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author & illustrator of children's picture books, + gardener, woods walker, cloud & bird watcher www.deborahfreedman.net
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Just let a protest be your umbrella... #nokings

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Call me old fashioned. #gardening #deutzia #polygonatum

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Today’s book purchases, from ‪@possible-futures.bsky.social‬, by @mikecurato.bsky.social @federicoerebia.bsky.social— #Pride2025 #PrideMonth #Kidlit #booksky

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CT is a small state, but a win is a win! We now urge Gov. Lamont to sign SB1271 into law— @ctcasl.bsky.social @agwilliamtong.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Heard today: "can I have morning raisins, Daddy?" Can anyone guess what Daddy's been reading to them? #bedtimebanana 🍌 @laurelsnyder.bsky.social #kidlit

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Hello, @authorsabb.bsky.social‬ friends— Yesterday we asked our CT reps to support the Library Freedom to Read Act (SB 1271) and to urge leadership to call it to the floor. ‪Today it's there. Please send good vibes our way!

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Tonight’s read: I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. Thanks, @possible-futures.bsky.social! #booksky

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Jane Austen is coming to the #TheMorganLibrary! (remember when oligarchs at least built libraries & museums instead of defunding them... ) www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/... #JaneAusten #booksky

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Storyboards: not just for illustrators ;) #nescbwi25 #writing

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What is the Library of Congress? What does the Librarian of Congress do? Once again, Kelly Jensen from @bookriot.bsky.social has shared an important post that explains so much about what has been happening these last weeks and why it should matter to everyone. bookriot.com/what-is-the-...

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Look what I pre-ordered from @possible-futures.bsky.social, for #IndependentBookstoreDay! Can't wait to have a copy of this, signed by @armyvet5.bsky.social... and hmmm... what else should I pre-order...

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Making art with kids at the #library is a great antidote to a lot of things... The fabulous team at @nhfpl.bsky.social Mitchell Branch collected dirt, leave, flowers, sticks… that turned into these wonderful little worm-worlds. #CarlAndTheMeaningofLife @penguinschoollib.bsky.social

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Are you a picturebook nerd who loves endpapers? Open+Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers opens this weekend at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art! I'll be there Friday evening, and would love to see you...↓ carlemuseum.org/visit/events...

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments

"It may be partly cloudy outside... but Ms. Freedman brings the sunshine!" Flipping that around—so many thanks to the dedicated librarians who have been warming my days this #SchoolLibraryMonth— and who create sunshine for their students EVERY month.☀️ 💛 @ctcasl.bsky.social #TLsky #skybrarians

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Spring flowers make my heart happy, especially the little bulbs I popped into the ground and then forget about, until—oh yeah, I planted that once— #spring #hope #chionodoxa

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"Our stories are the most human things we have. They get to be infinite and broad because the human experience—whether we want to admit it or not—is infinite and broad...

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"A screaming song is good to know in case you need to scream" —OPEN HOUSE FOR BUTTERFLIES, Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak, 1960

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A PO box is the ideal form of social media

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Just adding that I read these as eBooks, which were easy to find at @bookshop.org—in case you didn't know that you can buy eBooks from an #indiebookstore! @indiebound.bsky.social

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What Kate said... And I'll emphasize that novels in verse can be a gentle way in to tough topics—like a few I've read recently, by @susanhood.bsky.social, @mrschureads.bsky.social, @heidieys.bsky.social—

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JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF is a read that keeps on giving— At Jane's (& @rebeccaromney.com's) recommendation, I've now read BELINDA by Maria Edgeworth, & EVELINA, by Frances Burney— in case you are in the mood for stories in which cads are mercilessly ridiculed & get their comeuppance. #booksky

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"Everybody talkin bout Spring!" he would say to Tony. "Big deal," Tony would say back. "No such thing!" he would say to Tony. "Right!" Tony would say back." -Lucille Clifton, THE BOY WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN SPRING, 1973 (illustration by Brinton Turkle) #kidlit #booksky

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Sometimes the illustrations are so delicious that I can't wait for a translation; if you haven't seen this one yet, take a scroll through MISS LEOPARDA— #prettybooks #kidlit #booksky #artsky

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