School Reading List

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 18

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-18/

Part 1
Book post

• Gigantosaurus – I Love Giganto by Cyber Group Studios
• I Really, Really Need a Poo by Karl Newson and Duncan Beedie
• Sammy and the Extra-Hot Chilli Powder by Charlie P. Brooks
• Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds by Bex Hogan
• Frank the Unicorn Alpaca by Gavin Puckett, illustrated by India Joseph
• Blue’s Planet: Australia by Lucy McRobert
• The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert
• ASAP by Axie Oh
• A Cure Ever After by Angharad Walker
• Measuring Me by Nicola Kent
• The Crayons Love Our Planet by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
• Credo by Luke Staton

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

• The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic by Maria Kuzniar
• The Magician Next Door by Rachel Chivers Khoo
• Bad Panda: Mites, Camera, Action! By Swapna Haddow
• A Drop of Golden Sun by Kate Saunders
• Future Hopes by Lauren James
• The Secret Life of Bugs by Moira Butterfield
• The Magnificent Book of Butterflies and Moths by Barbara Taylor
•  The Prisoner of Bhopal by Tim Walker
• Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back by Isabella Tree
• The Girl Who Wasn't There by Jacqueline Wilson
• The Secret of the Moonshard by Struan Murray
• Uprising by Jennifer Nielsen
• Big Ideas from Literature by The School of Life
• East Asian Folktales, Myths and Legends by Eva Wong Nava
• I Do Not Eat Children by Marcus Cutler
• Ancient Myths Collection Jean Menzies and Matt Ralphs
• Thank You by Jarvis
• Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
• Ancient Greeks by Clive Gifford
• Aya and the Star Chaser by Radiya Hafiza
• The Untameables by Clare Pollard
• A Poetic A-Z of Awesome Animals! By Emilie Lauren Jones
• How to Teach Grown-Ups About Climate Change by Patricia Daniels
• Extreme Weather for Kids by Matthew Cappucci
• Poetry Comics by Grant Snider
• The Whisperwicks by Jordan Lees
• Smile by Lauren Child
• We Are the Wibbly! By Sarah Tagholm
• The Vanquishers: Secret of the Reaping by Kalynn Bayron
• A Mind Full of Murder by Derek Landy
• Fireborn: Starling and the Cavern of Light by Aisling Fowler

March 2024 books of the month

• Fiction:  Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
• Nonfiction:  How to Teach Grown-Ups About Climate Change by Patricia Daniels
• Picture book:  Elki is Not My Dog by Elena Arevalo Melville

Part 2
STEM and science fiction books for children. 

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; I Can Be An Astronaut by Dr Katy Chisenga-Phillipps

Part 3
BookTok - a blessing or a curse?

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