What do making sushi and reading Margaret Wise Brown’s second most popular picture book have in common? We’re doing both in one night on the old podcast Fuse 8 n’ Kate! We’re trying to do a couple more ladies than we’ve done in the past. We talk about whether or not this book has Fellini aspects to it, Bunny Protective Services (the BPS), and a furthering of Kate’s ghost grandma theory (which I kind of love but don’t tell her).  Extra Bonus: You get to hear my cute little bunny voice, which I only get to whip out once in a while.

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Show Notes:

Here’s the blog post where we celebrating MWB’s tea on the steps of NYPL. You can read Monica Edinger’s telling of the event here, and Brenda Bowen’s own telling here.

She rocks that hat. Like I said, matches her eyes.

Sorry, Kate. The Bunny Bird has already been done as a tattoo before:

Seriously. How does Kate find all those clowns?!?

The origin story of Ghost Grandma in Goodnight Moon brought to life:

“HAVE A CARROT!” Capital letters entirely mine. Most phoned in ending ever.

Were the eyes ever read on the original book jacket? You be the judge:

My World is considered the third book in the “Goodnight Moon trilogy”. Oh shoot. Is that the grandma again?!?

Because we just can’t not mention it . . . . Runaway Mummy by Michael Rex, ladies and gentlemen!!!

I failed to mention it in the podcast, but there’s a Runaway Bunny statue in Wilcox Park in Boston. Cool, right?