Tag: Stevie

July 15, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Stevie by John Steptoe

Lists of "classic" picture books are often white white white, with the occasional racist inclusion. That's why I'm always on the lookout for picture books from the past that could be deemed "classic" and come from a variety of different perspectives and voices. When it occurred to me the other day that we hadn't done Stevie yet on this show, I was a little mad at myself. It wasn't that we hadn't done a Steptoe before (see: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters) but this was the book that put the man on the map.