Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Enemy Pie by Derek Munson, ill. Tara Calahan King
Recently LeVar Burton suggested today’s picture book on an episode of The Sporkful (“Reheat: LeVar Burton Even Reads Recipes Dramatically“) and in spite of the fact that Kate was dead-on about the fact that we should have done this book for a Thanksgiving episode, we’re doing it, baby! Enemy Pie was a Reading Rainbow Book back in the day, but I admit that I never read it myself. We talk about How to Eat Fried Worms, how boomerangs were the drones of the 80s (and I will stand by that statement), and the joy of eating a pie small enough to fit between your eyebrows.
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Show Notes:
Fascinating haircut going on here. If you wanted to name this style, what would you call it?
We’ll say this much. If that really is lemoncello the dad is pouring into this pie, we’d gladly taste-test a slice ourselves.
Wowzah. Jeremy Ross? He may be part shark. 22 front teeth. “You don’t know how many are in the back!”
Imagine eating a pie that is small enough to fit between your eyeballs.
Folks, we did differ on this point. Would you honestly eat cherry pie with grape juice?! I say nay. Kate says yea. Who’s right?
You can read my Étienne Delessert tribute here.
Betsy Recommends: The opening of The Rabbit Hole! You can watch my behind-the-scenes TikTok video here.
Kate Recommends: Hello Again with Tig Notaro, now streaming on Prime.
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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