Episode 16 - Children's books and books for children - a growing disconnect

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 16

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-16/.

Part 1
Book post

• Glassborn by Peter Bunzl
• Amazing Octopus by Michael Stavaric and Michele Ganser
• Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith
• Fate of the Argosi by Sebastien de Castell
• Rise Up and Sing! by Andrea Warner and Louise Reimer
• The Undying of Obedience Wellrest by Nicholas Bowling
• The Girl Who Became a Fish by Polly Ho-Yen
• Growing Up Powerful Journal by Nona Willis Aronowitz
• My Nature Trail! by Rachel Lawston and Paul Lawston
• Evolution by Sarah Darwin & Eva Maria Sadowski
• Not So Little Red Riding Hood by Michael Rosen
• Sala, Mountain Warrior by Wakanyi Hoffman and Onyinye Iwu

Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in January 2024

• Winner Takes Gold by Eloise Smith
• Signed Sealed Dead by Cynthia Murphy
• Meet the Wildlings by Gwen Millward
• Rainbowsaurus by Steve Antony
• Stitch by Padraig Kenny
• My Brother Plato by George Myerson
• That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams
• Find Peace in a Poem by Little Tiger
• Roman Soldiers by Tegen Evans
• Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham
• The Shape of Rainbows by Neal Zetter and Will Hughes
• Time Travelling with a Tortoise by Ross Welford
• Northern Soul by Phil Earle
• Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain
• The Code of Life by Flying Eye Books
• A Cruel Twist of Fate by H. F. Askwith
• The War of the Heavenly Horses by Roland Chambers
• The Troublemakers by Tamzin Merchant
• The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel and Sammy Savos
• The Floating Witch Mystery by Nicki Thornton
• Diamond Jack: Your Magic or Your Life by Anna Rainbow
• Dictionary of Dinosaurs by Dieter Braun
• Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer
• How Do Meerkats Order Pizza? By Brooke Barker
• The Minute Minders by Mary Murphy
• The Best You by Nima Patel & Cally Johnson-Isaacs
• The O.D.D. Squad by Stuart Heritage & Vincent Batignole
• A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft
• Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain by Jess French
• The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
• Love Is by Sarah Maycock

January 2024 books of the month

• Fiction: Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain by Jess French
• Nonfiction: How Do Meerkats Order Pizza by Brooke Barker
• Picture book: Love is in the Little Things by Stella J Jones and Jane Massey

Part 2
Children's books and books for children - a growing disconnect. 

New book pitches: There was an Old Woman who Followed a Spy! by Tommy Furmato; Luna and Helio The Eclipse by Gina Keulemans; Insects, Bugs and Rock and Roll by Alex Brooks; I Can Be An Astronaut by Dr Katy Chisenga-Phillipps

Part 3
Great gift books - https://bit.ly/4aCoc46 .

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