Podcasts about big friendly giant

Un best-of Summer Vibes, où Rudy Leonet et Hugues Dayez discutent des contes pour enfants et des histoires pour adultes de Roald Dahl adaptés au cinéma, en série et en comédie musicale. Le génial Roald Dahl fait recette à la fois au box-office, dans le West End et aux Oscars. Wonka, les adaptations de Wes Anderson et The Big Friendly Giant de Steven Spielberg sont décortiqués dans ce best-of, dont le thème, comme vous l'avez compris, est Roald Dahl. Merci pour votre écoute La semaine des 5 Heures, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 19h à 20h00 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de La semaine des 5 Heures avec les choix musicaux de Rudy dans leur intégralité sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/1451 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Get carried away by “The BFG,” Magik Theatre's adaptation of the beloved novel by Roald Dahl. The hilarious play about a 24-foot-tall Big Friendly Giant and his young friend Sophie, runs through Sunday, June 2. The endearing tale of The BFG became an instant classic upon its release in 1982. Children, and adults, love the gentle giant and brave Sophie, both outcasts in their respective homes, who find empathy and acceptance in each other. Ticket prices start at for adults and for children 3-17 years old, military, seniors, educators, and students. For more information, visit magiktheatre.org or call...Article Link

Voor de tweede keer in de geschiedenis van De Grote Vriendelijke Podcast praten we een hele aflevering met een kinderboekenvertaler. Maria Postema is onze gast, bekend als vertaalster Engels-Nederlands van grote fantasyseries als 'Twilight' van Stephenie Meyer, 'Gone' van Michael Grant, 'De Hongerspelen' van Suzanne Collins en 'Divergent' van Veronica Roth. Maar ze vertaalde ook het werk van de afro-Amerikaanse schrijver Jason Reynolds, waar we in deze aflevering vooral op inzoomen. Young adultromans als '67 seconden', 'Toen ik de sterkste was' en 'Echte Amerikaanse jongens' (Blossom Books 15+), 'Let goed op' (Zilveren Griffel 2022) en twee delen uit de Track-serie: 'Ghost' en 'Patina' (alle Condor 10+). Maria Postema vertelt hoe the Big Friendly Giant haar op het vertalerspad bracht, over Hema-vertalingen, het creëren van een niemandsland in de taal, spreektalig schrijven, tjoeries, de kracht van het werk van de charismatische woordkunstenaar Reynolds. Verwijzingen in deze aflevering Jason Reynolds Bas interviewde de Amerikaanse schrijver voor Trouw. Dat artikel is hier terug te lezen. De Amerikaanse tv-shows waar we stukjes uit laten horen, zijn terug te vinden op YouTube: de Late Show, CBS This Morning, The Kelly Clarkson Show en Good Morning America. Het Amerikaanse luisterboek van 'Patina', voorgelezen door Heather Alicia Simms, is te vinden op platforms als Audible. Laura Watkinson De vorige aflevering met een vertaler was die met Laura Watkinson, die in omgekeerde richting vertaalt: van het Nederlands in het Engels. Luister die aflevering hier terug. Drummer Maria's drumkunsten in de band Le Garage zijn te horen op Spotify.

The Golden Years are not as bright as promised. Many seniors have reduced income, and health issues, are often full-time caretakers for their grandchildren, and increasingly experience social isolation and loneliness. For 40 years, the Philadelphia non-profit SOWN has helped older adults age together with peer support so that no one has to be alone.  The Arden Theater Company stages a family-friendly adventure through Roald Dahl's BFG (Big Friendly Giant), in which an eight-year-old girl learns about dreams and friendship.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode Mila continues the story of the Big Friendly Giant, if you want to know what happens next then listen to the next episode! Author Roald Dahl Host: Mila Cardenas You can find the book on Amazon by clicking this link ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/BFG-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142410381/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FBA9GO74FAEV&dchild=1&keywords=the+bfg+book&qid=1605496871&sprefix=the+bfg+book%2Cinstant-video%2C181&sr=8-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mila-cardenas/message

