We dork out about the world's deadliest animal, our fave modern children's book illustrators, and the strange phenomenon that makes people need to poop when they visit a bookstore. 

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Mosquitos: Deadliest Animal
• Modern Fave Illustrators
  • Shaun Tan - Lost & Found, Eric
  • Oliver Jeffers - Here We Are, The Way Back Home
  • Dave Mckean - Mirrormask, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
  • Julie McLaughlin - Pride Puppy
  • Joy Ang -Kobe Eats Pizza
  • Pawel Gierlinski - Oh Golly, Miss Trolly
  • Chris Haughton - Shh! We Have a Plan,  Oh, No, George
  • Renata Lewska - The Loud Book, The Quiet Book
  • Kim Smith - Boxitects, Baker Makers
  • Sandra Boynton - The Going to Bed Book, Snuggle Puppy
  • Jon Klassen - I want My Hat Back, The Skull
  • Byron Eggenschweiler - The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, The Strangest Thing in the Sea
  • Axel Scheffler - Julia Donaldson collaborator, The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom
  • Barbara Reid - Sing a Song of Mother Goose, Read Me a Book
  • Michael Martchenko - All the best Robert Munsch books, The Paper Bag Princess, Mortimer, Murmel, Murmel, Murmel
  • Matthew Forsythe - Pokko and the Drum, Mina
  • Elise Gravel - The Mushroom Fan Club, The Bug Club
  • Phoebe Wahl - Little Witch Hazel, Sonya’s Chickens
  • Anita Jeram - Guess How Much I Love You, Kids Goodnight, Sam

BONUS CONTENT:

• The Mariko Aoki phenomenon

"GIVE ME THAT SKULL." -Jon Klassen, The Skull

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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