Episode 19 - Choosing children's books: how do adults pick new children's books?

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien

Season 1: Episode 19

For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-19/

Part 1
Book post

• Serena and the Little Blue Dog by Rosemary Clunie
• Moving Up: How to Ace Secondary School by Christian Foley
• Champ by Payam Ebrahimi and Reza Dalvand
• Pink Trucks by Sam Clarke
• Heavy Metal Badger by Duncan Beedie
• It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop) by Jennifer Gardy
• Podkin and the Singing Spear by Kieran Larwood
• Nature's Fascinating Friendships by Kerry Hyndman and Mike Hills
• Bigg School: Double Drama by Lisa Williamson
• When the Wild Calls by Nicola Penfold
• Robin Hood: Ballots, Blasts & Betrayal by Robert Muchamore
• The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in May 2024

• Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
• Dead Happy by Josh Silver
• The Beast of Farrowfell by Ravena Guron
• Bird Boy by Catherine Bruton
• Knowing the Score by Ros Roberts
• Desi Girl Speaking by A. S. Hussain
• Tom Gates: Book of Everything by Liz Pichon
• Angel of Grasmere by Tom Palmer
• Fly by David Lindo and Sara Boccaccini Meadows
• Adnan by Mark Arrigo, Steven Chatterton and Diala Brisly
• The Truth About Shaming by Beth Ashley
• Good Night, Good Beach by Joy Cowley and Hilary Jean Tapper
• Colossal Words for Kids by Colette Hiller and Tor Freeman
• Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond and Lwillys Tafur. So good, so good, so good
• Old Oak and the Wild Flowers by Elena Mannion and Erin Brown
• Nature Is an Artist by Jennifer Lavallee
• We Are Family by Oliver Sykes
• He, She, They, Us: Queer Poems by Charlie Castelletti
• All the Hidden Monsters by Amie Jordan
• Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald
• Grey by Laura Dockrill and Lauren Child
• The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival
• On Poetry Street by Brian Moses and Mark Elvins
• The Grimmelings by Rachael King
• Finding Alfie  by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman
• Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons by Abi Elphinstone
• If My Words Had Wings by Danielle Jawando
• 365 things to make and do by Fiona Watt
• Big Gorilla: A Book of Opposites by Anthony Browne
• North and the Only One by Vashti Hardy
• Wild East by Ashley Hickson-Lovence

May 2024 books of the month

• Fiction:  Beti and the Little Round House by Atinuke
• Nonfiction:  The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing by Tanya Goodin
• Picture book:  Old Oak and the Wild Flowers by Elena Mannion and Erin Brown

Part 2
KS2 SATs revision books - our rundown

New book pitches: There was an Old Woman who Followed a Spy! by Tommy Furmato; Luna and Helio The Eclipse by Gina Keulemans; Insects, Bugs and Rock and Roll by Alex Brooks; I Can Be An Astronaut by Dr Katy Chisenga-Phillipps

Part 3
Advice for adults looking for great children's books

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