School Reading List
The School Reading List Podcast - presented by Tom Tolkien. In each episode, we recommend new and classic children's and young adult books.
School Reading List
Episode 10 - How to halt the summer slide by encouraging students to read.
School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 10
For transcripts, links to all the books featured, resources, show notes and contact details, click here: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-10
Part 1
Book post
- Away With Words by Sophie Cameron
- Are We There Yet? by Sven Völker
- Glow by Noelia González
- Rubbish? by Linda Newbery & Katie Rewse
- Postman Pig and His Busy Neighbours by Richard Scarry
- Let's Go! Hospital by Catherine Ard and Ben Whitehouse
- Forwards Always by Matthew Hodson
- Growing Up Powerful by Nona Willis Aronowitz and Caribay Marquina
- Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
- How Far We've Come by Joyce Efia Harmer
- Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts by William Hussey
- Chews Your Own Tasty Adventure by Sai Pathmanathan
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in May 2023
- Nooo! Not the Dentist! By Stephanie Blake
- Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake by Andrea Beaty
- Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan
- How to Build a Racing Car by Fran Scott
- You Are a Story by Laura Dockrill
- Wild by Ele Fountain
- Jodie by Hilary McKay
- Away With Words by Sophie Cameron
- An Anthology Of Aesop's Animal Fables by Helen Ward
- Glow by Noelia Gonzalez
- Philosophy for Everyone by Clive Gifford
- No Place for Monsters: School of Phantoms by Kory Merritt
- Holey Moley by Bethan Clarke
- Weird Sea by Sophie Burrows
- Surprisingly Sarah by Terri Libenson
- Where the Light Goes by Sara Barnard
- Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
- The Invitation by Stacey May Fowles
- The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
- The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
- Time to Shine at the River School by Sabine Adeyinka
- The Thief of Farrowfell by Ravena Guron
- More Peas Please! By Tom McLaughlin
- Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star by Laura Noakes
- Manolo & the Unicorn by Jackie Azua Kramer & Jonah Kramer
- In Your Orbit by Lise Villadsen
- Rivers by Simon Chapman
- Rory's Room of Rectangles by Ian Eagleton
- Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts by William Hussey
- Marvellous Maps by Simon Kuestenmacher
- There's a Hippo in my Toilet! By Sam Taplin
May 2023 books of the month
- Fiction: Away With Words by Sophie Cameron
- Nonfiction: Glow by Noelia González
- Picture book: Are We There Yet? by Sven Völker
Part 2
How to halt the summer slide by encouraging students to read. See summer reading can energise your students
New book pitches: Katy on Broadway by Ella English, Movie Night with the Wizziwigs by Saxon North-Cornell, The 4th Dimension by Dr. Joseph J. Pamelia
Part 3
Picks for Pride Month including titles from our books for year 11 and books for year 10 lists
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