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On this most auspicious day in which the Newbery and Caldecott winners are announced (amongst many other fine and wonderful awards), I thought it might be a nice change of pace to do a cult classic.
There is a certain type of picture book that can be best described as a Love It or Loathe It title. Today we tackle one of those very books.
We discuss potential Caldecott winners on the podcast. I love all three of these books down to the cold cockles of my shriveled little heart. I seriously believe that each one of these books has a very good chance at some kind of Caldecott love in 2021.
Today Kate and I talk invasive species, seed bombing, how nice it is to read a book that doesn't call a single woman a spinster, and why it is that Maine loves its children's book creators more than any other state.
We have found it. The Christmas picture book that perfectly encapsulates what we're feeling in 2020.
With the imminent republication of this book on the horizon, Kate and I take a gander at the original publication to see how it has stood the test of time.
An orange fellow is told to leave over and over and over again. So it clearly has nothing to do with the state of the world today. If you've never listened to one of our podcasts before, I might recommend this as a place to start.
Kate requested a Thanksgiving picture book classic. In the course of things, Kate creates a shocking backstory worthy of V.C. Andrews while I deep dive into Agatha Christie territory and start speculating about how the incipient murder would take place.
In this episode, listen as I crow over the importance of books where you can bounce a small child on your knee while making "chugga-chugga" noises while Kate imitates the call of the zebra.
Kate requested a book that was about "cute cats and slugs". And for the first time ever, that is a request I could accommodate. The end result is a deep dive into an Australian import classic.