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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester, ill. Lynn Munsinger

    Betsy Bird, January 3, 2022 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    "If your book makes fun of a speech impediment, maybe don't write that book." Many is the school that has used Hooway for Wodney Wat as an anti-bullying text. We show just how twisted that logic really is.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow, ill. Maurice Sendak

    Betsy Bird, December 27, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    "The Secret Garden meets Donnie Darko". A human-sized, walking on his legs Bunnyman accompanies a young girl and things get weird. We consider one of Sendak's lesser known titles.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May, ill. Denver Gillen

    Betsy Bird, December 24, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    It's a Christmas miracle! We're talking Rudolph, written by Evanston native Robert L. May. And . . . it rhymes.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

    Betsy Bird, December 6, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Joseph and the amazingly not technical overcoat is here! We may have missed Hanukkah but we can at least right a great wrong by featuring this Simms Taback beauty.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, ill. Barbara Cooney

    Betsy Bird, November 29, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    If you'd like to hear two daughters ribbing their mom, this is the podcast episode for YOU! Our mother joins us today to discuss Donald Hall's Caldecott winner.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney

    Betsy Bird, November 22, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Peak Pinkney! After his recent death, I wanted to do a book with Kate that paid homage to Jerry Pinkney. What better than a look at his longstanding love of fairy tales?

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Curious George Takes a Job by H.A. and Margret Rey

    Betsy Bird, November 15, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    More questions are raised than answered in this latest episode of Fuse 8 n' Kate and that's okay. We return to the world of Curious George with all its peculiarities.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Bill and Pete by Tomie dePaola

    Betsy Bird, November 8, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    "Best friends slash he's an appliance." Today author Ian Lendler joins us for a discussion of one of Tomie dePaola's lesser known titles. If you like juicy butts and David Lynch-esque dream sequences, you are in luck!

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Witch Next Door by Norman Bridwell

    Betsy Bird, October 25, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    Alas for Kate, we are doing a THIRD witch and broom-related picture book in a row. I'm in a witch rut! I can only do witches!!

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Allsburg

    Betsy Bird, October 18, 2021 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    "If this really is the ghost of the broom, I hope it hacks the men to pieces!" We're discussing another Chris Van Allsburg Halloween title and this one has a real creep factor AND heart as well.

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