School Reading List

Episode 3 - Does reading decline in children aged 11-16 in secondary schools?

Tom Tolkien Season 1 Episode 3

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 3

For transcripts, links to all the books featured, resources, show notes and contact details, click here: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-3 

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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