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A library in every primary: what £10m means | Series 1, Episode 35
S01 E35 of the School Reading List podcast. A library in every primary: what £10m means, new book post & 30 great books for October 2025
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@tomtolkien.bsky.social This is a great analysis of what the Govt's £10m allocated to primary school libraries can actually buy
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In this surreal collection of short vignettes, we are transported to the world of Sato the Rabbit: a world very much like our own, yet one that is imbued with an added dimension of wonder and curiosity. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/michael...
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In this surreal collection of short vignettes, we are transported to the world of Sato the Rabbit: a world very much like our own, yet one that is imbued with an added dimension of wonder and curiosity. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/michael...
Hedgehog and Rabbit enjoy eating cabbages and looking for snails in their peaceful garden. But when a scary, swirling wind comes up, the two must find a way to face their fears. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/gomez/h...
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Hedgehog and Rabbit enjoy eating cabbages and looking for snails in their peaceful garden. But when a scary, swirling wind comes up, the two must find a way to face their fears. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/gomez/h...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jan Pienkowski. Annunciation, with angel arriving as Mary hangs out the washing, from The First Christmas with text from the King James Bible. Edition with illustrations in silhouette first published in 1981 and now re-issued by Puffin Books. @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jan Pienkowski. Annunciation, with angel arriving as Mary hangs out the washing, from The First Christmas with text from the King James Bible. Edition with illustrations in silhouette first published in 1981 and now re-issued by Puffin Books. @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Tony Meeuwissen (digression from Christmas books) from a reissue of his Remarkable Animals, out from Otter-Barry Books on 13 Nov. One of 1000 permutations using 10 animals. In this case, Ruby-Topaz hummingbird with trunkfish and caterpillar. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Tony Meeuwissen (digression from Christmas books) from a reissue of his Remarkable Animals, out from Otter-Barry Books on 13 Nov. One of 1000 permutations using 10 animals. In this case, Ruby-Topaz hummingbird with trunkfish and caterpillar. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
This WWII adventure reminds us that times of war call for bravery, brains and teamwork from even the most unlikely heroes. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/deborah...
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This WWII adventure reminds us that times of war call for bravery, brains and teamwork from even the most unlikely heroes. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/deborah...
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#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Sydney Smith. It's time I think for a run of Christmas books, starting with the paperback of Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett, out from Puffin since Oct. How Santa got to enjoy Christmas Day himself. Smith works his usual magic with light @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Sydney Smith. It's time I think for a run of Christmas books, starting with the paperback of Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett, out from Puffin since Oct. How Santa got to enjoy Christmas Day himself. Smith works his usual magic with light @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
This biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. #bookrecommendatins #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/lori-al...
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. #bookrecommendatins #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/lori-al...
Reluctantly touring Halifax with his family, twelve-year-old Laz Berenger accidentally stumbles through a time tunnel to a 1745 war zone. thebookseekers.com/book/karen-b...
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reluctantly touring Halifax with his family, twelve-year-old Laz Berenger accidentally stumbles through a time tunnel to a 1745 war zone. thebookseekers.com/book/karen-b...
When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. thebookseekers.com/book/joe-ber...
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. thebookseekers.com/book/joe-ber...
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#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Australian author/illustrator Bob Graham from A Hatful of Dreams, a picturebook about domesticity and magic, family and community, imagination and Grandad's hat. Light-heartedly drawn, prettily coloured & carefully observed. Walker Books 6 Nov. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Australian author/illustrator Bob Graham from A Hatful of Dreams, a picturebook about domesticity and magic, family and community, imagination and Grandad's hat. Light-heartedly drawn, prettily coloured & carefully observed. Walker Books 6 Nov. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
The year is 1726 and the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for those who are Magic born. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/maxine-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The year is 1726 and the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for those who are Magic born. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/maxine-...
The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ... until he suddenly reappears. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/kate-sa...
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ... until he suddenly reappears. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/kate-sa...
A young soldier is fighting in the trenches of wartime France when he finds a hen, skinny, scruffy, and starving. #readingforpleasure #bookrecommendations thebookseekers.com/book/jennife...
