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“There are fish literally everywhere in this book!” Last year, I was going to write a book a little closer to Ed Young’s death, but life got in the way. As a result, I was sitting on this particular copy. Yeshen The last few months (sorry, library). Now, I hadn’t read this book in probably 20 years and didn’t remember it particularly well, so you can imagine my utter joy when I discovered something like this: Ronpopaw, Ed Young has hidden one particular animal in these pages. fish! Kate digs deep into this particular story because I really enjoy finding things questionable in these pages. We misidentify Disney songs and discuss “Ragged Creatures” and the king who denies it.
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Show note:
This version is a little dirty, but it is a recreated story from the Qing Dynasty’s Xu Zhen Daoyun version.
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Check out the cool fish hidden in these pages!
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This is a very cool photo of a young Matt Tavares sitting next to Bernard Weber and showing him a signed book. Isla is staying over.
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Betsy’s Recommendations: “Poor Things” (currently in theaters)
Kate’s Recommendations: Murderville is now available on Netflix
Filed under: Hughes 8 and Kate
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently Collection Development Manager for the Evanston Public Library System and is a former materials specialist at the New York Public Library. She’s appeared in her Newbery, contributed to the Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things. She would love to talk about it, but I think it would be more interesting to hear it in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect the opinions of EPL, SLJ, or any other acronym she may name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.