Episode 37 - The Story of Ferdinand

Kate and Betsy celebrate their episode yet! Both had a LOT to say about this book and along the way they learn some very important lessons about themselves. Like the fact that someone with a retainer may have a very hard time saying the words "pacifist" and "pacifism". Let's all say "passive pacifism" together now three times fast! Show Notes: - We able to find the Ferdinand balloon! In Wired Magazine you can find a piece called Amazing Old Pics of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with lots of amazing images: https://www.wired.com/2013/11/the-macys-thanksgiving-parade-was-way-cooler-in-black-and-white/ -- Here's the 1938 Disney short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN62cxSs5Q8 - Here's the popular song about Ferdinand as sung, in this particular case, by The Lennon Sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q1KmGMsLsk - And here was the most recent iteration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXVM7oUPVk - On the picture book poll it showed up as #17: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/14/top-100-picture-books-17-the-story-of-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-illustrated-by-robert-lawson - Yay! Here's the Bottom Shelf Books take on Ferdinand and mortality. Go, Minh Le, go! http://www.bottomshelfbooks.com/2007/08/story-of-ferdinand.html - Confused about what Betsy meant about the Caldecott Award winning book They Were Strong and Good being racist? No one ever summarized the situation better than Peter Sieruta at Collecting Children's Books: http://collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/they-were-strong-and-good-enough-for.html -Kate mentioned the podcast Armchair Expert so check it out: https://armchairexpertpod.com/ - Want to see the full Show Notes? Just go to: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2018/03/26/fuse-8-n-kate-the-story-of-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-robert-lawson