Even the Trunchbull

Even the Trunchbull

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Even the Trunchbull episodes

  • 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 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 found here in the show notes.
    The Home Education podcast's review of the book: https://thehomeeducationpodcast.uk/index.php/tag/david-almond/
    The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast about free will and determinism: https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2016/nov/15/big-unknowns-is-free-will-an-illusion-science-weekly-podcast
    We found out there had been a theatrical adaptation with puppets too, which we're sad we missed, but we really enjoyed the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LnM8OgBQU
    What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.
    36 min
  • 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 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.
    29 min
  • Episode 2 - Grief (The Sad Book and Pog)

    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.
    34 min
  • Episode 1 - Monsters (Young Werewolf and Not Now Bernard)

    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.
    40 min

About Even the Trunchbull

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