Happy New Year! It's a new year, but the same old blog, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Today we kick off with a book that we describe on this episode as, "Handed to me in the good faith that we wouldn't like it." A friend alerted Betsy to that old 1999 picture book Hooway for Wodney Wat. Published before bullying became the issue in our schools that it is today, her friend said that this title may not have aged particularly well in the intervening 23 years. Or, as we say at one point, "If your book makes fun of a speech impediment, maybe don't write that book." Today, we're looking at our first Lester/Munsinger collaboration and its take on rhoticism.

Show Notes:

If you're looking for that particularly good book about stuttering that Betsy mentions in this episode, please check out I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney Smith: https://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2020/08/27/review-of-the-day-i-talk-like-a-river-by-jordan-scott-ill-sydney-smith/

Betsy Recommends: Don't Look Up, streaming on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81252357

Kate Recommends: The Harry Potter Reunion Special streaming on HBO Max: https://www.hbomax.com/harrypotter20?gclid=Cj0KCQiAt8WOBhDbARIsANQLp97KCyivWfbWH9N_KKZyh5fqFbLkyt-3zWSK48eDsqkqS_alf1D35C0aAuXEEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

For the full Show Notes please visit: https://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2022/01/03/fuse-8-n-kate-hooway-for-wodney-wat-by-helen-lester-ill-lynn-munsinger/