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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
With heroes that are essentially paint swatches, we discuss nursery rhymes, gender in language, and what happens when someone calls us a "shining beam of delight" in our letters section.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Swimmy by Leo Lionni
In this episode I discover that no one has ever written a fun background story on how Leo Lionni came up with this book, we consider whether or not Lionni was good at making art with cut potatoes, whether fish have eyebrows, and how hard it is to say the term "Mom pun" repeatedly.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Frederick by Leo Lionni
The old Ant and the Grasshopper fable got the Lionni touch back in 1967 when the four time Caldecott Honor winner chose to put a new spin on an old classic. So how successful was this book in the end? Is it a product of its age (the tune in and drop out 60s) or something that stands the test of time?
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