Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see a new Dork Matters ep with Ben and Lexi. We're dorking out about the best, most amazing, legendary children's book illustrator-authors! With a bit of conspiracy theorizing about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident. Grab a blanky, get comfy, and let us tell you a story.FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:Sankebetsu brown bear incidentLegendary illustratorsMaurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are, Chicken Soup with RiceDr Seuss (Theodore Geisel), The Grinch, Green Eggs & HamEric Carle - Brown Bear, The Very Hungry CaterpillarRichard Scarry - Best Ever/BusytownBeatrix potter - Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jeremy FisherClement Hurd - Goodnight Moon, The Runaway BunnyEH Shepard - The Wind in the Willows, Winni-the-PoohUl de Rico - THE RAINBOW GOBLINS!Ezra Jack Keats - The Snowy Day, Peter’s ChairBONUS CONTENT:Ul de Rico concept art for The Neverending Story (1984)Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen: Unusual History of Censorship by Laura CattrysseBeatrix Potter - The Dead AuthorsProdorkcer Jess Schmidt's picks:say what you will about Roald Dahl, but Quentin Blake is an iconic illustrator in my mindLudwig Bemelmans of the Madeline books was another fave of my childhoodShel Silverstein was my first introduction to poetry and again just iconicThe Velveteen Rabbit was a book that I asked for all the time, illustrated by William Nicholson"I remember that as a child, when I felt overwhelmed, my mother would reassure me by saying, ‘One piece at a time.’ That’s good advice for many things in life." -Eric Carle
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