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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.
A classic or completely and utterly outdated? We explain why this tale of barium, sad little Betsys, and flashbacks to the movie Nope populate this book.
If you'd like to read a rant about why I suspect this book never even won a Caldecott Honor then enjoy. I go off, and on the podcast episode we laud a book that truly stands the test of time.
In today's discussion we talk about eggnog, hamsters, the quality of the education these critters are receiving, and what this book gets right. It's a Valentine's Day episode of the podcast.
There's such creativity behind the presentation of today's book. The play-within-a-play motif sets this apart. The art is extraordinary. And was there every such a goofy frog?