Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Wolves by Emily Gravett

With Kate newly mommified, we try out recording our podcast with baby in tow to see how it goes. So if the episode is a little burbly this time around, you’ll understand why. Along the way we also decide to do our VERY FIRST Emily Gravett title. Her debut no less! In reading it, Kate has to deal with this unexpected Kate Greenaway Medal winner and all that that entails. Now I know that a lot of you have been asking us to do Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear for some time. Be patient, my lovelies. We can’t touch that one until 2027.

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Show Notes:

Here’s Emily Gravett’s Instagram page, just in case you were curious about it.

How charming is it for any author/illustrator to thank their poetry pals? 20 points there!

I like that Kate pointed out that any rabbit checking out a book on wolves is the equivalent of a human checking out a book on serial killers?

So here’s a mystery. The telephone number here… it must have been changed for the American edition. If anyone has the British edition, I’d love to see what the number is there.

The exaggerated size scale here really threw Kate off. She has a hard time distinguishing reality and fantasy here.

I find this “happy ending” one of the most interesting elements of the story. First you have this ending made up of ripped images. And THEN you get these collecting mail notices on what must be the rabbit’s mat at home. So dark!!

Look, I work in a library. This late fee is so high, this must actually be the charge for a lost book.

Kate Recommends: The app Merlin Bird ID

Betsy Recommends: The documentary Room 237

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