This is going to strike you as a little strange. Lord knows it wasn’t something I noticed. So… you know how we’ve done 376 episodes of this podcast until now? That’s 376 different books. Of those books, we have done books both written and illustrated by creator Eric Carle precisely one, singular, solitary time. That book? The Very Hungry Caterpillar (duh). Listener Megan recently pointed out this odd aberration and I have to admit I was a little embarrassed. We recorded our Very Hungr...| A Fuse #8 Production
Dear lord. If I thought I was about to give Kate a lovely birthday present with today’s recording then I was SORELY disabused of that notion from the start. I never expected Frances to fall into Kate’s obliterating list of “brats”, but them’s the breaks in this, one of our more contentious episodes. Listen in as we tackle our second Frances book (after Bread and Jam for Frances). Along the way we discuss Chompo Bar theme songs, party favors for 2-year-olds, and why Mother might have...| A Fuse #8 Production
Arguably Tomi Ungerer's least weird picture book, we at last tackle the tale of a woman and her beloved reptile.| A Fuse #8 Production