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Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books? Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...

Wonderful article by Katherine Rundell about the joy and power of children’s books and about why we must do everything possible to encourage children to read for pleasure. Libraries and librarians are vital! #reading www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

02.02.2025 10:23 — 👍 19    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

A view across gently rolling hills butted with winter trees on a lightly snowy evening under luminous, yellow sky

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 12
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin

12.12.2024 08:21 — 👍 394    🔁 74    💬 6    📌 1

My kind of people

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Early morning after a hoar frost. A view over ploughed fields, towards a village indicated by the outline of a church tower against a pale yellow sky.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 2
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

02.12.2024 08:04 — 👍 694    🔁 115    💬 10    📌 7

Finally, finally reading this, prompted by BBC tv release but need a gentle reminder of the plot so far…..

30.11.2024 10:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians

25.11.2024 20:36 — 👍 37550    🔁 5323    💬 830    📌 287

Yep. Just home from 50min walk back. You?

21.11.2024 09:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Me too today! 🥶Car to garage for MOT. Don’t usually peep out from duvet until 8.30

21.11.2024 07:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

First post on this thing feels as strange as my first Twitter post. Awkward. Yet hopeful.

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