Episode 17 - Why school libraries are so important

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 17

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-17/

Part 1
Book post

• Meet the Wildlings by Gwen Millward
• The Best You by Nima Patel
• I Love You to the Moon and Back: All Year Long by Amelia Hepworth
• Nikhil and Jay by Chitra Soundar
• The Shape of Rainbows by Neal Zetter
• Diamond Jack: Your Magic Or Your Life by Anna Rainbow
• The Floating Witch Mystery by Nicki Thornton
• Winner Takes Gold by Eloise Smith
• Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain by Jess French
• How Do Meerkats Order Pizza by Brooke Barker
• Love is in the Little Things by Stella J Jones and Jane Massey
• Signed Sealed Dead by Cynthia Murphy

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

• Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds by Bex Hogan
• Habitats by Hannah Pang and Isobel Lundie
• Peng and Spanners by Steve Webb
• Red Sky at Night; Poet's Delight by Alex Wharton
• The Time Travellers: Adventure Calling by Sufiya Ahmed
• Feather by M. G. Leonard
• The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell
• Mo's Best Friend: A Stone-Age Story by Bridget Marzo
• On Silver Tides by Sylvia Bishop
• It's Time to Hush and Say Good Night by Chitra Soundar
• Paper Dragons by Siobhan McDermott
• Yomi and the Power of the Yumboes by Davina Tijani
• A Cure Ever After by Angharad Walker
• Queerbook by Malcolm MacKenzie
• Blue's Planet: Australia by Lucy McRobert
• Most Haunted Theatres by Yvette Fielding
• Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite
• Soren's Seventh Song by Dave Eggers
• Measuring Me by Nicola Kent
• Dim Sum Palace by X Fang
• The Crayons Love our Planet by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
• The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert
• Little Chick by Petr Horacek
• Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery by Laura Ellen Anderson
• National Trust: Blossom Origami by Nick Robinson
• Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek
• Miss Cat by Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle Jolivet
• Supertato: Eviltato vs Superpea by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
• Finding Hope by Nicola Baker

February 2024 books of the month

• Fiction:  A Cure Ever After by Angharad Walker
• Nonfiction:  Measuring Me by Nicola Kent
• Picture book:  The Crayons Love Our Planet by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers

Part 2
LGBT books for children (https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/books-for-topics/lgbtqia-themed-books-for-primary-school-aged-children/)and LGBT books for teens (https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/books-for-topics/lgbtqia-fiction-for-secondary-aged-children-and-teens-aged-11/)

New book pitches: There was an Old Woman who Followed a Spy! by Tommy Furmato; Cable Goes Camping by Lorna Chantelle Scott

Part 3
Why school libraries are so important to children's learning. 

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