Episode 27 - Time (Clocks and More Clocks and Momo)
This month on Even the Trunchbull, we have a listener recommendation! Namely, Momo by Michael Ende (well known as the author of The Never Ending Story) as our chapter book, on a theme of ‘Time’ – so t...
3 Feb 202246min
Episode 26 - Winter Wheelies (I Love My Bike and Bicycling to the Moon)
Winter Wheelies Shownotes: Happy New Year! Just after Christmas, there’ll be lots of us out on new bikes, so this episode is celebrating bicycles! Our picture book is I Love My Bike by Simon Mole, i...
13 Jan 202234min
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
