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Even the Trunchbull

A kidlit review podcast focusing on one picture book and one chapter book each week. Hosted by Nina and Matt.

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Episode 40 - Wishes (Knock Three Times and Wishes)

Even the Trunchbull ·

2023/03/03

This month we're reading Knock Three Times, by Cressida Cowell, and Wishes, by Muon Thi Van and Victo Ngai.Knock Three Times is the third book of a four part series, but anytime is a good time to jump on board thanks to Cressida Cowell's chatty and unnamed narrator. We praise David Tennant's performance of the audiobook very highly, but you'll want the paper book too, so you can look at the pictures. It's a silly adventure story, it's also surprisingly poignant about the difficult relationship

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Episode 39 - Titans, togas and thunderbolt gods!...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2023/02/02

It's finally here, it's our Greek myth episode! We kick it all off with Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, a titan of early 2000s kids' fantasy that we were a smidge too old for at the time that it came out. We referred to it too when we did our School Stories special if you want to hear more about that kind of stuff. We also compare it to City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda which we talked about on an episode of Fantasy Book Swap with Ali Baker. Then, we get to read a few

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Episode 38 - Whodunnit? (Insector Brunswick and the...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2023/01/12

To kick off this cold and dreary month we're reading detective fiction! First up is Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing Eyebrow by Chris Lam Sam and Angela Keoghan. Brunswick and his faithful sidekick Nelson thought they were just going to the art gallery for a nice afternoon out, but crime is afoot! We talked about a few different pieces of performance art and protests in relation to the Missing Eyebrow: the toppling of the Colston statue the Banksy self-destruct painting the Just Stop Oil

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Concerning carrots #2: No Carrot Left Behind!

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/12/22

It's our annual very serious episode doing a close read and serious criticism of the Kevin the Carrot Christmas picture book from Aldi. This year, the book is called, Kevin the Carrot: No Carrot Left Behind! It is an adaptation of the classic film (which Nina has never seen) Home Alone. We are absolutely delighted with this one. What a great, silly thing. Here's an article about the rush to buy Kevin memorabilia on the day it was released:

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Episode 37 - Frosty Frolicks (The Glowing Snowman and...

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2022/12/08

Our stories this month are frosty and icy! Our picture book is The Glowing Snowman by Helen Goodbarton and Sophie Johnson-Hill. A snowman feels lonely and not special, until he accidentally swallows a firefly and becomes rather bright and interesting. But should he keep the firefly captive in his tummy? Or let it go? It's a great collaboration featuring drawings by lots of different children. For our chapter book, we've got rather a short, bite-sized time travel story: A Night at the Frost Fair,

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Episode 36 - Trauma (The Silver Sword and Chester Nez...

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2022/11/05

content note: This episode features two books about experiences of war. The first is about a family of Polish refugees trying to reunify at the end of WW2, and the second is about a young Navajo boy sent to residential school and later drafted to create a code for the US Marines. Our books this month are both about experiences of people who lived through World War II, and the theme that connects them is Trauma. Our chapter book is a classic and favourite from Matt's childhood, The Silver Sword, by

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Episode 35 - Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble, with...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/10/06

It's spooky season and we're reading about witches with our special guest and Matt's sister, Ruby! Ruby chose both our books this month: Winnie the Witch, by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul The Doomspell, by Cliff McNish Winnie and Ragwena represent opposite ends of the witch spectrum in terms of badness, but also in their attitude to colours. Nina, Matt and Ruby imagine a backstory for Winnie involving the Black Bull pub in Gateshead, discuss the differences (and similarities) between scifi and

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BONUS EPISODE - Nina’s fictional school

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/09/17

As promised, we've got even more school chat for you! This was cut from our last episode which was all about boarding schools in kidlit. Matt decided to interview Nina about the book that she's writing, which features a school aboard an airship. This is that conversation, plus two little excerpts of Nina reading from her work in progress. It's a little bit different! If you're here for the book recommendations, not to worry, we'll be back with our regular programming on the first Thursday of

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Episode 34 - Jolly Hockey Sticks, it’s the boarding...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/09/01

This week we’re doing something a little different for our back to school episode, and digging in to a run down of the ins and outs of boarding schools in kidlit. Nina and Matt have each brought a few books featuring boarding school set ups along to discuss. They are: The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Boy by Roald Dahl Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell The audiobook Matt remembers

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Episode 33 - Soon May The Wellerman Come (Nightbirds...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/08/04

This week we’re reading books about 19th century whaling. Our picture book is ‘Peggony-Po’ by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, and our chapter book is ‘Nightbirds on Nantucket’ by Joan Aiken We have a guest this episode! Ali Baker is the founder and host of Fantasty Book Swap podcast, which you can check out here - https://alibaker68.podbean.com/ . . . Look out for us on an episode fairly soon! The podcast ‘Research Hole’ has an excellent episode on the real story behind Moby Dick, which

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Episode 32 - The Wrong Side of The Door (Alfie Gets...

