Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry, ill. Maurice Sendak

Deep in the heart of February, it’s not uncommon for folks to start yearning for warmer days and summer nights. While shivering in Illinois, Kate and I dip into some early award-winning Udry and Sendak. Why did Sendak win a Caldecott Honor for this title? We deign to find out. There are ghosts and giants and a cat with a face Kate would tattoo on her arm tomorrow, if she could. There are also long discussions of how precisely these four children of approximately the same age are all related ...