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
Credits and licensing
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