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It’s Our 400th Episode! Fuse 8 n’ Kate Welcomes Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker from The Yarn to Discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret
What truly makes a picture book? If a Caldecott committee deems it so, is that enough? We asked our guests for a "big book" and they delivered! We discuss daylight savings, whether this book is scifi, and someone at some point says "Well, I'M ON MY TOES!" with great vavoom.
Your Jon Klassen, or, What’s Up With All the Board Books?
We talk today with the often imitated (and never replicated) Jon Klassen about why, precisely, he's been so drawn to the board book form recently (and what it has to give).
And Where the Sendak Isn’t: A Where the Wild Horses Are Cover Reveal and Q&A with Amy Alznauer
"The very best antidote or response to a stereotype (in life or fiction) is the shining particularity of an individual." We debut Amy Alznauer's middle grade novel and have a marvelous talk about Deaf culture, horses, and stumbling on prophetic ideas from your younger self.
Diverse Scholarship and the Islamic Golden Ages: A Q&A with M.O. Yuksel About The Prince of Stars
I felt like doing a bit of a dive into a 2025 picture book bio that didn't get nearly enough attention last season. If you don't immediately know the name "Ulugh Beg" consider this your educational platform for the day.
Postie Mousie to the Rescue! A Marty Moose Q&A with Claire Powell
Of mice and mail. We discuss an all new early chapter book series with a woman unafraid of maps, typefaces, ADHD, and meticulous ink.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield, ill. Jan Spivey Gilchrist
In a dual celebration of Black History Month and Valentine's Day, I figured the logical connection came in the form of Eloise Greenfield's Honey I Love. But which version?
Review of the Day: My Bicentennial Summer by G. Neri, ill. Corban Wilkin
Neri takes the facts of what happened when his family embarked on the road trip to beat all road trips, and ties that summer during the bicentennial into the state of the country today. Deeply fun, utterly smart, and visually arresting.
Press Release Fun: It’s Time for the 15th Annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!
And now, a word from Mr. James Kennedy...
A Nicholas Day/Corey Tabor Cover Reveal and Q&A? It’s Gotta Be a Look at A Riddle of Eels
"An irony of having so many excellent nonfiction books for children is that it can appear that we already know everything: that our world is all mapped, archived, indexed, sorted. That’s not true, of course. But it can feel that way."
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