Even the Trunchbull

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

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

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

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

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

To wrap up series five, we're doffing our hats to audiobook narrators. First Nina and Matt meander down memory lane, reminiscing about books on tape we listened to in the 1990s. Then we move on to rec...

25 Mars 202118min

This week we’re reading around the theme of ‘Not Quite Nuclear’ . . . we’re reading books about found family and unusual family set-ups   Our picture book is Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (o...

11 Mars 202132min

Spaghetti, magic and Italian cities abound in this episode! We kick off the discussion with the treasure that is Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. Lovely, naive, almost tapestry-like illustrations and a s...

4 Mars 202142min