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
If you'd like to read a rant about why I suspect this book never even won a Caldecott Honor then enjoy. I go off, and on the podcast episode we laud a book that truly stands the test of time.| A Fuse #8 Production
We finally do one of my most reliable storytime readalouds. Where would I be without Duck, his antics, and the array of animal sounds this book lets you indulge in?| A Fuse #8 Production
Meet the world's most depressed duck. Somehow he ended up as the hero of this 1997 Bunting/Wisniewski collaboration.| A Fuse #8 Production
We return to John Steptoe once again today, though with perhaps a more complicated title than many of his that we've done before.| A Fuse #8 Production
We take a quintessential Independence Day title and put it under a spotlight to see how it has aged.| A Fuse #8 Production