In this episode Mila continues the story of the Big Friendly Giant, if you want to know what happens next then listen to the next episode! You find the book on Amazon by clicking this link ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/BFG-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142410381/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FBA9GO74FAEV&dchild=1&keywords=the+bfg+book&qid=1605496871&sprefix=the+bfg+book%2Cinstant-video%2C181&sr=8-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mila-cardenas/message

The Big Fu… Wait, that‘s not it. Brandon and Jesse discuss the picky show on the telly boxes and let you know if you should tell your friends about giants. Farting Corgies aside, we talk about The Big Friendly Giant and how it is in fact, not completely CGI. AND hit the link below to find out what your next geeky tchotchke. Check out Iggy's Pop Shop for geeky gear and games! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theboxofficebombsquad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theboxofficebombsquad/support

Stuart Haggerty is a 20 year veteran gaffer in the lighting department of the Vancouver film industry. In many ways his career parallels Vancouver's film trajectory. Stuart started out working at a local film lighting company and worked his way up the ranks, from best boy to gaffer where he's travelled the world and worked on such feature films as The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, Godzilla, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Big Friendly Giant. He also recently wrapped on two new untitled films with Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock respectively. We talk about Stuart's journey through film, the relationship between a gaffer a DOP, and how often trial by fire is required to create new and innovative lighting solutions on set.

Mari Hernandez's world turned upside down on May 15, 2018, when she discovered her son, Andrew, had taken his own life. Known as the “Big Friendly Giant” by his friends, Andrew was just weeks away from graduating Santa Barbara High School. As a social worker, Hernandez understood that oftentimes those who take their lives appear happy on the outside, but she didn't realize her son was struggling under the surface. Though she's dreamed of starting a nonprofit for over 20 years, the idea for the Vida Center was born three days after Andrew's death. Andrew's football coach came to Hernandez and asked her to start it after two other kids on the team confessed to the coach that they too had plans to end their lives but chose not to after witnessing the effect of Andrew's choice. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodlifeconversations/support

In this episode Mila continues the story of the Big Friendly Giant, if you want to know what happens next then listen to the next episode! Author Roald Dahl You can find the book on Amazon by clicking here. Host: Mila Cárdenas Producer: Mila Cárdenas Annoying Supervisor: Dad --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mila-cardenas/message

Career Q&A with Rebecca Hall on November 11, 2016. Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt, New York Magazine. Rebecca Hall is an acclaimed British-American actress who was recognized almost immediately as one of the most exciting actresses of her generation. In a career that encompasses the multiplex, the art house cinema, and the world’s most respected theaters, she has worked with many of the industry’s greatest artists and established herself as a leading talent, one who continues to challenge herself with each new role. This fall, she stars in Antonio Campos’ Christine, with Michael C Hall, Tracy Letts and Maria Dizzia. Based on events in the life of Christine Chubbuck, the film follows a young, hard-working and troubled newscaster at a small town television station in the 1970s. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and Orchard will be releasing it theatrically October 14, 2016. Hall recently wrapped lensing the independent feature Permission, with Dan Stevens, Gina Gershon, and Jason Sudeikis. The film-in which she stars and which she also produced-is the story of a couple, Anna (Hall) and Will (Stevens), who have only ever been with each other. On Anna’s thirtieth birthday, a friend jokes that they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. The joke lingers and eventually Anna proposes that they try it. As they venture outside the boundaries of monogamy they are forced to evolve and finally, grow up. She has also completed production on The Dinner, a mystery thriller based on Herman Koch’s novel of the same name. Directed by Oren Moverman, the film explores the lengths to which some parents will go to protect their children. Hall was recently seen starring alongside Jason Batman and Joel Edgerton in his box office smash thriller The Gift. Hall and Bateman play a young married couple whose lives get turned upside down when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than twenty years. She was also recently seen in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, with Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill. The film is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book classic, in which a Big Friendly Giant and an orphan girl he befriends set out to take on people-eating giants who plant to take over the world. On screen, Hall received critical acclaim for her starring role in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona alongside Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem. For her performance, she received Golden Globe, BAFTA Orange Rising Star, London Critics Circle and Gotham Award nominations in the performance and breakthrough categories. Hall’s other film credits include Sean Mewshaw’s Tumbledown opposite Jason Sudeikis; Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence, opposite Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany; Patrice Leconte's A Promise, starring alongside Alan Rickman; John Crowley’s Closed Circuit; Shane Black's Iron Man 3; Stephen Frears' Lay the Favorite; Nick Murphy's The Awakening, for which she earned a British Independent Film Award Nomination and Gotham Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actress; Ben Affleck's The Town, which received the 2010 National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble; Dan Rush’s Everything Must Go; Nicole Holofcener's Please Give, for which the cast and filmmakers were honored with the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award nomination for Best Ensemble Performance; Oliver Parker's Dorian Gray; Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon; for which she shared in a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Cast Performance; Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, for which she received UK Empire Award and London Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Newcomer; and Tom Vaughan's Starter for 10, her feature film debut.

