Episode 22 - What to read in the summer holidays

School Reading List

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 22

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Part 1
Book post

• The Virtue Season by L.M. Nathan
• Move, Mr Mountain! by Francesca Sanna
• Lifesize Ocean Animals by Sophy Henn
• Doggy Dance Off by Steve Smallman
• Becoming Brave by Jennie Cashman Wilson
• Watts & Whiskerton by Meg McLaren
• Grimwood Party Animals by Nadia Shireen
• Sherlock Bones and the Mischief in Manhattan by Tim Collins
• 100 Things to Know About Sport by Jerome Martin, Alice James, Tom Mumbray and Micaela Tapsell
• Delta and the Lost City by Anna Fargher
• Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North by Antonia Maxwell
• The Last Thing You'll Hear by Jan Dunning

Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in August 2024

• Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books by Barry Timms
• Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant by Craig Barr-Green
• Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
• The Dark Within Us by Jess Popplewell
• Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus
• Let Sleeping Gods Lie by Thiago de Moraes
• Peng and Spanners: When Pigs Go Bad! by Steve Webb
• Rosa By Starlight by Hilary McKay
• Autumn Feast: Nature's Harvest by Sean Taylor & Alex Morss
• One Up by Ben Sanders
• Beautiful: A Celebration of Evolution by William Spring
• Star of the Show by Jacqueline Wilson
• Mia and the Secrets of Lunis by Janelle McCurdy
• Almost Nothing Happened by Meg Rosoff
• Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
• Herd by Stephen Hogtun
• What the Crow Saw Below by Robert Tregoning
• Auntie Medusa and Me by Marie Basting
• The Boy Who Cried Ghost by Ian Eagleton
• Bronte Tempestra and the Ice Warriors by Bex Hogan
• The Life Changing Magic of Drumming by Nandi Bushell
• Snakehead: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
• The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell
• The Girl with Wings by Jaco Jacobs
• Colin’s Castle by Holly Swain
• We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde
• Geomancer: The Storm and the Sea Hawk by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Out Of This World: Poems to Make You Laugh, Smile and Think by Michael Rosen
• Spooky Celebrations Around the World by Matt Ralphs
• Our World in Numbers Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life by DK
• Last Seen Online by Lauren James

August 2024 books of the month

• Fiction: Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
• Nonfiction: Beautiful: A Celebration of Evolution by William Spring
• Picture book: Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant by Craig Barr-Green, illustrated by Francis Martin

Part 2
Teens reads for the summer holiday - our rundown

New book pitches: There Was an Old Woman Who Followed a Spy! by Tommy Furmato; Luna and Helio The Eclipse by Gina Keulemans; Insects, Bugs and Rock and Roll by Alex Brooks; Are We There Yet? by Melissa Abraham
Part 3
Non-Traditional Reading Forms to Engage Children Over the Summer

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