Episode 39 - Titans, togas and thunderbolt gods! (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and Echo Echo)
It's finally here, it's our Greek myth episode! We kick it all off with Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, a titan of early 2000s kids' fantasy that we were a smidge too old for at ...
2 Feb 202340min
Episode 38 - Whodunnit? (Insector Brunswick and the Case of the Missing Eyebrow and The Secret Detectives)
To kick off this cold and dreary month we're reading detective fiction! First up is Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing Eyebrow by Chris Lam Sam and Angela Keoghan. Brunswick and his faithful...
12 Jan 202331min
Concerning carrots #2: No Carrot Left Behind!
It's our annual very serious episode doing a close read and serious criticism of the Kevin the Carrot Christmas picture book from Aldi. This year, the book is called, Kevin the Carrot: No Carrot Left ...
22 Des 202214min
Episode 37 - Frosty Frolicks (The Glowing Snowman and A Night at the Frost Fair)
Our stories this month are frosty and icy! Our picture book is The Glowing Snowman by Helen Goodbarton and Sophie Johnson-Hill. A snowman feels lonely and not special, until he accidentally swallows a...
8 Des 202231min
Episode 36 - Trauma (The Silver Sword and Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code)
content note: This episode features two books about experiences of war. The first is about a family of Polish refugees trying to reunify at the end of WW2, and the second is about a young Navajo boy s...
5 Nov 202244min
Episode 35 - Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble, with special guest Ruby
It's spooky season and we're reading about witches with our special guest and Matt's sister, Ruby! Ruby chose both our books this month: Winnie the Witch, by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul The Doomsp...
6 Okt 202237min
BONUS EPISODE - Nina’s fictional school
As promised, we've got even more school chat for you! This was cut from our last episode which was all about boarding schools in kidlit. Matt decided to interview Nina about the book that she's writin...
17 Sep 202216min
Episode 34 - Jolly Hockey Sticks, it’s the boarding school special!
This week we’re doing something a little different for our back to school episode, and digging in to a run down of the ins and outs of boarding schools in kidlit. Nina and Matt have each brought a f...
1 Sep 202241min
