We dork out about the world's deadliest animal, our fave modern children's book illustrators, and the strange phenomenon that makes people need to poop when they visit a bookstore. FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:Mosquitos: Deadliest AnimalModern Fave IllustratorsShaun Tan - Lost & Found, EricOliver Jeffers - Here We Are, The Way Back HomeDave Mckean - Mirrormask, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two GoldfishJulie McLaughlin - Pride PuppyJoy Ang -Kobe Eats PizzaPawel Gierlinski - Oh Golly, Miss TrollyChris Haughton - Shh! We Have a Plan,  Oh, No, GeorgeRenata Lewska - The Loud Book, The Quiet BookKim Smith - Boxitects, Baker MakersSandra Boynton - The Going to Bed Book, Snuggle PuppyJon Klassen - I want My Hat Back, The SkullByron Eggenschweiler - The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, The Strangest Thing in the SeaAxel Scheffler - Julia Donaldson collaborator, The Gruffalo, Room on the BroomBarbara Reid - Sing a Song of Mother Goose, Read Me a BookMichael Martchenko - All the best Robert Munsch books, The Paper Bag Princess, Mortimer, Murmel, Murmel, MurmelMatthew Forsythe - Pokko and the Drum, MinaElise Gravel - The Mushroom Fan Club, The Bug ClubPhoebe Wahl - Little Witch Hazel, Sonya’s ChickensAnita Jeram - Guess How Much I Love You, Kids Goodnight, SamBONUS CONTENT:The Mariko Aoki phenomenon"GIVE ME THAT SKULL." -Jon Klassen, The Skull
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