Episode 12 - How children's book series can kickstart reading for pleasure

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

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