Even the Trunchbull

This week we’re reading around the theme of Mystical Cows!   Our picture book is Maharani the Cow, written by Christy Shoba Sudhir and illustrated by Nancy Raj – a bustling slice of life in India is i...

25 Feb 202130min

Even the Trunchbull series 5 launches with a special on Shooting Stars and we've got some special announcements to kick off the new year.   A full transcript of this episode is now available to read o...

18 Feb 202136min

It’s the closing episode for season 4 here at Even the Trunchbull and this week we’re doing retellings of A Christmas Carol. Matt has read Charles Dickens’ original for the first time, and Nina has re...

17 Dec 202034min

Our picture book is Happy Christmas Gemma by Sarah Hayes and Jan Ormerod. This one’s a nostalgia pick, for Nina especially, who had it read to her as a little one, and perfectly encapsulates Christmas...

10 Dec 202035min

Join Nina and Matt as we dive into a couple of topics that go hand in hand: dragons and gender! We talk about why stories about dragons, princesses and knights are a great place to play with gender ro...

3 Dec 202028min

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