It’s Our 400th Episode! Fuse 8 n’ Kate Welcomes Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker from The Yarn to Discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Can you believe it! Can this really be happening? It has taken years, but at long last Kate and I have hit our 400th episode of our podcast Fuse 8 n’ Kate!!! Our Quatercentenary! Now we’ve had a variety of special guests in the past. Jon Scieszka. Aaron Reynolds. Lucy Knisley. But today we’re bringing on our sister podcast (brother podcast?) here at SLJ. That’s right, the hosts of The Yarn, Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp, are joining us for our biggest recording to date. We needed to find a book worthy of such a moment. What’s a groundbreaking title that challenged assumptions and made everyone say at the same time, “What really is a picture book?” Our answer seemed obvious. At Colby and Travis’s suggestion, there could be only one:

Like we said, the question is, what truly makes a picture book? If a Caldecott committee deems it so, is that enough? We asked our guests for a “big book” and they delivered so well! We discuss daylight savings, whether this book is science fiction (let alone a picture book), and someone at some point says “Well, I’M ON MY TOES!” with great vavoom.

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Show Notes:

Okay, look at the dude in the lower center image. Does that man look like Ben Kingsley to you or Woody Harrelson? Sisters may disagree. I mean… I guess I can see it…

I here we have “Tobey Maguire with an eyepatch”.

There may have been a moment when the galley I gave to Kate to read (with the original Newbery/Caldecott Banquet flyer inside!) had a small problem… :

But this brings up an interesting point. If this book contains art that was NOT created by Brian Selznick (the film stills) how did it win a Caldecott? We determine that it must just come down to the whims of its committee.

Kate pointed out that this scene looks like the huge floats you can see at the Mardi Gras World museum in New Orleans.

Then Colby found and quoted from this review, and I must say, well played, sir. Well played!

Colby Recommends: Ultra Marathon running races

Travis Recommends: The Winter Olympics

Kate Recommends: Drag bingo nights

Betsy Recommends: Marty Supreme on Apple TV.

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