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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Our 250th Episode! Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever
It's our 250th episode so we're celebrating by doing our very first Richard Scarry book ever. Come for the turkey. Stay for the changes made between editions of this book.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit by Werner Holzwarth, ill. Wolf Erlbruch
Today we discuss a true cult classic picture book. Germans aren't afraid to tackle tough subjects like death. Likewise, they're clearly fine with poop.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, ill. Brian Selznick
We know that the standards to which we hold nonfiction picture books has changed in the intervening 21 years. So how does this Caldecott Honoree stand up today? Spoiler Alert: Surprisingly well!
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Review of the Day: May Mama Says There Aren’t Any Zombies, Ghost, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst, ill. Kay Chorao
Judith Viorst proves once more that she's a fan of extra long titles. After much discussion we decide an accurate title should have been MY MOM IS GASLIGHTING ME. Come see why!
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
"It's like Candyman if instead of saying his name three times you just called into existence each of his bodyparts." Kate tackles her first Ed Emberley
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Matilda, Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death by Hilaire Belloc
We compare two different editions of a macabre Hilaire Belloc poem and see how they stand up, as part of our Halloween series.
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown
What's more Halloween-ish than creepy scarecrows? We just didn't expect to run into them thanks to the same author that penned Goodnight, Moon.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide, ill. Edward Gorey
"I'm Benjamin Buttoning over here!" Halloween is almost here so we're getting into the spooky and who could be spookier than Edward Gorey?
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, ill. Henry Cole
Today we tackle a book long overdue on our podcast. It's the "grandaddy of the book banned". Because banning doesn't end because Banned Books Week does.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan
Though it's a mere 19-years-old (one full year too early for our usual considerations) in light of the marvelousness of Ashley Bryan we tackle what is arguably his best known book.
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