Episode 45 - Should Every School Be Legally Required to Have a Library?

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom Tolkien **Season 1: Episode 45** For transcripts, resources & show notes: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-45/ ***Part 1*** ***Book post*** - Bang!: Join the adventures of a boy and his grandad! by Sam Usher - I Saw a Tree by Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field - How to Scare Blue Monster by Petr Horáček - The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours by Chloe Savage - Who Said Boo? by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald - A Smile by Raoul Follereau, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi - Frankenkitty by Maudie Powell-Tuck, illustrated by Mini Grey - Rapunzel is a Lettuce: Poems to Grow With by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Shirley Hottier - Behind the Scenes by Hannah Cockayne, illustrated by Åsa Gilland - Ghost and Toast: Slice to Meet You! by Phil Corbett - Grimwood: The Fast and the Furriest by Nadia Shireen - Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent by Derek Keilty, illustrated by Louis Ghibault - Earth Ever After by Elin Manon - How to Do (Almost) Everything by Becky Baines, illustrated by Laurie Avon - Dead Yard: Deep Trouble by P.J. Killburn, illustrated by Markia Jenai - When the Birds Wake Up by Jessica Ellis, illustrated by Sophie Burrows - Cleopatra’s Amulet by Lindsay Galvin - The Wildcat and the Gathering Storm by Lui Sit, illustrated by David Dean - The Courage to Be Yourself by Fumitake Koga - Hawk & Sparrow by Ayana Gray - A Witch’s Guide to Love and Deception by Aamna Qureshi - Are You Still Watching by Kelechi Okafor - Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo ***Rundown - top 30 children's and YA books in September 2026*** - How to Understand and Apply AI by Sam Hutchinson, illustrated by Ste Johnson - Mirabelle and the Potions Fair by Harriet Muncaster - Moth the Veggie Vampire by Dotty Sutton - The Notted Island by Katherine Child - Game of Pets by Aaron Blabey - Girl with a Sabretooth Tiger by Jasbinder Bilan - The Sky We Share by Laura Knowles, illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson - Poop Stars by Emer Stamp, illustrated by Monika Filipina - Dawn Horse by Grahame Baker-Smith - The Moonlight Dragon by Liz Flanagan - The Raven's Gift by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston - Filthy by Lucy Cuthew - The Age of Fury by John Stephens - Swim, Little Otter by Tom McCaughren and Erika McGann - The Soulmate Bakery by Safa Ahmed - Building 903 by Lois Lowry - The Grand Bug Hotel by Ziggy Hanaor, illustrated by Ollie Silvester - Dungeon Runners: Forest Frenzy by Kieran Larwood - I Wonder If I'm Growing by Raffi, illustrated by Jon Klassen - Aberfan: A Family Story by Jack Lewis - Hometown by Shaun Tan - The Christmas Book by Katherine Woodfine, illustrated by Lizzy Stewart - SPYGLASS: Coldfinger by David Solomons - Fear Files: A Trick of the Light by Christopher Edge - A Scrap of Moss and Magick by Helen Parry - Big Thoughts: Catch and Release Your Worries by Laura Dockrill - Where Snow Angels Go by Maggie O'Farrell - The Paper Girl by Caryl Lewis - Yearning Difficulties by Elle McNicoll - One Last Scare by Bill Wood - Follow Me Moon by Colleen Larmour ***September 2026 books of the month*** - Fiction: Yearning Difficulties by Elle McNicoll - Nonfiction: Mountain, Boulder, Pebble, Sand by Rebecca Van Slyke - Picture book: Desert Flowers by Jairo Buitrago ***Part 2*** K-Pop books for children and teens ***New book pitches*:** Reading Laughing Learning series by Thomas Heinrichs, Leo and the Dragon of Sound by Stephanie Thomas & Bibble Bobble Wibble Wobble by Terence Begnor ***Part 3*** **Should Every School Be Legally Required to Have a Library?** ***Credits & licensing*** **Sounds are licensed.** Audit: https://bit.ly/3TFkwsl Support the show