Steven Kellogg

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October 17, 2022 by Betsy Bird

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.

September 20, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg

Defenestration abounds in our consideration of both the original 1979 and its 2014 update.

October 4, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg

It's October so that means spooky season has officially begun! I introduce Kate to one of my favorite eerie classics. It's pure unfiltered Steven Kellogg. Let's see what she makes of him.

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble, ill. Steven Kellogg

January 28, 2019 by Betsy Bird

It's the Memento of the 1980s! Take a trip back in time with me to 1980 on the nosey. An era when children apparently eschewed backpacks for satchels and school lunches were just as elaborate as those in Bread and Jam for Frances. Don't believe me? Then you haven't taken an up close and personal deep dive into one of Kellogg's most famous stories.