School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 31
For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-31/
Part 1
Book post
- A Flash of Neon by Sophie Cameron
- Volcano by Claire Saxby & Jess Racklyeft
- I’m going to make a friend by Darren Chetty & Sandhya Prabhat
- The Man Who Loved Libraries by Andrew Larsen & Katty Maurey
- The Glass Heart by Sally Gardner
- Mummy Mayhem by Cat Weldon & Nene Lonergan
- The Squid Squad by Aoife Doole
- River Crest Rescue by Paul Ian Cross
- Tales of Scary Beasts by Susan Martineau
- Vivi Conway and the Lost Hero by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
- The Blockbusters! by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
- The Battle of Farrowfell by Ravena Guron
- I Dare You by Tamsin Winter
- All the Lost Souls by Amie Jordan
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in June 2025
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
- Carnival Queen by Donette Williams-Harry & Amelie-Anne Calmo
- Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke & Nikolas Ilic
- Choose Your Own Evolution by Jules Howard & Gordy Wright
- Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth
- Greenwild: The Forest in the Sky by Pari Thomson
- The Shell Keepers by Truly Johnston
- Naeli and the Secret Song by Jasbinder Bilan
- Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel
- Don't Let Me Go by Kevin Christopher Snipes
- Rock Band: Music and Misfits by Leah Osakwe
- Inside Your Brain by Lucy Ann Unwin
- Nautical by Matt Ralphs & Dieter Braun
- A Field Guide to Summer by Gabby Dawnay & Dorien Brouwers
- The Lost Book of Undersea Adventure by Teddy Keen
- Augmented by Kenechi Udogu
- Space by Gaby Morgan
- Alyssa and the Enchanted Forest by Alexandra Sheppard
- I Hear The Trees by Zaro Weil
- Escape Room: Game Zero by Christopher Edge
- Nate Yu's Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan
- Kerfuffle Bird by Helen Docherty & Gwen Millward
- The Dawn of Adonis by Phil Earle
- Letters from Wonderland by Josie George
- Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu by Sneha Prahan
- My Enemy, My Friend by Elizabeth Laird
- Run Away With Me by J. L. Simmonds
- Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll
- A Box Full of Murders by Janice Hallett
- Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime by Jennifer Claessen
June 2025 books of the month
- Fiction: Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue
- Nonfiction: The Great Pollination Investigation by Deborah Hocking
- Picture book: Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic
Part 2
Our football-themed books for children
New book pitches: The Fighting Spirit by Rob Keeley, Zee Zee The Humble Bee by Michael Obiora. Molly the Moo by Paul Simpson
Part 3
How reading between the ages of 11 and 16 can help teens get better jobs
Credits & licensing
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