Episode 27 - Why teaching discrete subjects encourages reading for pleasure

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom TolkienSeason 1: Episode 27For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-27/Part 1Book postLoverboy by Ben TomlinsonOne Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust by Michael Rosen and Benjamin PhillipThe Really Beautiful Thing by Frances TosdevinGuardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Rat by Eric Huang, illustrated by Phung Nguyen QuangSammy and the Stolen Paintings by Charlie P. BrooksMission: Manta Ray by Philip KavvadisAlex Neptune, Dragon Champion by David Owen, illustrated by George ErmosPeople Like Stars by Patrice LawrenceMurder for Two (A Tariq Twins Mystery) by Niyla FarookThe Zombie Project by Alice NuttallAfter Life by Gayle FormanBingsu For Two by Sujin WitherspoonThe Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire FranklinRundown - top 30 children's and YA books to buy in February 2025Paloma Flies Away by Maria J. GuardaAll Better Now by Neal ShustermanDiary of a Future Billionaire by Pamela ButchartLet's Play Rugby! By Gordon D'Arcy and Paul HowardRed Flags by Sophie JoI Really, Really Love My Noisy Bum by Karl Newson & Duncan BeedieShiver Point: Beneath the Ghostly Graves by Gabriel DylanBlack Star by Kwame AlexanderMondays Are Murder by Ravena GuronIsland of Influencers by Monique TurnerAlan, King of the Universe by Tom McLaughlinDragon Riders of Roar by Jenny McLachlan & Alla KhatkevichThe Notwitches by Gary Panton & Dotty SuttonSpeedwheels 3000: The Race Against Crime by Jenny Pearson & Katie KearBoobies by Nancy VoMy Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary 2 by Jim SmithThe Full Stop That Got Away by Laura Baker & Nathan ReedThe Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange & Rohan EasonWink, Murder: a Bletchley Park Mystery by Rhian TraceySurviving Vesuvius by Christopher Harrisson & Beth WatersDestiny Ink: Birthday Secret by Adeola SokunbiCloud Nine by Sue H. CunninghamWiggling Words by Kate RolfeThe Found Things by Petr HoracekNormal Women: Making History for 900 Years by Philippa GregoryPieces of Us by Stewart FosterHow To Roller-Skate with One Leg by Ella DoveMy Mum and Other Poems by Laura DockrillFebruary 2025 books of the monthFiction: Diary of a Future Billionaire by Pamela ButchartNonfiction: Surviving Vesuvius by Christopher Harrisson & Beth WatersPicture book: Paloma Flies Away by Maria J. GuardaPart 2Our recommended books for year 2 classroomsNew book pitches:•Oakley the Superhero by Roxanne Constantine; Efua's Magic Stew by Angela Ackah-McIntyre; Danny the Ducky and Gilly the Goose by Dushka PetkovichPart 3Why teaching discrete subjects and avoiding topic teaching encourages reading for pleasure.Credits and licensing3rd party sounds are licensed. Audit: https://bit.ly/3TFkwslSupport the show