First and foremost, happy engagement to Kate and the Penguinologist! She'll soon be a Coronabride with her very own microwedding.

Now just to catch the rest of you up, Kate is not a huge fan of clowns. Actually, that's a bit of an understatement. She HATES clowns. Naturally that meant that Betsy had to find a classic clown book for her birthday. She's nursing a theory that they don't exist, though, so Betsy decided to get the next best thing. Marla Frazee's The Farmer and the Clown won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book category. That's enough potential classic status for us! But trust Kate to find a way to turn this sweet little wordless book into a bit of a horrorfest. No small feat.

Show Notes:

Betsy quotes a Marla Frazee and Roger Sutton interview quite a lot in the course of this podcast. Check it out here: https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=marla-frazee-talks-roger

If you'd like to see Natalie Portman's interview with Daniel Lavery, you can find it here: https://www.natalieportman.com/2020/08/19/in-conversation-with-daniel-m-lavery/

And here's The Shining mask Betsy referred to: https://www.etsy.com/listing/828968900/the-shining-overlook-hotel-carpet?ref=pla_similar_listing_top-2&frs=1

For the full Show Notes please visit: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2020/08/31/fuse-8-n-kate-the-farmer-and-the-clown-by-marla-frazee/