Even the Trunchbull Podcast

Each month we review a picture book & a chapter book. We started with books we loved as kids, but if you've a book you'd like us to review, especially if you are currently a kid, let us know, or ask a grown up to let us know at eventhetrunchbull@gmail.com eventhetrunchbull.podbean.com

Superb launch event for A First Book of Dinosaurs @Si_Mole! Brilliant community of young writers and an excellent book, looking forward to getting hold of it

Super exciting! @Si_Mole's A First Book of Dinosaurs is now out - it looks fab. We've had So on the pod before - he's lovely and his work is superb. A quick look at this video shows that his same playful careful attention is ripe here! (No pun intended) . . . Have a look!

Glasgow knaas what it's about. OG Matilda at an outdoor amphitheatre in the sun (ish) Yay summer!

@GavinWoltjer Awesome! We'll stick it on the list for when we resume later this year :) thank you!

This book. Absolutely phenomenal. So many themes incorporated in both narrative & visual feats of storytelling. @TrunchbullPod give this one a look for the podcast.

@KlaireConnor Glad you like it! Crackers book!

A podcast recommendation turned into a book discovery! A very good hour & a bit well spent on this today. Dogs & sci-fi - who knew it would work! I didn’t grow up in a book reading household so making up for it now - send recommendations this way! #TheStarlightBarking #KidLit

@ajlawauthor @gourenina @goosefat101 😊

@TrunchbullPod @gourenina @goosefat101 Love your whole concept

As promised we'll be throwing out some other podcast suggestions while we're on hiatus . . . starting with one by our own @gourenina and occasional Trunchbull guest @goosefat101 . . . 1/

Do you like The Moomins? Do you like funny, thought-through crit of kidlit? Do you ever wonder what Snufkin would do? You'll love The Podgoblin's Hat! (And this is @MattMiller2805 saying this, not Nina, so it's not TOTALLY biased ;) ) thepodhat.podbean.com

In on our most recent episode, as well as talking about Money, there's some v interesting chat with @lisette_auton about the process of writing, planning vs winging, and the importance of finding and trusting your own style #writers #writingtips eventhetrunchbull.podbean.com/e/episode-41-m…

We didn't even mention this on the show, but Jeremy's grandmother is a fat character. We love positive fat representation!

We talked a lot about how good and expressive Noah Z Jones' illustrations are in Those Shoes. Here are a few we mentioned:

What do you remember purchasing as a kid? And what money advice did you get from grownups? What do you wish you'd been told?

Matt won some money on the premium bonds and spent it all on computer games 😁 Lisette recorded the Top Twenty and sold the tapes to her 7 neighbours!

Cash covers so much ground: the history of money, practical tips, little pep talks about adaptability and creativity. We talked about our own pocket money stories... Nina first remembers saving her money for these Pooh and Piglet cuddly toys, which she still has!

New episode! We're reading and talking about money with @lisette_auton Our books are Cash by @RashmiWriting and Those Shoes by @BoeltsMaribeth and Noah Z Jones podfollow.com/1508165975

(sidebar, we've never covered Winnie the Pooh, should we?)