The National Year of Reading 2026 | Series 1, Episode 33
Season 1, Episode 33 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for August 2025 and The National Year of Reading 2026.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Season 1, Episode 33 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for August 2025 and The National Year of Reading 2026.
Rayleigh Mann and the Quest of Misfits is a fast-moving sequel full of twists, evolving friendships, magical peril and monster heroes in a world where nothing and no one are quite as they seem.
July 2025’s book club includes titles by Huw Lewis Jones, Becky Wilson, Jon Agee, Humera Malik, Jim Smith, John Agard, Emma Swan, Philip Kavvadias, Ciannon Smart, Kathryn Clark, Jay McGuiness, and Jessica S. Olson.
Children’s, young adult and teen books about Halloween, trick or treating, ghosts, unexplained events, and dark spooky nights. With books by Oliver Jeffers, Julia Donaldson, Eric Carle, Harriet Muncaster, Roald Dahl, Susan Hill, Neil Gaiman, Rainbow Rowell and more.
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