On this episode, Mila brings to life the first and second chapters of The BFG, which stands for Big Friendly Giant. It sets up a story between a giant and little girl. If you are a "human beans" that has a kid that believes in giants or doesn't, you should play this. If you yourself believe in giants, are a giant or maybe not, you should listen to this anyways. Author: Roald Dahl You can find the book on Amazon by clicking here. Host: Mila Cardenas Producer: Mila And Daddy Cárdenas --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mila-cardenas/message

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Helsinki lockdown sound (storytelling for socially-distanced children) reimagined by WHΛLTHISИEY. "A good spoken word piece always inspires me." Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds

Finally, the ending chapters of the Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl. Send me your drawings and requests for the next book! Thanks to Jennie, Sam & Charlie for the music!

This is there first 4 chapters of the Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl. You can listen even if you are littler because I'll remind you that the scary parts are not real. If you like to draw, have some paper ready. I'd love to see what you draw!

Buenos días and welcome back to Radiant Whispers! Today it's all sheer fun and wild imagination with the big and spiky Roald Dahl, surely one of the most beloved writers of all time. And rightly so - who hasn't been thrilled, amused and delighted by his stories? They're just so quirky, vibrant and delightful that they stand on a class of their own. Dahl is one of those geniuses that are so ahead of the game that everybody else -Hollywood included!- is out of breath trying to catch up with them. You must have read or seen the movie and/or theatre adaptations of The Gremlins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda and of course The BFG - the story we read together today! CREDITS. Translation: George D Schade for the University of Texas Press. Music: "Sihouette of Time's Idea", by Mid-Air Machine, from their album So We Telepathy: freemusicarchive.org "The Chase" by Blaehubb, from his album The Fun and The Twisted, Artlist.io "Gypsy Dance", by Ziv Moran, from his album Créme Brulée, Artlist.io

Niko has a famous penpal - the BFG. The BFG stands for Big Friendly Giant, and he is the central character in the Rold Dahl book of the same name. In the book, the BFG delivers dreams to children every night. After reading the book together, Niko had some lingering questions, so we decided to go straight to the source and ask the BFG himself in a series of notes.  Links to check out: Sign up for updates: www.drjaywarren.com/dadhood Join The Dadhood Journey Private Facebook Group Follow Jay Warren on Instagram: @doctorjaywarren Learn about Men of Iron: www.drjaywarren.com/menofiron

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) will be on show in Durban during the second school term break. The play will have the kids fully entertained. The production is about ten-year-old Sophie who is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the 24-foot Big Friendly Giant. Listen as the cast of BFG chats to Jane about what you can expect. Jane's page on ECR

East Coast Radio — The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) will be on show in Durban during the second school term break. The play will have the kids fully entertained. The production is about ten-year-old Sophie who is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the 24-foot Big Friendly Giant. Listen as the cast of BFG chats to Jane about what you can expect.

An Interview with Ashley Mills Monaghan  For my eleventh Dream Gardens podcast, I interviewed author Ashley Mills Monaghan about the children’s middle grade novel The BFG by Roald Dahl. The classic novel was originally published in 1982, and more recently inspired the Steven Steilberg animated adaptation in 2016. The BFG, which stands for The Big Friendly Giant, is the story of … Continue reading Podcast #11: The BFG by Roald Dahl → The post Podcast #11: The BFG by Roald Dahl appeared first on Dream Gardens.

