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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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Mr. Grumps has the holiday blahs. And then, just a few days before Christmas, his cat Loretta disappears. Will he be able to find Loretta before Christmas and restore the holiday cheer to East 88th Street?
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December 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Mr. Grumps has the holiday blahs. And then, just a few days before Christmas, his cat Loretta disappears. Will he be able to find Loretta before Christmas and restore the holiday cheer to East 88th Street?
thebookseekers.com/book/bernard...
thebookseekers.com/book/bernard...
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... #bookrecommendations #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/clement...
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... #bookrecommendations #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/clement...
The Night Before Christmas on TheBookSeekers.
All about The Night Before Christmas including suggestions for what to read next | TheBookSeekers. As expectation mounts on Christmas Eve, a boy hears sleigh bells ringing and looks out of the window ...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... #bookrecommendations #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/clement...
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... #bookrecommendations #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/clement...
On a bitter winter night in the land of Judea, a beautiful golden cat is desperate to find a safe place to give birth to her kittens. #bookrecommendations #Christmas #Nativity thebookseekers.com/book/robert-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On a bitter winter night in the land of Judea, a beautiful golden cat is desperate to find a safe place to give birth to her kittens. #bookrecommendations #Christmas #Nativity thebookseekers.com/book/robert-...
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Day 4
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Day 4
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
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Two scenes by Richard Scarry to
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Two scenes by Richard Scarry to
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
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Day 3
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with C.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with C.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Day 3
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with C.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with C.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
It's the last day of school before Christmas vacation when a mysterious meteorite crashes through the classroom window and a genie pops out! #bookrecommendations #christmas #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/dan-gut...
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It's the last day of school before Christmas vacation when a mysterious meteorite crashes through the classroom window and a genie pops out! #bookrecommendations #christmas #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/dan-gut...
Tomie dePaola tells the Christmas story through the eyes of a group of birds who witness the Nativity. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/tomie-d...
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tomie dePaola tells the Christmas story through the eyes of a group of birds who witness the Nativity. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/tomie-d...
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Day 2
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Day 2
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
How two friends first meet as lonely newcomers to a city at Christmas. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/emma-ch...
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How two friends first meet as lonely newcomers to a city at Christmas. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure #Christmas thebookseekers.com/book/emma-ch...
Herbert Slewg and his hapless, video game-addicted neighbor Alex Filby have stumbled upon what Einstein could only theorize about: a wormhole through the space/time continuum. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/peter-n...
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Herbert Slewg and his hapless, video game-addicted neighbor Alex Filby have stumbled upon what Einstein could only theorize about: a wormhole through the space/time continuum. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/peter-n...
The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/john-bo...
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight. #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/john-bo...
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A pause from the wintry #newillustrationoftheday images to draw attention to Helen Oxenbury’s current exhibition at the Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire and the fact that she and I will be in conversation at noon at the gallery tomorrow (28th). Here are the grandmothers from Trish Cooke’s So Much.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A pause from the wintry #newillustrationoftheday images to draw attention to Helen Oxenbury’s current exhibition at the Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire and the fact that she and I will be in conversation at noon at the gallery tomorrow (28th). Here are the grandmothers from Trish Cooke’s So Much.
Computer code just got dangerous in this action-packed spy adventure. #bookrecommendations thebookseekers.com/book/sophie-...
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Computer code just got dangerous in this action-packed spy adventure. #bookrecommendations thebookseekers.com/book/sophie-...
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Another wintry #NewIllustrationoftheDay, a minimalist snowy spread with a sense of depth by Matt Hunt from How to Find a Yeti, in which the sharp-eyed can spot the outline of a yeti louring over the distant row of grey trees. The paperback published this autumn by Nosy Crow. @nosycrow.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Another wintry #NewIllustrationoftheDay, a minimalist snowy spread with a sense of depth by Matt Hunt from How to Find a Yeti, in which the sharp-eyed can spot the outline of a yeti louring over the distant row of grey trees. The paperback published this autumn by Nosy Crow. @nosycrow.bsky.social
Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII, but as the King's favourite, Will gains many enemies in Court. #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/berlie-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII, but as the King's favourite, Will gains many enemies in Court. #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/berlie-...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Nick Butterworth from a 2025 board book, The Greatest Snowman, in the Percy the Park-Keeper series Stories from Percy’s Park. Acrobatic squirrels on a sledge demonstrate Butterworth’s humour, fine draughtsmanship and skill with dramatic action. @harpercollins.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Nick Butterworth from a 2025 board book, The Greatest Snowman, in the Percy the Park-Keeper series Stories from Percy’s Park. Acrobatic squirrels on a sledge demonstrate Butterworth’s humour, fine draughtsmanship and skill with dramatic action. @harpercollins.bsky.social
Patrick wants a dog. Oz wants a friend. #bookrecommednations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/p-j-lyn...
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Patrick wants a dog. Oz wants a friend. #bookrecommednations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/p-j-lyn...
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Sarah Warburton from A Christmas Delivery with text by Andy Shepherd. The sequel to The Boy who Grew Dragons. Vertical spread in which a flock of colourful dragons delivers an ice-formed wheelbarrow full of presents. @sarahwarburton.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Sarah Warburton from A Christmas Delivery with text by Andy Shepherd. The sequel to The Boy who Grew Dragons. Vertical spread in which a flock of colourful dragons delivers an ice-formed wheelbarrow full of presents. @sarahwarburton.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social
A Hag, an orphan boy called Ivo, Ulf the troll and wizard Brian Brainsweller are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre. Can they be any match for the gruesome, terrifying, ghastly, flesh-eating Ogre of Oglefort? #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/alex-t-...
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A Hag, an orphan boy called Ivo, Ulf the troll and wizard Brian Brainsweller are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre. Can they be any match for the gruesome, terrifying, ghastly, flesh-eating Ogre of Oglefort? #bookrecommendations #readingforpleasure thebookseekers.com/book/alex-t-...
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...