MORE 'FUSE-8-N-KATE' POSTS
As track records go, I don't want to brag but the Fuse 8 n' Kate podcast does a particularly good job each and every year of selecting potential Caldecott winners. This year we consider a new three.
Citizen scientist or man who mucks with the scientific record? Only you can judge when you listen to our latest episode on the Caldecott Award winning title Snowflake Bentley.
We've had Barbara Cooney on the brain, so why not discuss her Christmas picture book (still in print!) circa 1988?
Today we step back in time to 1998 to a Hanukkah tale of tiny people battling great big kitty cats.
"Weird with heart!" Kate warms up to the 30th anniversary edition release of a little cult classic, entirely befitting of the name. Prepare your heartstrings to be tugged.
Today we compare and contrast a 1947 version with a 2003 version of the same story. We discuss how war in a region might easily make folks afraid of strangers, how soldiers attack their problem vs. monks, whether or not this is a technical trickster tale, and how that person who just gave salt got away with murder.
Thanks to the New York Review of Books we're tackling one of their recent reprints. An 80s title about interior design where the artist was CLEARLY having fun!
It was one of my storytime standbys, back in the days when I used to do storytimes. I relied so heavily on this title, so finally, today, I get to present it to Kate on our podcast. Will it hold up?
Happy Halloween! We're finishing up our creepy season with a book that's more sweet than creep (and we don't mind). It's our first Yuyi Morales picture book on the podcast!
Today we consider a book about, at its core, the difficulty of growing more than a single pumpkin in your pumpkin patch. We talk Jawas, rain barrels, hairless leprechauns, and more.