Even the Trunchbull

Join Matt and Nina this week for a discussion of fairytales and folk tales! We talk about flood myths in regard to Chitra Soundar and Frané Lessac's "Pattan's Pumpkin". See Ms Soundar's writing about ...

26 Nov 202035min

We're launching series 4 with two books featuring family recipes!    Apple cake and Baklava by Kathrin Rohmann and translated into English by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp is the story of the friendship between ...

19 Nov 202027min

Surprise! It’s a Halloween Special! We couldn’t pass up this time of year without bringing you two spooky stories. Our chapter book is The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste, a modern retelling of Haitian ...

29 Okt 202029min

For our final episode of the season, we’re breaking format to bring you an episode on wordless picture books! Nina and Matt have picked three books each to discuss, and the six books are: Why? by Niko...

1 Okt 202028min

(CN: Discussion of dementia and memory loss) This week we’re reading books linked by themes of dementia and memory. Our chapter book is Moominvalley in November, by Tove Jansson, the last in the Moomi...

24 Sep 202041min

(CN: Discussion of anti-black racism, violence, slavery and guns during the chapter book section. If you want to skip ahead to our picture book section, start at 27 minutes) This week we’re reading bo...

17 Sep 202035min

[CN: war, death, bombs, destruction, trench warfare] This week we're reading books about war, and about building peace. Our chapter book is Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, beloved by Matt and N...

10 Sep 202044min

(CN: discussion of an Asian child's experience of racism in school during the section about the picture book) We're back in time for the new school year, our pencils are sharpened and our backpacks a...

3 Sep 202038min