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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae, ill. Guy Parker-Rees

    Betsy Bird, August 17, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    I wanted to do a little something different with today’s selection for my podcast. Today’s book has been on Publisher Weekly’s top selling picture book list for 240+ weeks. Even so, it is not a household name here in America by any stretch of the imagination. I’d been seeing its name on these bestseller lists […]

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Imogene’s Antlers by David Small

    Betsy Bird, August 10, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    On this week's show we discuss the strength of Imogene's neck muscles, you get to hear an impromptu jingle for the Emergency Hat Service, I manage to work in a tiny reference to Gregor Samsa, and we marvel at Imogene's good nature.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto, ill. Susan Guevara

    Betsy Bird, August 3, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    When we consider classic Latinx picture books that would qualify as #ownvoices, only a few have been covered on this show. Today's book seeks to add to the canon of children's literature.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

    Betsy Bird, July 27, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Between its shiny Sydney Taylor Book Award on its cover and a storyline that has aged magnificently over the last 32 years, Kate and I discuss one of Patricia Polacco's best known works.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

    Betsy Bird, July 20, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Today Kate and I dig deep into a book that certainly contains the world's most short-sighted escape plan. The Great Escape, this is not.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese

    Betsy Bird, July 13, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    If you were born in the late 70s or early 80s, the odds are good that somebody you know read today's book to you. This all ties in quite closely to current discussions of picture books with racist elements that sit blithely on shelves in children's rooms anywhere.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, ill. Patrick Benson

    Betsy Bird, July 6, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    In spite of the fact that I didn't really want to have a whole conversation with Kate about owls' elongated eye tubes, that's the price you pay when you talk about Martin Waddell's best known book. But is it a "classic"?

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: George Shrinks by William Joyce

    Betsy Bird, June 29, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Hope you like your kids short, your cats cruel, and your teddy bears creepy, because we're going all in on Bill Joyce's best known book today.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson

    Betsy Bird, June 21, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Under normal circumstances I won't consider a children's book for this podcast unless that title is less than 20 years old. But since I made that rule in the first place, I guess I'm the one who gets to break it. And today's book is, in its blood, a rule breaker.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite

    Betsy Bird, June 15, 2020 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    In honor of Pride this month, I figured it would be a good idea to check out one of the first big-time LGBTQIA+ picture books published in America. Who knew this would be such a fruitful book to explore?

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