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A young soldier is fighting in the trenches of wartime France when he finds a hen, skinny, scruffy, and starving. #readingforpleasure #bookrecommendations thebookseekers.com/book/jennife...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Goldsmiths graduate Yibing Deng from her A Song of the Seasons, which follows a mother bear and her cubs through the year. Gentle, decorative pencil illustration with simplified shapes, pretty colours and a sense of softness. Post Wave 23 Oct. @postwavebooks.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Goldsmiths graduate Yibing Deng from her A Song of the Seasons, which follows a mother bear and her cubs through the year. Gentle, decorative pencil illustration with simplified shapes, pretty colours and a sense of softness. Post Wave 23 Oct. @postwavebooks.bsky.social
Discover all the foul facts about the Great War. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/martin-...
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Discover all the foul facts about the Great War. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/martin-...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Luke Pearson from Hilda and Twig Wake the Ice Man. The latest in a graphic novel series that became a Netflix franchise. (Twig is a ‘deerfox’.) Classic cartoon strip with a hint, I think, of Mafalda. Flying Eye 6 Nov. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social @lukepearson.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Luke Pearson from Hilda and Twig Wake the Ice Man. The latest in a graphic novel series that became a Netflix franchise. (Twig is a ‘deerfox’.) Classic cartoon strip with a hint, I think, of Mafalda. Flying Eye 6 Nov. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social @lukepearson.bsky.social
@tomtolkien.bsky.social This is a great analysis of what the Govt's £10m allocated to primary school libraries can actually buy
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
A library in every primary: what £10m means | Series 1, Episode 35
S01 E35 of the School Reading List podcast. A library in every primary: what £10m means, new book post & 30 great books for October 2025
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@tomtolkien.bsky.social This is a great analysis of what the Govt's £10m allocated to primary school libraries can actually buy
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jackie Morris from One Cheetah, One Cherry: a Book of Beautiful Numbers. A playful board book about counting to 10 with rich animal paintings embellished with gold leaf, like heraldry or illuminated manuscripts. Otter-Barry Books 30 October. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jackie Morris from One Cheetah, One Cherry: a Book of Beautiful Numbers. A playful board book about counting to 10 with rich animal paintings embellished with gold leaf, like heraldry or illuminated manuscripts. Otter-Barry Books 30 October. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
George gets spooked when he spends his first Halloween in the country and hears the legend of No Noggin - a headless scarecrow that kicks people's hats off on Halloween! #Halloween #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/h-a-rey...
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
George gets spooked when he spends his first Halloween in the country and hears the legend of No Noggin - a headless scarecrow that kicks people's hats off on Halloween! #Halloween #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/h-a-rey...
With a bag full of tricks and the best costume in town, Henry can't wait to go trick or treating. #Halloween #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure #2026YearofReading thebookseekers.com/book/frances...
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
With a bag full of tricks and the best costume in town, Henry can't wait to go trick or treating. #Halloween #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure #2026YearofReading thebookseekers.com/book/frances...
Angelina and her friends love Halloween - they make sparkly firefly costumes and have a lovely tea party with goblin biscuits and scary games. thebookseekers.com/book/kathari...
October 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Angelina and her friends love Halloween - they make sparkly firefly costumes and have a lovely tea party with goblin biscuits and scary games. thebookseekers.com/book/kathari...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Luke Adam Hawker, illustrating a poem by Robert Macfarlane. The way the child climbing out of the water is drawn recalls Mabel Lucie Attwell, and the tree has something of Arthur Rackham about it. Firefly published by Magic Cat, 23 October. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Luke Adam Hawker, illustrating a poem by Robert Macfarlane. The way the child climbing out of the water is drawn recalls Mabel Lucie Attwell, and the tree has something of Arthur Rackham about it. Firefly published by Magic Cat, 23 October. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by James Mayhew from his collection of 10 stories, My Book of Classic Nursery Tales. Characterful creatures in an image from The Tortoise and the Hare, made with collage using paper printed with patterns and textures. Otter-Barry Books 9 October @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by James Mayhew from his collection of 10 stories, My Book of Classic Nursery Tales. Characterful creatures in an image from The Tortoise and the Hare, made with collage using paper printed with patterns and textures. Otter-Barry Books 9 October @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
A lost little budgie brings together a young boy and his seemingly grumpy older neighbour. thebookseekers.com/book/joseph-...
October 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A lost little budgie brings together a young boy and his seemingly grumpy older neighbour. thebookseekers.com/book/joseph-...
This is an exciting, imaginative, hilarious adventure that encourages little readers to have confidence and stand up for themselves. thebookseekers.com/book/sara-og...
October 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This is an exciting, imaginative, hilarious adventure that encourages little readers to have confidence and stand up for themselves. thebookseekers.com/book/sara-og...