Episode 41 - Will the government's new reading assessments undermine the National Year of Reading?

School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom TolkienSeason 1: Episode 41For transcripts, resources & show notes: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-41/Part 1Book postDead Straight Line by Malcolm DuffyHow to Question Everything by Susan Martineau and Vicky BarkerThe Dream by Gideon Sterer and Nik HendersonCamping in the Wild by Nicholas OldlandWe Can Be Mermaids by Lanisha ButterfieldMoon’s Lullaby by Júlia MoscardóNico the Donkey’s New Home by Elena Mannion and Erin BrownGlam & Beardy by Ruby Clyde and Rachel WDSPYGLASS by David SolomonsThe House with Chicken Legs Runs Away by Sophie AndersonPeregrine Quinn and the Battle for Olympus by Ash BondThe Protectors by Victor KlossA Million Tiny Missiles All At Once by Lucas MaxwellThe Last Death Poet by Stephen DalyThe Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara MossRundown - top 30 children's and YA books in May 2026Astrophysics for Supervillains by Matthew Bothwell The Hospital for Mythological Creatures by Cathy Evans & Ed BrownDragonflare by Jamie Hammond This Boy I Hardly Know by Lisa Heathfield The Ice Cream Crocodile by Mariesa Dulak Koroba: The Case of the Missing Kolo by Alaba Onajin Marcie and Giraffe by Kim Gregory Princess Pete by Zoey Allen Max and Ella, Stuck Together by Kristina Rahim SuperQuesters Mission: Desert Danger by Paul Ian Cross Aardvark Day by Victoria Gatehouse & Kate Lucy Foster Buzz by Richard Jones Reach In! by Hervé Tullet Rise of the Goblin Queen by Francesco Bedini & Stefano Tambellini In the Theatre by Tove Jansson Stormbringer by Tig Wallace The Little Cook's Handbook by Lizzie MabbottA Sister Like You by Sarah Hagger-Holt Like A Brother by Nathanael Lessore Lies We Told This Summer by Emily Barr All in the Mind by Gill Arbuthnott Goldenborn by Ama Ofosua Lieb Tadpole Summer by Catherine Bruton If the Invader Comes by Tom Palmer Your Murder Next by Ravena Guron Where the Tide Lines Lead by Sophie Cameron Lily Tripp by Amelia TaitWhat If?: Grow Your Imagination by Tom Schamp Broken by X. Fang I Want by Ziggy Hanaor The Ministry of Manners by David SolomonsMay 2025 books of the monthFiction: A Sister Like You by Sarah Hagger-HoltNonfiction: Nature is the Answer by Chris PackhamPicture book: Koroba: The Case of the Missing Kolo by Àlàbá ÒnájìnPart 2Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick NessNew book pitches: A Poem A Day by Tara Ali, Dyrne Hill by Chris Dewar & Sally the Spider’s new shoes by Clodagh RyanPart 3Will the government's new reading assessments undermine the National Year of Reading?Credits & licensingSounds are licensed. Audit: https://bit.ly/3TFkwslSupport the show