Four year olds are not too old for picture books. A beautiful book was turned down by someone in the shop yesterday due to the child being about to start school, and therefore "too old" for picture books.
Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.
#kidlituk
20.07.2025 07:42 β π 161 π 24 π¬ 27 π 11
A photo of Watterson at his drawing table.
A panel of Calvin and Hobbes riding their radio flyer red wagon.
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
05.07.2025 03:57 β π 18098 π 2810 π¬ 247 π 342
If you're reading this, whoever you are & whatever you're doing to try to make this world better, whether it's calling, protesting, providing mutual aid, making art, raising awareness, training & teaching people new concepts & skills, journalism, surviving through it all, or whatever else: thank you
01.07.2025 20:37 β π 2322 π 730 π¬ 30 π 30
Image of library book display labeled:
βIt's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.β
Books on display:
β’ On Tyranny
β’ Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
β’ 1984
β’ A Handmaids Tale
β’ Diary of Anne Frank
β’ Parable of The Sower
β’ Fahrenheit 451
β’ Animal Farm
β’ Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
13.05.2025 18:35 β π 26679 π 6197 π¬ 438 π 241
Support your indie bookshop this Indie Bookstore Day (and all year long):
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Visit your favorite indie (or two) in person
π Start a monthly Libro.fm membership
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Thank a bookseller for all they do
π Spotlight them on social media
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Look for the Libro.fm Golden Ticket π
25.04.2025 17:48 β π 138 π 48 π¬ 1 π 3
this was a memorable read for me last year--definitely recommend
13.04.2025 22:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I fear this is also me.
05.04.2025 23:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Erasing books, libraries, museums is but a step in the erasure of people.
Protect these institutions at all costs to protect people.
05.04.2025 16:15 β π 327 π 97 π¬ 3 π 2
Nothing like a good language joke to cleanse the timeline... π₯²
29.03.2025 15:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I have heard so many newer writersβincluding extremely good ones!βbemoan that they think they're a failure because they might have to throw out a half-finished draft and start over.
Throwing out a draft is
a) very very normal and
b) progress, not failure.
26.03.2025 12:40 β π 168 π 31 π¬ 8 π 35
That Sunday afternoon slide when you go from having big plans for the weekend to assessing the absolute minimum you can get away with doing.
23.03.2025 20:21 β π 63 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
a picture of a book text. The text says "Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek 'Kai su, teknon' (which Shakespeare turned into the Latin 'Et tu, Brute'. It literally means 'You too, child', but what Caesar may have intended by the words isnt clear. Tempest cites 'an important article' by James Russell (1980) 'that has often been overlooked'. Russel points out that the words kai su often appear on curse tablets, and suggest that Caesar's putative last words were not 'the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son' but more along the lines of 'See you in hell, punk'.
Once again loving this interpretation of Caesarβs last words
#IdesofMarch π‘οΈ
15.03.2025 14:20 β π 4028 π 1356 π¬ 53 π 88
Looks like we all need this yard sign, poster, bumper sticker, etc
15.03.2025 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
just unbelievable--that's an incredibly popular and meaningful event for the community
07.03.2025 04:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Saturday WAIT
22.02.2025 23:29 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cover of book "Picturing Black History" and profile photos of five authors, Treva B. Lindsey, Shawn Waldron, Baniele Edmeier, Melvin Barnes Jr., and Lonra Closeil
On Feb. 26 at Gramercy Books (Bexley, Ohio) don't miss the Picturing Black History book event--the book has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Non-Fiction category! Co-sponsored by Zora's House. Register: history.osu.edu/events/pictu...
22.02.2025 23:26 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I work in higher ed, have a faculty spouse. What's happening at the federal level is beyond alarming. If you care about higher ed (and all the benefits of world-class research, like medicine, health, tech, etc.), you need to pay attention and SPEAK UP NOW. Do not take higher ed for granted. π
22.02.2025 21:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I truly think people donβt realize how many universities and colleges β especially public ones β may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency
We are facing the demolition of American higher education
22.02.2025 18:36 β π 2432 π 714 π¬ 91 π 65
i appreciate anyone who's trying in 2025
22.02.2025 19:39 β π 262 π 42 π¬ 4 π 1
Check out the mentors for this year's #PBRisingStars (a picture book only mentorship program!) and get ready to apply! π₯³
10.02.2025 23:24 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
βsolidarity is the action behind the revelation that each of us, individually, are not the only people with dreamsβ (quoted from a sarah schulman book in this link) is a painfully powerful sentence
08.02.2025 16:25 β π 29 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
go.bsky.app/ALbjGXE
Today is a great day to follow Indigenous authors and book community folks. Follow and repost! #booksky #diversebooks
07.02.2025 22:23 β π 64 π 25 π¬ 3 π 0
Thinking of applying to join another species.
06.02.2025 08:55 β π 263 π 28 π¬ 36 π 8
Time for another pack! But first, go follow everyone on the list below π
@shereadytoread.bsky.social already created a Black Indie Author list, so mine is going to be "Black Authors (indy or trad) and Publishers"
π€π€Black authors/publishers comment or DM me
#blacksky #booksky
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05.02.2025 19:34 β π 99 π 40 π¬ 3 π 1
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky
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SOLO STAN (June 10, 2025; PRH)
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Ignyte Award- and National Book Award-winning Filipina writer and editor of SFF.
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International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author βDrones and Terrorism.β Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
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