Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco

It’s a Christmas book! It’s a Hanukkah book! It’s a Christmas AND a Hanukkah book! And a Patricia Polacco book as well. She’s back, baby. Will Kate be charmed by the message of this inclusive title or will other elements win out in the end? We discuss the grammatical components of when one “thrills”, continuity errors, kosher menorahs, and more!

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Show Notes:

If you’re curious about our previous Polacco title, you can listen to The Keeping Quilt here (circa 2020).

According to Kate, and I will defer to her on this, this is not a kosher menorah. And yep. She’s right.

We determined that this story took place “a ways in the past-like direction” based on this car.

I can’t believe she spotted it. Kate has clown-dar. Look and see.

Oh man, Cherry. We feel you, man. We’ve been there. This is actually how Kate felt while recording this episode.

Kate has been having a hard time with the kids’ faces. This was one of her examples. I thought they were fine. Thoughts of your own?

Kate pointed out a bit of a continuity error on the part of the aforementioned non-kosher menorah. Earlier the candles are different sizes and on the next, all the candles are the same height.

Kate Recommends: Sean Combs: The Reckoning on Netflix

Betsy Recommends: Replaceable You (particularly the audiobook, read by author Mary Roach herself)

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