The BFG - (2016) A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kind-hearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat ch

The BFG - (2016) A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kind-hearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat ch

Intro Hi and Welcome to Books Between - a podcast to help teachers, parents, or librarians connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - an elementary school teacher, a mom of two daughters, and excited to be back at school! Last Tuesday, I welcomed a brand new batch of 18 5th graders and we have had a great week reading picture books like School’s First Day of School and Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, setting up our fresh new reading journals, and taking time to get to know each other. It’s going to be a fantastic year! This is Episode #6 and today we’re discussing the Global Read Aloud project, the two read aloud novels featured at the middle grade level, and I’ll answer a question about the origins of the podcast. Main Topic - The Global Read Aloud Project As September has rolled around, and teachers, librarians, and homeschool families are making plans for the year, I thought now would be a good time to discuss The Global Read Aloud Project - also referred to as GRA. If you’ve been hearing about the Global Read Aloud Project and want to know more, then this is the perfect podcast for you. I first heard about the GRA last summer on Twitter and was immediately intrigued, but at the time,  I was already piloting a new reading program so didn’t want to take on another new thing. But this year, I am ready to go and really excited to be participating for my first time. The questions we’ll answer for you today are: What is the Global Read Aloud project?, What are the books?, Why should I participate?, and finally How can I jump in and get involved? What IS Global Read Aloud? First of all - what IS the Global Read Aloud Project? The GRA was started by educator Pernille Ripp in 2010 as a way to connect the world around one fantastic book. In 2010 that book was The Little Prince and after that, it expanded to include more than one book to target different reading levels, so more children can participate.  It really was a bottom up, grassroots project that has expanded every year. This year there are more than 600,000 students signed up already. The Global Read Aloud runs each fall from early October to the beginning of November and teachers, librarians, and parents participate by reading that year’s featured book out loud to their kids over a six week period. This year the GRA kicks off on October 3rd, but you can definitely jump in after that date. The suggested reading schedule is posted on the Global Read Aloud website, which I will link to in the show notes.  During that time frame from about early October to early November, your class connects with at least one other group of children, and hopefully more depending on how in-depth you want to go. That connection might involve a Skype session, doing a joint project in a Google Classroom, asking and answering some thought-provoking questions in a shared Edmodo group, or maybe connecting on Twitter. What are the 2016 books for GRA? As I mentioned before, the GRA has expanded beyond just one book to feature several across various age ranges so you can find a good fit for your child or your class.  I will be participating as both a parent with my 7 and 9 year old and as a teacher with my 5th graders. The youngest grades do an author study and read six picture books over the course of the project. This year’s featured author/illustrator is Lauren Castillo -you might know her books like Nana in the City, The Troublemaker, and a recent favorite in my house - Twenty Yawns. I defy you to read it aloud without yawning joyfully all through that book! My girls and I will probably end up reading those as well. The next GRA book option recommended for ages 7 and up is Roald Dahl’s BFG. I think that’s a great fit with the Spielberg movie released last summer and a huge perennial favorite among adults and kids. The next read aloud choice recommended for ages 9 and up is Pax by Sara Pennypacker with illustrations by Jon Klassen. Either the BFG or Pax would be perfect for middle grade readers, and I’ll be talking much more about them in our Book Talk segment in a few minutes. If you are looking for something for readers ages 12 and up, then this year’s book is Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt. And the Young Adult book this year for about ages 15 and above is All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. I have not yet read either of those books but so many of my friends keep talking about them - they are bound to be excellent. Why should you participate? Really the answer is two-fold. It’s great for children AND it’s great for you, too! Participating in the Global Read Aloud is an excellent way to have students connecting and collaborating with other kids and classrooms across the nation (and maybe world!) through social media and other online tools. And old-fashioned pen and paper, too if you want!  