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
• A Celebration of Evolution by William Spring
• Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant by Craig Barr-Green, illustrated by Francis Martin
• Countdown to Bedtime Sleepy Dragon by Candy ...

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 22

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-22/

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• The Virtue Season by L.M. Nathan
• Move, Mr Mountain! by Francesca Sanna
• Lifesize Ocean Animals by Sophy Henn
• Doggy Dance Off by Steve Smallman
• Becoming Brave by Jennie Cashman Wilson
• Watts & Whiskerton by Meg McLaren
• Gri...