Series 2 Finale - Matilda the Movie Watchalong
To wrap up a series where we've been talking about book to film adaptations made in 1996, we're watching Matilda and chatting along. There's some little easter eggs pointed out by Nina, and a couple o...
16 Jul 20201h 38min
Episode 8 - Superpowers (What's my Superpower? and Matilda)
To wrap this series up, we're reading about little girls with superpowers! See Aviaq Johnston talking about writing and identity here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29sFN6ESUAw And if you liked th...
9 Jul 202047min
Episode 7 - I Am A Mole And I Live In A Hole (The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it was None of His Business and The Wind in the Willows)
It's taken us a series and a half, but we've got our first poo book! Nina is keener on this German cracker than Matt is. We talk about the translation, about the illustrations, and the choice to give ...
1 Jul 202039min
Episode 6 - Puppet Pals (Revenge of the Puppets and Pinocchio by Pinocchio)
So much to say about puppets! The picture book, Revenge of the Puppets by Nadine D'Souza and illustrated by Ayush Rajvanshi, gave us lots to link to: Here's a great video of a kathputli puppet doing ...
25 Jun 202037min
Episode 5 - Magical Sleep (A Book of Sleep and The Starlight Barking)
Welcome back to series 2! We're starting off with our longest and silliest episode yet, full of metaphysical debate, high and low swooshes and a tasteful description of a giraffe's bum. You can see t...
18 Jun 202048min
Special Mini Episode #1 and Book Giveaway!
Series 1 of ETTB is over and it's been so lovely! To keep youse going until series 2 (due on the 18th of June), we've put together a little quickfire round of reviews, and you now have the chance to w...
14 Mai 202010min
Episode 4 - Loneliness (The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon and Beegu)
This week we're reading around the theme of loneliness and we're reviewing one of Matt's all time favourites, the Boy Who Climbed into the Moon by David Almond. We talk about determinism, Jesus-like c...
7 Mai 202035min
Episode 3 - Made-Up Languages (Du Iz Tak? and The Giants and the Joneses)
Nina and Matt read Carson Ellis' beautiful picture book Du Iz Tak? and Julia Donaldson's chapter book The Giants and the Joneses. We talk about the languages invented by the authors, what role they pl...
30 Apr 202028min