We are a global society and the GRA is a perfect way to build those 21st Century skills we all know are crucial for kids’ success. Aside from benefits for students, there are also lots of benefits for teachers. All the teachers that I’ve spoken with who have done the GRA in the past have loved the connections they make with other educators. It really builds your professional network and also pushes you a bit to try to expand your digital literacy in a new directions. So maybe that’s Twitter, Skype, or Padlet. But whatever direction you decide to go in to make your connections, I know you won’t regret participating. How can you participate? So now that I have got you excited and hopefully sold on trying out the Global Read Aloud project this year, how do you join? The first thing to do is grab a copy of whichever book you decide to read and then go to the GRA main website - www.theglobalreadaloud.com - and sign up right on that main page. It’s really easy to find, and - by the way, totally free. From there, you can find the Google Group and Facebook Group. Also - one of the best places to make connections with other teachers and classrooms are the Edmodo groups designated for each book. There is also an online shop where you can buy this year’s Global Read Aloud merchandise - and all kinds of other reading themed t-shirts and accessories. If you listened to Episode #3, you already know that I went a little crazy there and bought 3 shirts from the shop already. GRA is also on Pinterest (of course!) and you can connect on Twitter using this year’s hashtag #GRA16.  Each of the individual books also have their own hashtag for easier sorting - the middle grade novels are #GRABFG and #GRAPAX for Pax.  There is lots and lots of other great information on the website - and I’ll link to everything I’ve mentioned right in the show notes. I am really psyched to be joining the Global Read Aloud movement this year and I’m looking forward to seeing all the exciting connections and cool projects that you all are doing as well. Book Talk - Two Middle Grade GRA Choices In this part of the show, I share with you a few books centered around a theme and discuss three things to love about each book. This week, I’ll be talking about the two middle grade Global Read Aloud options: The BFG by Roald Dahl and Pax by Sara Pennypacker. BFG Roald Dahl’s 1982 novel The BFG is about a Big Friendly Giant (that’s what the BFG stands for) who roams the streets of London with his magical trumpet which he uses to blow dreams into children’s ears. One night a young orphan, Sophie, sees him outside her window. So the BFG snatches her up and carries her off to Giantland. There Sophie realizes that there are nine other giants who are WAY bigger than the BFG and not so friendly. They set off each night to the far corners of the earth to gobble up children. Eventually, Sophie and the BFG come up with a plan to try to stop these man-eating giants. A plan which, by the way, involves the Queen of England. In true Roald Dahl fashion, it’s funny but also pretty dark gruesome actually. So here are three things that I find very intriguing about the BFG. The Language. The BFG speaks in this funny mishmash of semi-English, using words like “filthsome” to describe something yucky, “kiddles” for children, or “human beans” to mean human beings. Really good dreams are called “phizzwizards” and nightmares are “trogglehumpers” - it’s just fun and playful.   And of course, my daughters now enjoy using the term “whizzpopping” which means - farting. The potential for some deep conversations. For example, it turns out that Sophie is not the first child that the BFG has essentially abducted. There was a little boy who lived with the BFG for awhile and was eventually discovered by the other giants and eaten. I found that to be deeply disturbing and it raises big moral questions. Should he have taken her? As does the idea that the giants are totally and completely evil for eating people. I mean - are lions evil for eating a gazelle? Are humans evil for eating bacon? There are those ethical questions that this book can raise about our choices in what we eat. The Movie - This past July, Disney and Steven Spielberg teamed up to create The BFG film. It was a beautiful and well crafted movie that does downplay the darkest elements of the book while generally staying pretty true to the main plot points. Also - if you are Downton Abbey fan, Penelope Wilton (who plays Mrs. Crawley) does a phenomenal job as Queen Elizabeth II.  It’s worth watching just for that!  And I think the DVD will be released by this November, so the timing should work out to watch the film after you read the novel. Pax The second middle grade option for the Global Read Aloud is Sara Pennypacker’s Pax. The novel starts off with a heart-wrenching scene of a boy, Peter, intentionally abandoning his pet fox by the side of the road. Eventually, you come to realize that Peter can’t keep the fox, named Pax, because his father has enlisted in the army and so Peter has to go live with his grandfather. The chapters alternate between Peter’s point of view and the perspective of the fox as he tries to survive in the wild and desperately hopes his boy returns for him. And after a guilt-ridden couple of days, Peter does run away to try to find him. Here are three things I really found so fascinating about Pax: The novel is set in an undefined place and time, and I found that aspect of the book to be really interesting. It could be the United