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Part Ratatouille and all original, this little French mouse series could have reached the heights of Madeline or Eloise. So why didn't it? We investigate and find out.
Today we consider a story about someone in middle America going against the norm, facing censors, and coming out triumphant. Sounds like a book we might very much need today.
We return to a book by Ezra Jack Keats, and dive into this rainy day tale of apartment hallways and remarkably muted colors.
Today we do our third Margaret Wise Brown book (after Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny), our second Remy Charlip (after Fortunately), and our very first Christian Robinson on this podcast!
What happens when a designer decides to make picture books? Hopefully something as memorable as this 1983 Ann Jonas release.
Today we're sticking it to Ron DeSantis and breaking our 20-year rule to feature one of the best trans picture books ever created for kids.
In what may be the most quintessentially “New York” picture book we’ve done to date (with hints of Where the Wild Things Are in the margins) we confront a 1987 Caldecott Award winner and tackle Betsy’s childhood memories of it along the way. Today we discuss a variation on the previously reported upon picture book […]
Like a concept album gone astray, we're deep diving into a German classic we found via a reader suggestion. Hope you like vengeful flora!
It's considered a classic by animation fans, but does the book hold up? We explain why this translation from film to page missed quite a few steps along the way.
We right a great wrong and tackle what might be arguably considered David Shannon's second most famous picture book.