Carter Higgins, author, illustrator, motion designer, librarian, great thinker, is here! You have probably read her books already because they're great, but one of Josh's favorites is discussed within!
And hey, not that you weren't going to anyway, but stay til the very end for an introspective discussion about Carter's next book, Round and Round the Year We Go, which is delightful and contains human children!
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Our reviews this week:
TUMBLEBABY by Adam Rex and Audrey Helen Weber
MUNCHPIE MORGAN by Merry Lorenz and Kenneth Anderson
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