Episode 14 - How to organise an effective quiet reading time

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 14

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-14

Part 1
Book post

•  The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow and Joe Todd-Stanton
• All Bodies Are Wonderful by Beth Cox, illustrated by Samantha Meredith
• Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety by Samuel Larochelle and Eve Patenaude
• A Bird Day by Eva Lindstroem
• Bing: Sparkle Magic
• The Odd One Out by Britta Teckentrup
• Mrs Owl's Forest School by Seb Braun
• Fodo Dodo Goes Fishing by Edouard Manceau
• River Rescue: A Peanut, Butter & Crackers Story by Paige Braddock
• Monster Stink by Anna Brooke, illustrated by Owen Lindsay
• Her Majesty's League of Remarkable Young Ladies by Alison D. Stegert
• Prey Zone: The Serpent's Lair by Wilbur Smith and Keith Chapman

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

• More Peas Please! By Tom McLaughlin
• All Bodies Are Wonderful by Beth Cox
• Finding Wonder by Lauren St John
• The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow
• By the Sea: Life Along the Coast by Judith Homoki
• The Shade Tree by Suzy Lee
• Nikhil and Jay: Off to India by Chitra Soundar
• Ivy Newt and the Time Thief by Derek Keilty and Magda Brol
• I Want a Dog by Jon Agee
• Where Can We Go?: A Tale of Four Bears by Dai Yun
• Channel Fear by Lisa Richardson
• The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
• Prey Zone: The Serpent's Lair by Wilbur Smith
• Five Little Ghosts by Lily Murray
• Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals by Ben Rothery
• Who Let the Words Out? by Joshua Seigal
• The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde
• Nightshade Revenge by Anthony Horowitz
• Evolution by Sarah Darwin
• An Atlas of Afterlives by Emily Hawkins
• Bompa's Insect Expedition by David Suzuki
• You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne
• Butterfly Wings by Samuel Larochelle
• Michael Morpurgo's Tales from Shakespeare by Michael Morpurgo
• Oh Maya Gods! By Maz Evans
• Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
• Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix
• Imagine a Garden by Rina Singh
• Foxlight by Katya Balen
• Skrimsli by Nicola Davies

September 2023 books of the month

• Fiction:  | The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow and Joe Todd-Stanton
• Nonfiction:  | All Bodies Are Wonderful by Beth Cox, illustrated by Samantha Meredith
• Picture book:  | Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety by Samuel Larochelle and Eve Patenaude

Part 2
How to organise an effective quiet reading time

New book pitches: Phone Me When You're Home! by Wendy Garvey, On My Back Paws by Anna Skoyles, Luna and Helio The Eclipse by Gina Keulemans, Why, Oh Why, Am I a Crocodile? by Alex Brooks

Part 3
Halloween - our Halloween book list for children and teens

Credits and licensing
3rd party sounds are licensed. Audit: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/podcasts/#podcast-credits

Chapters

• 0:47 A rundown of recent book post
• 9:43 Top 30 recommended children's and YA books coming out in September 2023
• 13:35 How to organise an effective quiet reading time
• 25:56 Book promos by new and self published authors
• 30:40 Halloween books for children