School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 9

For transcripts, links to all the books featured, resources, show notes and contact details, click here: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-9 

Part 1
Book post

• Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch by Derek Keilty and Magda Broll
• I Heard a Bird by Rob Ramsden
• Small Stanley's Big List of Scary Stuff by Angie Morgan
• A Child Like You by Na'ima B. Robert
• Ajay and the Jaipur Moon by Varsha Shah
• Day and Night by Lela Nargi
• Be Happy! by Emma Dodd & Maddy Bard
• Squishy McFluff's Camping Adventure! by Pip Jones
• The Not-So Uniform Life of Holly-Mei by Christina Matula
• Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm by Annelise Gray
• Finding Floss by Cara Matheson
• Noodle the Doodle Wins the Day by Jonathan Meres

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

• Hilda: Night of the Trolls by Luke Pearson
• This Is Not My Home by Eugenia Yoh & Vivienne Chang
• Nic Blake and the Remarkables by Angie Thomas
• Twenty Questions by Mac Barnett
• Love, the Earth by Frances Stickley
• The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
• Yellowstone by Catherine Ard
• Na Willa and the House in the Alley by Reda Gaudiamo
• The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie by Yvonne Banham
• The Crown by Emily Kapff
• Day and Night by Lela Nargi
• The Treasure Hunters by Lisa Thompson
• The Smidgens United by David O'Connell
• Let's Play Murder by Kesia Lupo
• Skandar and the Phantom Rider by A.F. Steadman
• What is War? By Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferron
• Big Tree by Brian Selznick
• Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
• Animal FACTopia! by Julie Beer
• The Children of Croke Park by Michael Foley
• School Trip by Jerry Craft
• Automotive by Matt Ralphs
• Louise Bourgeois Made Giant Spiders and Wasn't Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
• The Big Book of Nature Art by Yuval Zommer
• How Far We've Come by Joyce Efia Harmer
• The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei by Christina Matula
• Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
• Bridges by Marc Majewski
• How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander
• Global by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin

April 2023 books of the month

• Fiction: Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
• Nonfiction: The Big Book of Nature Art by Yuval Zommer
• Picture book: The Crown by Emily Kapff

Part 2
Chat GPT and AI: a blessing or a curse for teachers and schools? We examine whether Chat GPT will be useful for the teaching of English and reading in schools. 

New book pitches: My Magical Bearded Friend by Chris Husband; Dumb Orphans by Allan Low

Part 3
Summer 2023 new children's books. 

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