Series 4 Finale: A Christmas Carol retold for children

It’s the closing episode for season 4 here at Even the Trunchbull and this week we’re doing retellings of A Christmas Carol.

Matt has read Charles Dickens’ original for the first time, and Nina has read a bunch of adaptations to tell Matt about, including:

The audiobook performance by Sir Patrick Stewart; Barrington Stoke’s dyslexia-friendly adaptation; Bah! Humbug! by Michael Rosen; Christmas Carol The Movie novelisation by Narinder Dhami; A World Full of Dickens Stories by Angela McAllister; Hanukkah, Shmanukkah! by Esme Raji Codell and LeUyen Pham, and The Miracle on Ebenezer Street by Catherine Doyle.

With honourable mentions of TV and film adaptations, and an old-man-baby-ghost with giant arms. What’s not to love?

There’s also talk of the inadvertent invention of modern-day Christmas by Dickens himself . . . hear more about that at The Allusionist Podcast here - https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/dickens-christmas

And we’ll be announcing the winner of our Christmas Giveaway!

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

Merry Christmas everyone!

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