School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien
Season 1: Episode 34
For transcripts & show notes see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-34/
Part 1
Book post
- Gloam by Jack Mackay
- There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
- The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
- How to Catch an Idea by Forest Xiao
- The Coming of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes
- My Brother Is a Tiger by Joaquin Camp
- Luna Grace: Girl from Outer Space by Julie Sykes
- Map to Starlight Hollow by Rebecca Lewis-Oakes
- The Notwitches: Prison Break by Gary Panton
- How to Get Magically Popular by Radhika Sanghani
- Moonboy by Anna Ciddor
- Wintour's Fate by Brían Dungan
- iNSiDE by Sally Gales
- Girls of Dark Divine by E. V. Woods
Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in September 2025
- Old Oak and Little Acorn by Elena Mannion & Erin Brown
- The Guardians of Dreamdark: Windwitch by Laini Taylor
- Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia by Christopher Lloyd
- History's Most Epic Fails by Athena Kugblenu
- Hank Meets Frank by Maudie Powell-Tuck
- What Feelings Do at Night by Tina Oziewicz
- Everybody Has a Fear by Koleka Putuma & Amanda Mijangos
- The Cave Downwind of the Café by Mikey Please
- The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours by Chloe Savage
- Whoosh!: Adventures with Grandad by Sam Usher
- Dance of Resistance by Catherine Johnson
- The Rebel and the Rose by Catherine Doyle
- Thirst by Darren Simpson
- The Wizard's Guide to Magical Experiments by Amanda Wood
- Role Model by Elle McNicoll
- Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom by P. J. Killburn
- Fold-Out + Play: Doll's House by Ingela P Arrhenius
- Where the Dead Live by Sam Fern and Romolo D’Hipolito
- The Fear by Tom Palmer
- Talk Like an Aztec by Tegen Evans & Nina Chakrabarti
- A Tree is a Time Machine by Rob Sears & Tom Sears
- No Escape by M.A. Bennett
- By sea and sky by Lela Nargi & Xuan Le
- The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare
- Fright Club: Let's Boo This! by Sibeal Pounder
- Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen
- BUST OR TRUST by Small Wardour & Sam Peet
- Mythical Tales by Laura Sampson & Lilla Bolecz
- Champions of the Galaxy by Tola Okogwu
- Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron
September 2025 books of the month
- Fiction: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett & Ziggy Hanaor
- Nonfiction: The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare & Jasmine Floyd
- Picture book: Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury
Part 2
Our rundown of new children's and YA books for Autumn 2025.
New book pitches: The Collaborator by TG Trouper, Sally the Spider’s new shoes by Clodagh Ryan, Anna Denton & The Water of Life by Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson
Part 3
Books that rival screens and social media
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