School Reading List
Episode 3 - Does reading decline in children aged 11-16 in secondary schools?
Sep 25, 2022
Season 1
Episode 3
Tom Tolkien
School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 3
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Part one.
Book post:
- Human Kindness: True Stories of Compassion and Generosity that Changed the World by John Francis
- Iceberg by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
- Everything Sustainable Energy by National Geographic Kids
- Whisper on the Wind by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
- Bad Panda: The Cake Escape by Swapna Haddow
- Gross Factopia by Paige Towler
- Found by Sam Usher
- Secrets of the Dead: Mummies and Other Human Remains From Around the World by Matt Ralphs
- Big Questions about the Universe by Alice James and Alex Frith
- Lionel Poops by Éric Veillé
- Old Oak and Little Acorn by Elena Mannion
- The Last Storyteller by Donna Barba Higuera
- The Cats Who Wanted More by Katie Sahota and Naomi Tipping
- The Spell Tailors by James Nicol
- Granny Pip grows fruit by Deborah Chancellor and Julia Groves
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in September 2022:
- Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief by David Owen
- How To Survive Anywhere by Ben Lerwill
- Big Questions about the Universe by Alice James & Alex Frith
- Iceberg by Claire Saxby
- The Last Storyteller by Donna Barba Higuera
- Stories of Peace and Kindness For a Better World by Elizabeth Laird
- Granny Pip Grows Fruit by Deborah Chancellor and Julia Groves
- Gross FACTopia! By Paige Towler
- Eco Girl by Ken Wilson-Max
- Human Kindness by John Francis
- The Curse of the Tomb Robbers by Andy Seed
- Stone by Finbar Hawkins
- Everything Sustainable Energy by National Geographic Kids
- The Spell Tailors by James Nicol
- Found by Sam Usher
- Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
- The Treekeepers by Kieran Larwood
- No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt
- Tom Gates 19 Random Acts of Fun by Liz Pichon
- And Everything Will Be Glad to See You by Ella Risbridger
- Everything Human Body by National Geographic Kids
- The Cats Who Wanted More by Katie Sahota
- Secrets of the Dead by Matt Ralphs
- Which Way to Anywhere by Cressida Cowell
- The Elemental Detectives by Patrice Lawrence
- The Baddies by Julia Donaldson
- Joyful, Joyful by Dapo Adeola
- Old Oak and Little Acorn by Elena Mannion.
- Dogs of the Deadlands by Anthony McGowan
- The Collectors by Philip Pullman
September 2022 books of the month:
- Fiction: Stone by Finbar Hawkins
- Nonfiction: Gross Factopia by Paige Towler
- Picture book: Found by Sam Usher
Part two.
Time travelling to a world of second-hand books. In this episode, we feature children's historical fiction writer, Rosemary Sutcliff.
Part three.
Do you think children's reading declines in KS3 and KS4? With a social media poll.
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