States or maybe Canada and there are clues along the way that help you narrow it down a bit. For example, there are modern-ish vehicles and they mention the kids playing baseball. But you’re never really sure, and I think that dimension of this book could lead to some deep conversation and debate with kids. How this novel explores the concept of being inseparable. When Peter first arrives at his grandfather’s house, he discovers an old picture of his dad as a kid with a pet dog. The grandfather describes them as “inseparable” and that idea of being inseparable gnaws at Peter and he almost becomes obsessed with the idea. I just love how the book explores that idea from all different angles - the father who left to fight in a war, his own mother who died just recently, and now leaving his tame and vulnerable fox on the side of the road. It really asks us to think about whether or not being inseparable is the highest form of bonding and love. The perfect symmetry of the ending. And - I don’t want to spoil it at all by revealing what happens, but oh my gosh - it is powerful and not at all what I expected to happen. Pax is so much more than I’ve just described - I haven’t even mentioned the characters Vola or Gray or all the issues that come as Peter and Pax try to make their way through this worn-torn country to find each other. Pax is so good. It’s about war, and loyalty, and loss. I’m excited and intrigued to see what this novel brings out in my students this fall. I hope you decide to sign up for the Global Read Aloud this year with your students or read aloud with your kids. I’ll be doing both - reading Pax to my 5th graders at school and my 9 and 7 year old at home.  But even if you don’t do the GRA, these are both excellent books to put in the hands of a middle grade reader. Q & A Our last segment of the show is Question & Answer time. Question: Now that the Books Between Podcast has been out for awhile and more people are listening (thank you!), I’ve had some people ask “What made you decide to start a podcast?” Answer: Two things really came together to push me to into launching a podcast about middle grade readers and middle grade books. First, I simply LOVE listening to podcasts. I have a 30 minute commute to work each day and podcasts like Stuff You Should Know, RadioLab, and Serial make my drive bearable. If I’m doing the dishes or cleaning, I pretty much always have an earbud stuck in my ear. And last year I started to listen to more kidlit focused podcasts like Let’s Get Busy (which is now All the Wonders), The Yarn, Scholastic Reads, and KidLit Drink Night. So I knew how much a podcast could have an impact and really give value to someone.  But there wasn’t a podcast that solely focused on middle grade books and readers. Second, I started to become more open and interactive about my reading life both online and in person. And take my role as a reading advocate more seriously. So, on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram, I’d share what I was reading with my students and my daughters. And I’d ask for others suggestions, too. Essentially, wherever I went, I was talking to people about books kids would like and how to get them reading.  And I noticed that I was having similar conversations over and over again. For example, last June I had a parent stop me in the hallway at school to ask for summer book recommendations and then a few days later, my friend Ilona messaged on Facebook with the same question. Last spring I was swapping ideas with a librarian in our district about March Book Madness and some creative ways she had to get students recommending books to each other, and then I’d have the same conversation on Instagram when I posted photos of our book brackets. And I kept thinking, “Oh, I wish you had been there when we were just talking about this!”  I really wanted a way to share the essence of those conversations with more people. So that - combined with the thought that there seemed to be a space in that middle grade podcast niche - pushed me to start this Books Between Podcast last summer - a podcast focused on readers between 8 and 12.  I decided to teach myself the basics of GarageBand and get over the fact that I hate the sound of my own voice, and push myself to do something new and little uncomfortable. I am truly humbled by how many people have reached out to say they’ve enjoyed the episodes so far and are finding value in the podcast. So stay tuned because I have lots more interesting topics planned for upcoming weeks, fantastic new books to talk about, and an exciting announcement which I can’t wait to share with you. Closing Alright - that wraps up our Q&A section this week. If you have a question about how to connect children between 8-12 to books they’ll love or an idea about a topic we should cover on a future episode, please email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between. Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can find a full transcript of this show, and all the other episodes, at our website - BooksBetween.com  with links to every book and resource I mentioned today. And, if you have gotten some value out of this show, I’d really appreciate a quick review or rating on iTunes or Stitcher so others can find us as well. Thank you again and see you in two weeks!  Bye!

