School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 33
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Part 1
Book post
- Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
- Domain by Rohan Gavin
- Dinosaur Desert: A Prehistoric Journey of Discovery by Dr Nick Crumpton
- Go Go Dodo! by Huw Lewis Jones, illustrated by Fred Blunt
- Every Botty Burps by Becky Wilson, illustrated by Alex Patrick
- George and Lenny Are Always Together by Jon Agee
- Farah's Nose by Humera Malik
- My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary 3 by Jim Smith
- The Poetry World of John Agard by John Agard
- Cruise Ship Kid by Emma Swan
- Mission: Monster Mind by Philip Kavvadias
- Rayleigh Mann and the Quest of Misfits by Ciannon Smart
- Things I Learned While I Was Dead by Kathryn Clark
- Poison Tides by Jay McGuiness
- Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olson
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in August 2025
- The Moonlighters by Lee Newbery
- Maisie vs the Himalayas by Jack Jackman
- Shoes!: A footwear fashion frolic by Anna Davies and Daisy Wynter
- The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
- Bear by Kiri Lightfoot
- Let's Be Earthlings by Mary Murphy
- All Together Now: Collected Poems by Michaela Morgan
- Gloam by Jack Mackay
- The Coming of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes and Mini Grey
- Love on Sight by Asli Jensen
- The Notwitches: Prison Break by Gary Panton
- A First Book of Bugs by Simon Mole and Adam Ming
- There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
- How to Catch an Idea by Forest Xiao
- Enter the Endgame by Triona Campbell
- Pooems by Kes Gray
- The Forest of Dreams by Merve Atilgan
- Sometimes You Find a Dragon by Viviane Schwarz
- Dungeon Runners: Ocean Chase by Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd Stanton
- iNSiDE by S.A. Gales
- You and Me and the Peanut-Butter Beast by Andy Griffiths
- Girls of Dark Divine by E.V. Woods
- Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb and Erin Kraan
- Oxford Blood by Rachael Davis-Featherstone
- A Totally Big Umbrella by Sarah Crossan and Rebecca Cobb
- Colin’s Grandma by Holly Swain
- The Game I Will Never Forget by Onjali Q. Rauf
- Not Going To Plan by Tia Fisher
- Little Snail Goes House-Hunting by Bia Melo
- Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G Griffiths
- Geomancer: The Ship of Strays by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
August 2025 books of the month
- Fiction: Gloam by Jack Mackay
- Nonfiction: There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
- Picture book: The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
Part 2
Audiobooks for Teens
New book pitches: A Book of Baby Birds by I. S. Thomas, Sally the Spider’s new shoes by Clodagh Ryan, Anna Denton & The Water of Life by Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson
Part 3
The National Year of Reading 2026
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