Fuse 8 n’ Kate: I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

Kirkus released its list of the Best Picture Books of the 21st Century and I wanted to do one of the books they included! So I went to GREAT LENGTHS to get my hands on today’s book. Folks… I had to go all the way…. to Skokie. That doggone beautiful library system. But it was worth it! Our very first Lauren Child is on the podcast!

We talk about how Charlie and Lola were the Bluey of their day, weird Girl Scouts, and I’ll tell you that our own picky eating definitely comes to the fore.

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Show Notes:

I mention the episode of Black Books where Bernard and Manny write a picture book together. And because I love you, I’m showing two scenes. The first is when they first write it:

The second is when they believe they will be horrendously rich because of it:

And yes indeed. The Prindle Institute of Ethics really and truly did cover this book in their day.

Stephanie. V.W. Lucianovic wrote both a nonfiction book for adults and a children’s book on picky eating. Here’s the middle grade title:

I dunno. Kate sure as heck thinks that this is a hand coming out of a hand. I disagree vociferously! This ain’t AI after all!

I mention at one point that when it comes to typography, Lauren Child is truly the master of the game. Food is also a different font from the rest of the text.

We adore this tiny face on the center pea. Such attention to detail!

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