Episode 14 - Fairytale Retellings (Pattan’s Pumpkin and the Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents)

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 how Pattan's Pumpkin came about here:

https://www.wordsandpics.org/2016/09/retelling-folktales-Chitra-Soundar.html

http://www.chitrasoundar.com/pyramids-of-caste-and-the-need-for-inclusivity/

 

And in the second half we discuss a Pratchett classic that we both loved as teenagers: the Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. We talk about Pratchett's comic genius, flawed disability representation and brilliant names like Dangerous Beans and Peaches.

 

Christmas giveaway update: we've added the Snowman audiobook to our swag bag. If you want to be in with a chance to win our bag of presents, just follow one of these links and comment to enter into the prize draw:

 

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Many thanks to Armchair Books of Edinburgh for letting us have one of their tote bags as a stocking.

 

Our intro music, What A Wonderful Day, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com

 

Additional music this week was Holiday Weasel by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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