Episode 4 - What makes a book popular with children?

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 4

For transcripts, links to all the books featured, resources, show notes and contact details, click here: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-4 

Part one
Book post

• No Home for a Ghost by Jess Rose
• The Perfect Present by Petr Horáček
• The Best Bear Tracker by John Condon
• Together We Can by Ned Hartley
• The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories by Sarah McIntyre
• Meanwhile Back On Earth by Oliver Jeffers
• Big Ideas from History by The School Of Life
• The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage
• The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers by Rachel Poliquin
• We Disagree About This Tree by Ross Collins
• The Terracotta Horse by Scott Lauder and David Ross
• The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons by Andy Shepherd and Sara Ogilvie

Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in October 2022

• The Lucky Bottle by Chris Wormell
• The Haunted Hills by Berlie Doherty
• Tyger by SF Said
• Aliens by Joalda Morancy
• My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee
• The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage
• Wild Animals of the World by Dieter Braun
• The Boy Who Lost His Spark by Maggie O'Farrell
• The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho
• Freestyle by Gale Galligan
• Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel
• Children of the Stone City by Beverley Naidoo
• The Midnight Panther by Poonam Mistry
• The Other Ones by Fran Har
• Activist by Louisa Reid
• Africana by Kim Chakanetsa
• The Three Hares: The Terracotta Horse by Scott Lauder and David Ross
• Creature by Shaun Tan
• Nomads: Life on the Move by Kinchoi Lam
• Big Ideas from History by The School of Life
• Together We Can by Ned Hartley
• Meanwhile Back on Earth Oliver Jeffers
• We Disagree About This Tree by Ross Collins
• India, Incredible India by Jasbinder Bilan
• History's BIGGEST Show-offs by Andy Seed
• Basher Games: Chess by Simon Basher
• The Ever-changing Earth by Grahame Baker-Smith
• The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Ice Breaker by Jason Rohan
• Escape from Chernobyl by Andy Marino
• Sherlock Bones and the Curse of the Pharaoh’s Mask by Tim Collins

October 2022 books of the month

• Fiction:   The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho
• Nonfiction:  2023 Nature Month-By-Month by Anna Wilson
• Picture book: Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles by Michael Rosen

Part two
Promoting your new children's and YA book to schools. Our tips. 

New book pitch: The Art Family by Sue Truslet

Part three
Children's favourite books, and how these differ from the teacher-recommended books for KS1 and books for KS2.

Credits and licensing

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