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2022/07/07

This month our chapter book is Coraline by Neil Gaiman and our picture book is Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes, which both involve being stuck on the wrong side of a door. We have a special guest this month too! Simon Mole is an award-winning poet, theatre maker and children’s author. Simon joins us to talk about Alfie Gets in First, as well as his new book, I Love My Cat, which we love (illustrated by Sam Usher). You can get it here from Quarto Books -

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Episode 31 - Hold On To Your Hats (A Hat Full of Sky...

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2022/06/02

Content note: our chapter book touches on bullying, mortality and euthanasia. In discussing it, we also talk about dementia, and how Terry Pratchett dealt with it in his books for children. This is an episode all about magical, virtual, invisible hats as worn by a pair of powerful girls. And for the first time, we have a guest host! Many thanks to Dave Pickering for stepping into Matt's wonderful shoes. Our chapter book is A Hat Full of Sky, by Terry Pratchett. It is the second of the Tiffany

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Episode 30 - The Fairytale Multiverse (Each Peach...

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2022/05/05

This week we’re joined by special guest Robert Valentine, to talk about one of his favourite kidlit picture books, Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg – a much loved classic which sees several fairytale characters combine in one world. That is followed by our chapter book, Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza, which retells three traditional fairytales in which the main characters are young Muslim girls, bringing representation and fresh new perspectives to old stories. Links: The

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Episode 29 - TEETH! (Dave and the Tooth Fairy and...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/04/07

CN: very mild gore about losing baby teeth, and some dicussion that might spoil some tooth fairy magic It's another episode about a chilhood milestone: losing your baby teeth! Matt and Nina chat a bit about their personal experiences, explore some of the history of cultural practices associated with milk teeth, and dig into the history of tooth fairies. The nonfiction picture book Nina mentions is Throw Your Tooth on the Roof. Our picture book is the classic Dave and the Tooth Fairy, by Verna

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Episode 28 - Mermaids! (The Little Mermaid and The...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/03/03

Welcome, listener, to this, our longest ever episode! EDITORS NOTE: the original version of this episode had a big editing mistake in it, which had Matt saying "able-bodied people can't write disabled characters" when what they actually said was "I don't think able-bodied people can't write disabled characters". A pretty big mistake since it reverses the meaning! The currently available episode has been corrected. Apologies to Matt for making them say the opposite of what they mean. First we

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Episode 27 - Time (Clocks and More Clocks and Momo)

Even the Trunchbull ·

2022/02/03

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 that’s what we’ve gone with! Momo is part celebration of community and part prescient cautionary tale about the dangers of the busy modern world. Momo and a magic tortoise called Cassiopeia must rescue the city from the faceless men in grey, who are determined to steal everyone’s time. That’s

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Episode 26 - Winter Wheelies (I Love My Bike and...

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2022/01/13

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, illustrated by Sam Usher - a rip-roaring fast-paced adventure, beating out a bouncy rhythm and capturing the excitement of riding a bike for the first time And our chapter book is Bicycling to the Moon by Timo Parvela, illustrated by Virpi Talvitie - a classic of Finnish kidlit which introduces us to

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Episode 25 - Chrimbo Kitties and Festive Familiars...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2021/12/23

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, Franz the dog and George Washington the cat. But it's mainly about the five human Vanderbeeker children and their quest to convince their Scrooge-like landlord to allow their family to stay in their lovely apartment. Their tactics run the range from naughty to nice, as is seasonally appropriate. This is a

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Concerning Carrots... A Christmas bonus episode!

Even the Trunchbull ·

2021/12/19

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 Even The Trunchbull style, we have taken it upon ourselves to review this new take on Charles Dickens's classic, and let us tell you, if nothing else, this book is good fun if you enjoy a pun. A Christmas Carrot is written by Stephanie Moss and illustrated by Hannah Wood. You won't be able to find it

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Episode 24 - Hard Hungry Winters (Yokki and the Parno...

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2021/12/02

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 chapter book this week is The Famine Secret by Cora Harrison. Part of the Drumshee Timeline series, this story takes us via four young siblings into the hardships of the Irish Famine of 1845 Links: For Yokki and the Parno Gry: There’s a lovely video of Richard O’Neill reading Yokki and the Parno

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