BFG-Big Friendly Giant: Bester-Film.de Ausgabe 327 (Henry) - Poetisches Märchen um ein kleines Mädchen und einen Riesen von Spielberg.

Mark Rylance, theatre and film actor and former artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, discusses playing the role of The BFG, based on Roald Dahl's The Big Friendly Giant, directed and produced by Steven Spielberg.As Pixie Lott moves from pop star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant to playing the role of socialite Holly Golightly in a new stage version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, she discusses how she's coping with her first major acting role, learning to play guitar to sing Moon River, and what it's like to play a part immortalised by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film.Conductor Alpesh Chauhan is raising a few eyebrows in the world of classical music. The son of a Birmingham lorry driver and aged just 26, he's one of the youngest conductors on the circuit. He speaks to John ahead of his Prom on Saturday, Ten Pieces Choir with the BBC Philharmonic.Presenter John Wilson Producer Ella-mai Robey.

Welcome to all human beans, near and far, to this scrum-diddly-umptious poddin' cast of Mousterpiece Cinema. OK, talking like a giant is kind of difficult for more than one sentence, so let's get back to human-style talk. On this episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe talk about the newest movie from Walt Disney Pictures, a Steven Spielberg adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG, with Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant himself. Josh and Gabe are joined by friend of the show Alex Dowd of The A.V. Club to discuss the film, its placement in Spielberg's career, and why on Earth it performed so weakly at the box office over the Fourth of July weekend. And they face an important question: is this Spielberg's weakest film in decades? It just might be! You'll have to listen to find out.

Joe takes a look at Walt Disney Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Walden Media, The Kennedy/Marshall Company & Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, The BGF "Big Friendly Giant".

Top aktuelle Filme in der neusten Sendung: Ende Juli startet BIG FRIENDLY GIANT, Lars hat ihn schon gesehen. Ebenso wie THE NEON DEMON. Phil kennt den Filmstart VERRÄTER WIE WIR - sehr hochwertige Filme dieses Mal dabei. Reinhören lohnt sich also!

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We're headed to Giant Country in The BFG. Mark Rylance voices the Big Friendly Giant, and takes audiences on a whimsical adventure — but does it do justice to the classic tale? Listen to find out! Website: popcornfanfilmreviews.weebly.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/popcornfanfilmreviews Twitter: @popcornfans Tumblr: popcornfilmreviewers.tumblr.com *Sound clips belong to their respective creators. Popcorn makes no claim what so ever on those clips. Popcorn is completely non-profit.

This week Dylan Schuck (@schuckster) sits down with Courtney Howard (@Lulabaybelle)  to talk about Steven Spielberg's THE BFG and SWISS ARMY MAN   As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and breif discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review.   PLOT SUMMARY: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.   WEEKLY TOP FIVE: Top Steven Spielberg Films   TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 05:00 - This Week in Film 06:05 - What We Watched Recently 29:30 - Top 5: Steven Spielberg Films 48:55 - Featured Review: The BFG 01:04:10 - Review: Swiss Ary Man 01:09:30 - Spoilers for Swiss Army Man   Support the show by writing an iTunes review! For a limited time, write a review and email us (TheWatchandTalk@gmail.com) your iTunes handle and your name for a chance to win Captain America: Civil War on BluRay! (Available in the U.S. Only)   Guest's Work: Courtney Howard: www.SassyMamaInLA.com and www.FreshFiction.TV     @TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com TheWatchAndTalk@gmail.com   Next week we review THE BFG

Set in London, a clever but unhappy,insomnia-afflicted orphan named Sophie wakes up in the middle of the evening and sees something outside the orphanage window. Investigating, she discovers a giant man skulking around in the neighborhood outside, causing her to go into a panic. He grabs her and steals her away to protect his further discovery from others, taking the girl to his home in a nearby realm, Giant Country, an uncharted land mostly undiscovered by humans. Soon Sophie discovers the giant to be a much more gentle being than his size and demeanor would initially lend you to believe, especially compared to the nine much larger, bullying brutes that also inhabit the lands, who live to feast on "beans" (human beings), unlike her vegetarian protector. She dubs him, "BFG" ("Big Friendly Giant"), learning all about this curious realm and his eccentric ways, which includes his amazing ability to capture and control dreams, which he uses to try to bring joy to the children of the human town Sophie hails from.

