School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 29
For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-29/
Part 1
Book post
- Mr Norton's New Hat by Huw Lewis Jones and Corey Egbert
- Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica by Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch
- Please Don't Read the Footnotes Please by Rob Walton, illustrated by Reena Makwana
- Meet Amber Class by Enomwoyi Damali, illustrated by Ruthine Burton
- Bad Panda: For Sale by Swapna Haddow
- Grumpfort by Jamie Hammond
- Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower by Nathanael Lessore, illustrated by Simran Diamond Singh
- The Magnificent Book of Trees by Tony Russell, illustrated by Val Walerczuk & Simon Treadwell
- Rebel Heart by Ally Sherrick
- School of Doom by Sarah Harrison
- Beastlands: Legend of the Crystal Caves by Jess French
- Fury, Fire and Frost by Robert Muchamore
- Missing Link by Anthony Kessel
- Normal Women Making History for 900 Years by Philippa Gregory
- Nightweaver by R. M. Gray
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in April 2025
- Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick
- The Line They Drew Through Us by Hiba Noor Khan
- Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed by Eve Wersocki Morris
- Peregrine Quinn and the Mask of Chaos by Ash Bond
- The Boy with Big Decisions by Helen Rutter
- Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Not That Kind Of Hero by Alexia Casale
- The First Year by Matt Goodfellow
- The Last House in the Row by Lesley Parr
- Odd Girl Out by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid
- Fishfolk by Steven Quincey-Jones
- I Am Raven by Alastair Chisholm
- Snails of the Unexpected by Terrie Chilvers
- Light by Jess Wade & Ana Sanfelippo
- Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare by Michael Rosen & Chris Riddell
- Life (As We Know It) by Ziggy Hanaor & Cristobal Schmal
- Weird Philosophy by Brandon Robshaw
- Becoming Grace by Hilary McKay
- The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood by Farhana Islam
- Hercules: Hero to Zero? By Tom Vaughan
- Matched Up by Jenny Ireland
- The Girl with the Red Boots by Alex Wheatle
- What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore
- Botticelli's Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted
- The Mirror World by Femi Fadugba
- Rainforest by DK
- Starminster: The Month of Birthdays by Megan Hopkins
- Food for All by Mary Hoffman & Ros Asquith
- Quiet Riot by Nadia Finer
- Our Tree by Jessica Meserve
April 2025 books of the month
- Fiction: Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Nonfiction: We are All Animals by Ben Hoare and Christopher Lloyd, illustrated by Mark Ruffle
- Picture book: Our Tree by Jessica Meserve
Part 2
Our recommended books for reception classrooms
New book pitches: Oakley the Superhero by Roxanne Constantine; The Tilly and Harry Adventures by Ashton Moon; Danny the Ducky and Gilly the Goose by Dushka Petkovich
Part 3
Do Children Read More Than We Think?
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