Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see a new Dork Matters ep with Ben and Lexi. We're dorking out about the best, most amazing, legendary children's book illustrator-authors! With a bit of conspiracy theorizing about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident. Grab a blanky, get comfy, and let us tell you a story.

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Sankebetsu brown bear incident
• Legendary illustrators
  • Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are, Chicken Soup with Rice
  • Dr Seuss (Theodore Geisel), The Grinch, Green Eggs & Ham
  • Eric Carle - Brown Bear, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • Richard Scarry - Best Ever/Busytown
  • Beatrix potter - Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jeremy Fisher
  • Clement Hurd - Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
  • EH Shepard - The Wind in the Willows, Winni-the-Pooh
  • Ul de Rico - THE RAINBOW GOBLINS!
  • Ezra Jack Keats - The Snowy Day, Peter’s Chair

BONUS CONTENT:

• Ul de Rico concept art for The Neverending Story (1984)
• Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen: Unusual History of Censorship by Laura Cattrysse
• Beatrix Potter - The Dead Authors
• Prodorkcer Jess Schmidt's picks:
  • say what you will about Roald Dahl, but Quentin Blake is an iconic illustrator in my mind
  • Ludwig Bemelmans of the Madeline books was another fave of my childhood
  • Shel Silverstein was my first introduction to poetry and again just iconic
  • The Velveteen Rabbit was a book that I asked for all the time, illustrated by William Nicholson

"I remember that as a child, when I felt overwhelmed, my mother would reassure me by saying, ‘One piece at a time.’ That’s good advice for many things in life." -Eric Carle

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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