When Kate challenged Betsy to find a classic Thanksgiving book, she made the mistake of saying off-handedly, "Oh, it could just be about food too." Ah HAH! Food, eh? Well, they'd already done Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, so that could leave only one other famous food-related piece of children's literary history. That's right. Time to down some Green Eggs and Ham.

For the full Show Notes please visit: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2019/11/25/fuse-8-n-kate-green-eggs-and-ham-by-dr-seuss/

Betsy anticipated our discussion of whether or not this book is more of a St. Patrick's Day title. What she did not think of was whether or not this book would tap into Kate's bottomless knowledge of sales. It does, she shares her opinion, and Betsy get scared. And really, isn't being scared by your relatives exactly what Thanksgiving is all about anyway? Happy listening!

Show Notes:

This book showed up at #12 on the Top 100 Picture Books Poll. There are some very funny links in there that you might find worth checking out: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-12-green-eggs-and-ham-by-dr-seuss/

Betsy wasn't wrong. Here is the bizarre description of this book in the NYPL catalog: https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18712668__Sgreen%20eggs%20and%20ham__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=def

Do you harbor any curiosity at all about the Netflix show? Here's a trailer to clarify matters. It's . . . uh . . . it's something all right. Guess Kate was right about the two being strangers at the start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaqKPRxxaSk

And I found the video of the Rev. Jesse Jackson reading snatches of the book on Saturday Night Live. Darndest thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mqg4C0awA