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January 27, 2023 38 mins

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 6

For transcripts, links to all the books featured, resources, show notes and contact details, click here: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-6 

Part 1
Book post

  •  Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson 
  •  Fighting in a World on Fire by Andreas Malm 
  •  Floof by Heidi McKinnon 
  •  Questions and Answers About Money by Lara Bryan 
  •  Game Over Girl by Naomi Gibson 
  •  Influential by Amara Sage 
  •  Monster Bogey by Anna Brooke 
  •  Xanthe & the Ruby Crown by Jasbinder Bilan 
  •  Little Explorers: Maths & Science by Ruth Symons 
  •  The Rescue of Ravenwood by Natasha Farrant 
  •  This Book Kills by Ravena Guron
  •  Wild Oak by C.C. Harrington 

Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in January 2023

  • Different Kinds of Freedom: A Romani Story by Richard O'Neill
  • Look Inside Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Emily Bone
  • Around the World Vegan Cookbook by Niki Webster
  • Granny and Bean by Karen Hesse
  • Lifesize Deadly Animals by Sophy Henn
  • Barry Loser: Action Hero! By Jim Smith
  • Shine Like the Stars by Anna Wilson
  • Frankenstein: A Retelling by Tanya Landman
  • Blackbeard's Treasure by Iszi Lawrence
  • The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
  • All The World's A Stage by Sarah Walden
  • There's a Beast in the Basement! by Pamela Butchart
  • Game Over Girl by Naomi Gibson
  • Wildoak by C. C. Harrington
  • The Magic of Endings by Tom Avery
  • The Storm Swimmer by Clare Weze
  • A Ticket to Kalamazoo!: Zippy Poems To Read Out Loud by James Carter
  • My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
  • Selfies With Komodos: Poems by Brian Moses & Ed Boxall
  • I Am Not Going to Read Any Words Today by Dr Seuss
  • Failosophy for Teens Elizabeth Day
  • I Am Happy by Michael Rosen
  • Monster Bogey by Anna Brooke
  • Word Trouble by Vyara Boyadjieva
  • Blue by Sarah Christou
  • MONSTER! THIRSTY! DRINK! by Sean Taylor
  • Swirls and Squiggles
  • The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die by Peter Lantos
  • Little Explorers: Science
  • Wished by Lissa Evans
  • 100 Things to Know About Architecture by Louise O'Brien

January 2023 books of the month

  • Fiction: The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
  • Nonfiction: All The World’s A Stage by Sarah Walden
  • Picture book: Lifesize Deadly Animals by Sophy Henn

Part 2
Year 1 books - our rundown of great titles for this age group. 

New book pitches: Lao and Chen: Master your Art by Bráulio Pitra; The Silly Adventures of Twighead Larson by John Dredge; The Bumper Book of Double Learning by Helen J Bailey; My Magical Bearded Friend by Chris Husband; The PhilosoCats by Judith Millecker; Cable the Crow by Lorna Chantelle Scott

Part 3
Why we shouldn't ban books. 

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