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
Episode 33 - Soon May The Wellerman Come (Nightbirds on Nantucket and Peggony-Po) with Ali Baker
This week we’re reading books about 19th century whaling. Our picture book is ‘Peggony-Po’ by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, and our chapter book is ‘Nightbirds on Nantucket’ by Joan Aiken ...
4 Aug 202253min
Episode 32 - The Wrong Side of The Door (Alfie Gets In First and Coraline) + special guest Simon Mole
This month our chapter book is Coraline by Neil Gaiman and our picture book is Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes, which both involve being stuck on the wrong side of a door. We have a special gu...
7 Jul 202253min
Episode 31 - Hold On To Your Hats (A Hat Full of Sky and Millie’s Marvellous Hat) with guest cohost Dave Pickering
Content note: our chapter book touches on bullying, mortality and euthanasia. In discussing it, we also talk about dementia, and how Terry Pratchett dealt with it in his books for children. This is ...
2 Jun 202251min
