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Frog and Toad
Jon and Mac consider: cookie memes, are Frog and Toad picture books?, mismatched best friends, font talk, "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs," resting…
Sep 13
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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Goodnight Moon
Jon and Mac consider: the plight of the picture book author, wildlife trafficking, tangenting, disappearing socks, death, life, and mush
Jan 13
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
841
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Where the Wild Things Are
Jon and Mac consider: annoying Sendak quotes, Mac's high-school bully, gutter talk, a photo of Maurice looking good in a white tee, ambiguity…
Oct 4, 2024
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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Where the Wild Things Are
Oct 4, 2024
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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Goodnight Moon
Jan 13
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
841
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Six Board Books
Feb 14
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
193
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Millions of Cats
Oct 18, 2024
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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Go, Dog. Go!
Mar 28
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Jon Klassen
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Mac Barnett
449
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Dipping into the Darkside
Dec 6, 2024
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
147
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Rhythm in Picture Books
What is it? How do you get it?
Apr 19
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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How short can a picture book be?
some VERY tiny picture books by Richard Scarry
Jul 19
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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Jon’s New Ghost Book
"Let's go into the next room."
Nov 7
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Jon Klassen
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6 Photography Picture Books
"The deer saw it from the depths of the forest and the grass stayed unchewed in his mouth."
Nov 1
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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What is it?
How Tana Hoban cracked the photographic picture book.
Oct 25
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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On Respecting Kids, But Not Being Boring About It
also, ducks
Oct 19
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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6 Great Picture Book Covers
Deep dives on great picture books are here.
Oct 11
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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6 Birthday Books
It's our birthday, you see.
Oct 3
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Mac Barnett
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Jon Klassen
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Slate's "25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years"
Jon and Mac consider: a bunch of new picture books, just this once.
Sep 22
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Jon Klassen
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