School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 12
For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-12
Part 1
Book post
- Our Rights edited by Jake Hope
- Afterward, Everything was Different by Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by Rafael Yockteng
- What Are You Feeling? by The School of Life
- Stuckie Duckie Balloon by HarperCollins Children's Books
- What's That, Jack? by Cédric Ramadier, illustrated by Vincent Bourgeau
- How the Weather Works by Christiane Dorion and Beverley Young
- Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) by Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Sheena Dempsey
- A Head Full of Magic by Sarah Morrell
- Sing If You Can't Dance by Alexia Casale
- Overemotional by David Fenne
- The Girl Who Grew Wings by Anna Waterworth
- What Will I Discover? By Tanya Lloyd Ky, illustrated by Rachel Qiuqi
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in July 2023
- The Teen Witches' Guide to Tarot
- Calling the Whales by Jasbinder Bilan
- I Am Wriggly by Michael Rosen
- Busy Little Fingers: Art by Eva Wong Nava
- The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
- Crow by Nicola Skinner
- Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) by Swapna Haddow
- Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
- One Chance Dance by Efua Traore
- Henri and the Machine by Isabelle Marinov
- Sweet Skies by Robin Scott-Elliot
- Animal Homes: Rainforest by Natasha Durley
- Robin Hood 7: Prisons, Parties & Powerboats by Robert Muchamore
- The Housetrap by Emma Read
- Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys
- The Wonder Brothers by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Exiled by Sarah Daniels
- Animal Homes: Ocean by Natasha Durley
- The Bedtime Boat by Sital Gorasia Chapman
- Lil' Muffin Drops the Mic by Romesh Ranganathan
- Up in the Canopy by James Aldred
- All That's Left to Say by Emery Lord
- Balam and Lluvia's House by Julio Serrano Echeverria
- The Bomb by Didier Alcante
- Bath Time! By Sandra Boynton
- The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen
- One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
- League of Thieves by Sarah Crofton
- Alex Neptune, Monster Avenger: Book 3
- A Little Book of the Orchestra by Mary Auld
- Bum or Face by Kari Lavelle
July 2023 books of the month
- Fiction: | Our Rights! edited by Jake Hope
- Nonfiction: | What Are You Feeling? by The School of Life
- Picture book: | Afterward, Everything was Different by Jairo Buitrago & Rafael Yockteng
Part 2
How children's book series can kickstart reading for pleasure.
See our review of How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
New book pitches: Katy on Broadway by Ella English, Movie Night with the Wizziwigs by Saxon North-Cornell, On My Back Paws by Anna Skoyles
Part 3
A dive into our list of book series for children and teens
Credits and licensing
3rd party sounds are licensed. Audit: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/podcasts/#podcast-credits
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