Lift/The Very Impatient Caterpillar

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss two children's books, 'Lift' and 'The Very Impatient Caterpillar', exploring their themes and illustrations.

Books: Lift written by Minh Le and illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Hachette Book Group, 2020 The Very Impatient Caterpillar written and illustrated by Ross Burach, published by Scholastic Press, 2019 Resources: https://minhlebooks.com/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73850/dan-santat/ https://www.rossburach.com/ https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/scholastic/educators/discussion-guides/impatient-caterpillar-guide.pdf Social Media: Instagram: @librariansoflittles Threads: Librariansoflittles Bluesky: littleslibrarians.bsky.social Substack: @librariansoflittles Website: https://sites.google.com/view/librariansoflittles/home

People in this episode

Hosts: Patrick Adams, Caroline Legere

Topics covered

• children's books
• book reviews
• illustration
• storytelling
• literacy

Keywords

• children's literature
• book discussion
• Minh Le
• Dan Santat
• Ross Burach

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hachette Book Group, Scholastic Press

Books & works: Lift, The Very Impatient Caterpillar

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