Toot Hill Library Podcast

In this episode we talk about how we celebrate World Book Night which is on Tuesday the 23rd of April.

We then review our books; Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls, The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders, Second best friend by Non Pratt, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, Kick the moon by Muhammad Khan and A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge.

We then let you know our Easter plans!

Don't forget to follow us @lounge_learning and don't forget to follow Claire for those Vietnam Photos @MarrisCMarris

We will be back on April 25th 2019.

In this episode we talk about how we celebrate World Book Night which is on Tuesday the 23rd of April.

We then review our books; Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls, The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders, Second best friend by Non Pratt, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, Kick the moon by Muhammad Khan and A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge.

We then let you know our Easter plans!

Don't forget to follow us @lounge_learning and don't forget to follow Claire for those Vietnam Photos @MarrisCMarris

We will be back on April 25th 2019.

In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the Carnegie shortlist 2019 - Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay, Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, Things a Bright Girl can do by Sally Nicholls, Rebound by Kwame Alexander, House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson and The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders.

Then we mention some of our favourites from the longlist that didn't make the cut. Please come and join the conversation by tweeting us @lounge_learning

In this episode, we talk about our experience at the NYA Literary Festival which happened in Preston. We discuss the issues that were highlighted in the panels; Inclusive, shame-less and mental health.

We also share some of our stories from the event!

We then review the books we've read this week, A quiet kind of thunder by Sara Barnard and Do you speak chocolate by Cas Lester.

We then discuss the following question; Which books, which you've read now, would have been great to have when you were a teenager?

As usual get in touch and let us know your thoughts over on twitter @Lounge_Learning

In this podcast, we discuss Carel Press and what they have to offer and how we use their service.

We then talk about books, A quiet kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard, Do you Speak Chocolate by Cas Lester, Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan, How to argue with a cat by Jay Heinrichs and The manifesto on how to be interesting by Holly Bourne.

Finally, we end with a discussion on Classics. Which ones do you love and which ones do you hate!

As always please follow us on twitter @lounge_learning and get in touch with your thoughts.

In this episode we discuss how to run a great bookfair!

We then review the books we've read: Long way down by Jason Reynolds, Entangled by Cat Clarke, A quiet kind of thunder by Sara Barnard, Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, Artemis by Andy Weir and Heartbeat by Sharon Creech.

We then discuss whether or not you should dress up for world book day.

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Happy World Book Day!

In this podcast we get excited about the YA Northern Literary Festival. Claire and Sophie can't wait to stalk... I mean talk to some of their favourite authors! They discuss their plans for the festival happening on March 16th.

They then review the heaps of books they read over half-term. they start of with manga's 'My Hero Academia' and 'Noragami'. They then go on to discuss; 'A good day for climbing trees', 'The house on chicken legs', 'Love, hate and other filters', 'Colour of the sun' and 'Run Riot'.

It's our longest podcast ever! Don't forget to follow us on twitter @lounge_learning.

In this episode, Claire talks about how she created 'The Booktrust Challenge' to get the most out of the Booktrust packs and then we review all the books we have been reading.

As this was recorded on Valentines we discuss if it should be celebrated. We also have quite the reading list over half-term.

BEWARE Some book spoilers during reviews.

Books mentioned: When the Mountains roared by Jess Butterworth, Star by Star by Sheena Wilkinson, House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson.

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In this episode we interview Sarah Hilton-Bailey! As part of our career initiative we wanted to invite guest speakers to the school to help inspire and help students discover their future career path.Sarah is a physiotherapist and visited our school to talk all about her career path.

In this podcast, we discuss how she became a physio, what she enjoys about it, what books we've been reading and end on a discussion based around sports.

Also apologies on the reoccurring banging throughout!

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In this episode we talk to Browns Books For Students. They visited us in their purple bus so we invited Gary and Sam to join us in this weeks podcast. They promote the bus and let us know what they are reading.

Gary is reading Mental by Jermaine Pennant.

Sam is reading A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.

We then discuss which one's better, buying books in the shop or buying them online.

As always talk us via twitter @lounge_learning, don't forget to follow Browns Books for Students as well @BrownsBFS