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Tag: Margaret Wise Brown

August 12, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. Alice & Martin Provensen

We tackle only our third Margaret Wise Brown episode on the podcast. And a Little Golden Book to boot!

May 1, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Remy Charlip AND Christian Robinson

Today we do our third Margaret Wise Brown book (after Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny), our second Remy Charlip (after Fortunately), and our very first Christian Robinson on this podcast!

October 10, 2022 by Betsy Bird

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.

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The Quintessential Librarian Stereotype: Wrestling With the Legacy of Anne Carroll Moore

March 4, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Folks, it's time to have a reckoning when it comes to Anne Carroll Moore.

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

May 7, 2018 by Betsy Bird

What do making sushi and reading Margaret Wise Brown’s second most popular picture book have in common? We’re doing both in one night on the old podcast Fuse 8 n’ Kate! We’re trying to do a couple more ladies than we’ve done in the past. We talk about whether or not this book has Fellini […]

Unexpected Jolts of Children’s Literature: Ramona invented the original Portlandia

September 13, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Ooo.  Lots of adult books with smatterings of children’s literature littered about the pages today.  Don’t even know where to start with this one.  Let’s see, eeny meeny miney . . . MO! Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books by Christine Woodside This […]

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Fusenews: The Snow Queen – There Can Be Only One

July 18, 2014 by Betsy Bird

Howdy do.  As per usual I’m going to direct you this morning to that lovely little Wild Things website where Jules Danielson and I have been posting the stories that got cut from our upcoming book Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature.  If you haven’t already seen them you might like to read […]

Top 100 Picture Books #4: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd

June 23, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#4 Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (1947) 167 points Well, it’s a classic for a reason. – Joanne Rousseau This one I can still recite even though I last read at least 10 or more years ago. Again a classic that will endure and delight for a long time to […]

Fusenews: “A sort of child’s Jane Eyre.”

November 2, 2011 by Betsy Bird

“Jarrett Krosoczka is one of 25 hottest children’s authors in the nation.” So said Henderson City Mayor Andy Hafen when presenting Mr. Krosoczka with the key to the city.  I’ll just say that again.  The mayor of a city mentioned Jarrett being part of my old The Hot Men of Children’s Literature series when presenting […]

Fusenews: “Compare and contrast Goodnight Moon with The Sun Also Rises”

February 17, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Lotso hotso news today, folks.  I hardly know where to begin.  Let’s start with the big news that the illustrious editor Margaret K. McElderry passed away recently.  I had mentioned The McElderry Book of Greek Myths in my Valentine’s Day post earlier this week.  Maybe she was on my mind.  In any case, there’s a […]

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