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.
Credits and licensing
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