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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 9 - Back to School (Sumi's First Day of...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2020/09/03

(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 are heavy with a new season's books! Our picture book this week is Sumi's First Day of School Ever by Soyung Pak and illustrated by Joung Un Kim. We talk about how scary it can be to start a new school, especially in a new country, and how drawing can be a bridge between people even in the absence of a

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Series 2 Finale - Matilda the Movie Watchalong

Even the Trunchbull ·

2020/07/16

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 of last ditch attempts by Matt to get us to watch The Wind in the Willows. ETTB will be back in September, so enjoy the rest of your summer! Love from Nina and Matt What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of

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47:02

Episode 8 - Superpowers (What's my Superpower? and...

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2020/07/09

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 the sound of the Trunchbull's chocolate cake, EmmyMadeInJapan recreated it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hy8934KlKY Chech out that episode of Next Door Villain about Miss Trunchbull: https://nextdoorvillain.libsyn.com/miss-trunchbull What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons

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Episode 7 - I Am A Mole And I Live In A Hole (The...

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2020/07/01

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 some animals glasses but none of them trousers. Then there's book versus adaptation chat, a lot of class chat, a look at the link between nature writing and small-c conservatism, a close read of our favourite chapters and, surprisingly, very little mention of Mister Toad. What A Wonderful Day is

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37:23

Episode 6 - Puppet Pals (Revenge of the Puppets and...

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2020/06/25

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 a dance: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WuohEEPQJZ0 Here's that stop motion animation by Lesley-Ann Rose that Matt was talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtPBPa_iVn8&t=1s And Karadi Tales has lots of free stuff up for kids in lockdown right now:

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48:41

Episode 5 - Magical Sleep (A Book of Sleep and The...

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2020/06/18

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 the app version of Il Sung Na's A Book of Sleep here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oiTYP9B7iw&app=desktop Starlight Barking should be in all good libraries, but if it's not, get yourself a second hand copy from your favourite bookshop. What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons

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Special Mini Episode #1 and Book Giveaway!

Even the Trunchbull ·

2020/05/14

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 win all the titles we talk about in this episode! For reference, the books are: Father Bear Comes Home by Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr The Day of the Dreader by Cressida Cowell The thing that bothered Farmer Brown by Teri Sloat Melvin’s Cold Feet by

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Episode 4 - Loneliness (The Boy Who Climbed into the...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2020/05/07

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 characters, free will and the space/time continuum. And then we talk about Beegu, with special focus on alien hieroglyphics, the colour yellow and what big ears are for. We did some extra research around The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon because Matt loved it so much, and we thought we'd share what we

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Episode 3 - Made-Up Languages (Du Iz Tak? and The...

Even the Trunchbull ·

2020/04/30

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 play in the books, language acquisition and how it feels to be a sheep. What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.

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Episode 2 - Grief (The Sad Book and Pog)

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2020/04/23

CN: bereavement, child death, parent death, sadness, depression, rage In this, our second ever episode, Nina and Matt go deep on Michael Rosen's lovely sad book and on a new favourite: Pog by Pádraig Kenny. Matt apologises in advance for mispronouncing a character's name. What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.

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Episode 1 - Monsters (Young Werewolf and Not Now...

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2020/04/16

In this inaugural episode of Even the Trunchbull Nina and Matt read and discuss Cornelia Funke's Young Werewolf and Not Now Bernard by David McKee. What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.

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Teaser trailer

Even the Trunchbull ·

2020/04/15

Just a little note to introduce ourselves! Email us at eventhetrunchbull@gmail.com Twitter: @TrunchbullPod

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