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July 31, 2024 35 mins

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 22

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-22/

Part 1
Book post

  • The Virtue Season by L.M. Nathan
  • Move, Mr Mountain! by Francesca Sanna
  • Lifesize Ocean Animals by Sophy Henn
  • Doggy Dance Off by Steve Smallman
  • Becoming Brave by Jennie Cashman Wilson
  • Watts & Whiskerton by Meg McLaren
  • Grimwood Party Animals by Nadia Shireen
  • Sherlock Bones and the Mischief in Manhattan by Tim Collins
  • 100 Things to Know About Sport by Jerome Martin, Alice James, Tom Mumbray and Micaela Tapsell
  • Delta and the Lost City by Anna Fargher
  • Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North by Antonia Maxwell
  • The Last Thing You'll Hear by Jan Dunning

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

  • Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books by Barry Timms
  • Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant by Craig Barr-Green
  • Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
  • The Dark Within Us by Jess Popplewell
  • Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus
  • Let Sleeping Gods Lie by Thiago de Moraes
  • Peng and Spanners: When Pigs Go Bad! by Steve Webb
  • Rosa By Starlight by Hilary McKay
  • Autumn Feast: Nature's Harvest by Sean Taylor & Alex Morss
  • One Up by Ben Sanders
  • Beautiful: A Celebration of Evolution by William Spring
  • Star of the Show by Jacqueline Wilson
  • Mia and the Secrets of Lunis by Janelle McCurdy
  • Almost Nothing Happened by Meg Rosoff
  • Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
  • Herd by Stephen Hogtun
  • What the Crow Saw Below by Robert Tregoning
  • Auntie Medusa and Me by Marie Basting
  • The Boy Who Cried Ghost by Ian Eagleton
  • Bronte Tempestra and the Ice Warriors by Bex Hogan
  • The Life Changing Magic of Drumming by Nandi Bushell
  • Snakehead: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
  • The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell
  • The Girl with Wings by Jaco Jacobs
  • Colin’s Castle by Holly Swain
  • We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde
  • Geomancer: The Storm and the Sea Hawk by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
  • Out Of This World: Poems to Make You Laugh, Smile and Think by Michael Rosen
  • Spooky Celebrations Around the World by Matt Ralphs
  • Our World in Numbers Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life by DK
  • Last Seen Online by Lauren James

August 2024 books of the month

  • Fiction:  Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
  • Nonfiction:  Beautiful: A Celebration of Evolution by William Spring
  • Picture book:  Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant by Craig Barr-Green, illustrated by Francis Martin

Part 2
Teens reads for the summer holiday - our rundown

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; Are We There Yet? by Melissa Abraham

Part 3
Non-Traditional Reading Forms to Engage Children Over the Summer

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