Episode 25 - Chrimbo Kitties and Festive Familiars (The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street and Mog‘s Christmas)
Our books for this final episode of Even The Trunchbull for 2021 are loosely linked around pets at Christmas! The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser features Paganini the rabbit, Fra...
23 Des 202153min
Concerning Carrots... A Christmas bonus episode!
The festive season is in full swing, the Christmas TV ads have all aired, and by far the most popular this year is A Christmas Carrot, from Aldi! And they even brought out a picture book. In classic E...
19 Des 20219min
Episode 24 - Hard Hungry Winters (Yokki and the Parno Gry and The Famine Secret)
This week our picture book is Yokki and the Parno Gry by Katharine Quarmby and Ricard O’Neill – a story about a young boy in a Romani Traveller family, and the power of stories themselves And our ch...
2 Des 202138min
Episode 23 - Rivers in Brazil with Pádraig Kenny (Journey to the River Sea and Along the River)
This week we’re joined by special guest Pádraig Kenny, to talk about one of his favourite kidlit chapter books, Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson. That is followed by our picture book, Along Th...
11 Nov 202146min
A little delay... See you back here next week!
Just a note to let you know that due to life and work stuff going on, this month's episode about rivers in Brazil is going to be delayed by a week. We hope it'll be worth the wait, and thank you for b...
4 Nov 202131s
Episode 22 - Haunted Houses (Ghosts in the House! and The Monsters of Rookhaven)
This week our picture book is ‘Ghosts in the House!’ by Kazuno Kohara and our chapter book is ‘The Monsters of Rookhaven’ by Padraig Kenny Articles referenced by Nina with Halloween craft activities f...
7 Okt 202135min
Episode 21 - We Don‘t Need No Education (The Year I Didn‘t Go to School and the Wind Singer)
Happy back to school times listeners! This month we're reading lovely autobiographical picture book The Year I Didn't Go to School by Giselle Potter. Italian nuns and pasta with eggs abound! And f...
2 Sep 202135min
Series 6 and beyond! A little announcement
Hello lovely listeners, Nina and Matt here to announce brand new Even the Trunchbull episodes coming in the autumn. Our first episode back will be about WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION and it'll come out o...
12 Aug 20212min