The BFG A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children. Read review at: http://themovieminute.com/TheBFG.html The Legend of Tarzan Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. Read review at: http://themovieminute.com/LegendofTarzan.html  

Steven Spielberg returns to the realm of fantasy with the adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG releasing this weekend in theaters worldwide. In this bonus episode of Disney Magic Hour I will give a spoiler free review of the film as I got to see it last night at a special screening held by D23. Actor Mark Rylance re-teams with Spielberg, following his Oscar winning performance in last year's Bridge of Spies, as the titular character of the Big Friendly Giant. Along side Rylance is newcomer Ruby Barnhill as Sophie, continuing the tradition of excellent child performances with Spielberg at the helm. Listen, enjoy and please, share the show with your friends. Off we go into Giant Country...

Join us for Trailer Park Podcast #59! The Legend of Tarzan swings in as our headliner and Nathan, Daniel and The Intern take a deeper look at the very extensive (and very white) history of Tarzan. Wiener-Dog is the new film from director Todd Solondz and he has a lot of currency with us here at TPP because his previous film "Happiness" is a masterpiece. The Shallows used to be called In The Deep and they tell you that... on the poster. The BFG is an acronym for Big Friendly Giant and in hindsight it's fairly easy to figure it out; did we have to explore all of the other possibilities of what it could be an acronym for? No... but we did. Free State of Jones charges in like a militia recruitment video as our last trailer in this lineup and we discuss how it is being criticized for every man, woman and child in the trailer holding a gun. Stick around for The Burden List and the Intern Archive Update.

Here are all the pops we talked about this week and where you can pre-order them. Big Friendly Giant, Jesse Custer (Preacher), Cassidy (Preacher), Arseface (Preacher), The Chamberlain Skeksis (Dark Crystal), Aughra (Dark Crystal), UrSol the Chanter (Dark Crystal), Jen (Dark Crystal), Kira and Fizzgig (Dark Crystal), Kirk (Star Trek Beyond), Spock (Star Trek Beyond), Uhura (Star Trek Beyond), Sulu (Star Trek Beyond), Chekov (Star Trek Beyond), Scotty (Star Trek Beyond), Bones (Star Trek Beyond), Jaylah (Star Trek Beyond), Krall (Star Trek Beyond). The new Specialty Series, Aloha Stitch, Rick with Portal Gun, My Little Pony, Gorilla Grodd, New Green Arrow, Malcolm Merlyn, Starfire as the Flash, Raven as Wonder Woman, Robin as Batman, and Suicide Squad Harley Quinn Gown. You can check us out on twitter, facebook, and instagram @gofunkoyourself, visit www.gofunkoyourself.com for sweet news and such, finally go to www.imzy.com/funko to request an invitation to this great new website full of great communities.

A cunning Costa orchestrates an Arsenal slide to 3rd in the tables despite Manchester City drawing late on against plucky West Ham. A third straight shutout for Fraser Forster and his Southampton give Mike and 'single-shot-on-goal' Manchester United palpitations. Meanwhile, Liverpool send Klopp to the optometrist in search of new glasses following Lallana's heroic, last-gasp winner over Norwich.

This week’s @lesleyriddoch podcast; ‘Scotland’s Future’ – the White Paper gets released, childcare gets discussed or not, and there’s a lot of television about. There are mentions of Alan Little’s excellent ‘Our Friends in the North’, Scotland Tonight’s use of ‘heng oots’, the riveting spectacle of Eddi Reader on Question Time and that debate between   Nicola and Alistair . And Chris explains what it is like to meet the Ice Queen, Irene Macdougall of Dundee Rep who is in this year’s Christmas show, “The Big Friendly Giant”. (And thanks to Chris Cook for the inspirational title of this week’s Pod )