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He manages to arrive in time, but Constance says she has to freshen up. Times passes and Homer notices her at The Pilot's Room, drunk. On the way home, she keeps vomiting and they stop at a boutique, [[Imperfect Kingdom]], to purchase a new outfit, but they get arrested as she shop lifts. With the help of [[Snake Jailbird|Snake]] they sneak out, but Snake steals Homer's car, where the book is. | He manages to arrive in time, but Constance says she has to freshen up. Times passes and Homer notices her at The Pilot's Room, drunk. On the way home, she keeps vomiting and they stop at a boutique, [[Imperfect Kingdom]], to purchase a new outfit, but they get arrested as she shop lifts. With the help of [[Snake Jailbird|Snake]] they sneak out, but Snake steals Homer's car, where the book is. | ||
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| + | Homer and Constance manage to grab [[Hans Moleman]]'s car and follow the tracker in the car to reach where Snake took it, where Homer saves the book (and a sandwich) from being crashed only to discover the sequel's plot where the goat is fed to a sausage grinder. She created it out of spite for people hounding her and for her husband, who has a tatoo of the book on his ass cheecks. Homer refuses to take her to the book fair but she convinces [[Arnie Pye]] to taker her in his helicopter. | ||
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Episode Information
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The Children's Book Job is the first episode of broadcast season 38 of The Simpsons and the eight hundred tenth episode overall. It aired on September 27, 2026. The episode was written by Dan Vebber and directed by Matthew Nastuk. It guest stars Emma Thompson as Constance Clavinger and Colin Jost as himself.
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Synopsis
- Marge hopes to save Springfield Elementary by inviting a reclusive British children's author to appear at the school's book fair. But Homer botches his assignment of picking the author up at the airport, and the drunken pepper pot leads him on a desperate wild chase to get her to the school on time.
Plot
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A PTA meeting occurs at the church, where Dewey Largo proposes to reach for Constance Clavinger, creator of the beloved children's book The Plucky Little Goat, who has agreed to come to the book fair to read the sequel to her book. At the preparations for the book fair, Helen Lovejoy is throwing a fit for books that have words hint at seven deadly sins. Marge is called in to rescue the fair, and has to find a substitute to pick up Costance, and gets Homer focused enough to go pick her up at the Springfield International Airport.
He manages to arrive in time, but Constance says she has to freshen up. Times passes and Homer notices her at The Pilot's Room, drunk. On the way home, she keeps vomiting and they stop at a boutique, Imperfect Kingdom, to purchase a new outfit, but they get arrested as she shop lifts. With the help of Snake they sneak out, but Snake steals Homer's car, where the book is.
Homer and Constance manage to grab Hans Moleman's car and follow the tracker in the car to reach where Snake took it, where Homer saves the book (and a sandwich) from being crashed only to discover the sequel's plot where the goat is fed to a sausage grinder. She created it out of spite for people hounding her and for her husband, who has a tatoo of the book on his ass cheecks. Homer refuses to take her to the book fair but she convinces Arnie Pye to taker her in his helicopter.
Gallery
Production
The episode was revealed in The Simpsons D23 panel on August 15, 2026. The episode is a homage to the film Get Him to the Greek. The episode also features homages to popular children's books by Richard Scarry, Make Way for Ducklings, and The Stinky Cheese Man.[1]
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