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Tag: Colby Sharp

February 23, 2026 by Betsy Bird

It’s Our 400th Episode! Fuse 8 n’ Kate Welcomes Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker from The Yarn to Discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret

What truly makes a picture book? If a Caldecott committee deems it so, is that enough? We asked our guests for a "big book" and they delivered! We discuss daylight savings, whether this book is scifi, and someone at some point says "Well, I'M ON MY TOES!" with great vavoom.

May 3, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Children’s Literary Salon: The Art of Enthusiasm

We’re just hitting it out of the park now.  Fast on the heels of our last Salon with Jeanne Birdsall and N.D. Wilson (info below), this coming Saturday I managed to bring together the three kings of children’s book social media.  Behold! If you’d like to watch the discussion live, tune in 2:00 CST here.  […]

September 2, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: How to Start a School Year

You start it with . . . EXCITEMENT! A show of hands.  Who, right now, is weeping a little over the fact that we will never have Mr. Colby Sharp as the 4th grade teacher of our youth?  That is, perhaps, the first video I would show to my students if I were teaching a […]

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