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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