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The Week Junior Show

Hurricane Milton and the best season

The Week Junior Show

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, News Commentary, News, Education For Kids

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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We're talking about how communities in the US are recovering from Hurricane Milton, the meaning behind wrinkles on elephant trunks, and a dance company that's opening up the stage for everyone!

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0:00.0

Ever wished your favorite book could come to life?

0:03.0

Return to the world of the best-selling ink-cart series by Cornelia Funker

0:07.0

in The Color of Revenge, a spellbinding read about the magical power of stories out now.

0:15.0

Hello I'm Bex and welcome to the Week Junior show.

0:18.0

Today I'm joined by two of the team from the Week Junior,

0:21.0

the magazine making sense of the world for 8 to 14 year olds

0:24.0

we've got associate editor Laura and editorial assistant Elena so loads to cover in

0:28.6

today's episode we're going to be talking about how communities in the US are

0:32.1

recovering from Hurricane Milton, the meaning behind

0:34.7

wrinkles on elephant trunks, and a dance company that's opening up the stage for everyone.

0:39.7

We're also going to be having a big debate about whether autumn is better than spring.

0:43.7

So I've noticed there's a story in this week's issue in the science and technology page

0:48.1

about how artwork makes people more emotional if they see it in person.

0:51.6

So it got me thinking, what is your favorite

0:53.7

piece of artwork? I'm going to go for one of the classics, Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night

0:58.9

Over the Rhone. Now this isn't the classic Starry Night that you might think of. This is a

1:03.4

different version of like a couple next to the river and there are stars. There is

1:08.7

lovely reflections on the river. I've seen it in person and it was really so lovely that I then bought a print of it and it's

1:14.0

now hanging up on my bedroom wall so yeah that's what I'm going for it it did

1:17.5

really move me and I now love Vincent Van Goff Laura how about you?

1:22.1

I also love Vincent Van Gogh and actually my favorite is a

1:25.7

painting called Night Hawks by an American artist called Edward Hopper. I don't know

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