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I love books. I write about them, I edit them, I even wrote a dissertation once! I review children's books over here: https://childrensbookroom.wordpress.com/ Also find the Children's Bookroom Instagram account: @childrensbookroom over there.
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Uri Shulevitz was one of the greats, and he created art for the last and the least. childrensbookroom.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/u...

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Obviously I would prefer Ogles's, but I really must insist on George Santos–like, with an en dash.

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Kazuo Iwamura died in December and the world is worse off without him, but, thankfully, still the richer for all the books he left behind. He was a creator with deep respect for the children he created books for. : childrensbookroom.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/k... @northsouthbooks.bsky.social

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Absolutely delightful. This is wonderful.

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One foot in front of the other! I can't stress this enough. Hopping everywhere causes stress fractures in the earth's flaky crust.

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Elbow grease and duct tape, friends. Heaven on earth won't magically build itself.

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good advice, IISSM, and you'll be in and out in two minutes

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I am once again looking for That Book I Put There A Minute Ago.

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Shall we talk about the Civil Rights Act? Because that was 1964. The current President turned 18 in 1964. We talk about people being alive now who lived through Jim Crow. The people who LOVED Jim Crow, or just grew up thinking it normal, are also still alive.

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Happy birthday to the great Patricia Routledge!

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For the late afternoon/evening/overnight crowd, a little meditation on...italics.

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When a felon's not engaged in his employment, (his employment) Or maturing his felonious little plans, (little plans)... -- currently humming.

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So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!

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Not quite as much fun, but one of Ollie's grandfathers was Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and boy oh boy can you see it in this photo.

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Did you know you need this book? You need this book. I heroically gave up one of my copies the other day in a donation to some underserved school libraries in NY. My sweet boy is currently deeply passionate about the Firebird, and I can confirm that this book is a fabulous read-aloud to 4-year-olds.

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Yup. All the same person and that person was Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart's greatest librettist.

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A trivia question for you all: What do Columbia's first professor of Italian, first Catholic priest on faculty, and first Jew on faculty all have in common?

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the five love languages are cats, cakes, a stately manor home in the English countryside, teaming up to catch the murderer and putting down my book so I can talk to you.

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Three things that improve with age: Wine, cheese, and gossip.

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The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943. Only one cat has ever received the award. This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25

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Trump has always reminded me of ancient oracles like Delphi. The oracle huffs sulfur fumes & screams utterly insane gibberish…then the priests rush in to “interpret” the madness into something useful. Usually for the priests.

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Apparently Bellini only wanted to work with Romani on operas and insisted Romani get a double fee just to secure him because he didn't like other poets and also that increased fee was necessary because he'd do things like sending the police to Romani's house to nag him about finishing the libretto?

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some of you are still reading with all the joy and enthusiasm of a child who’s been offered a personal pan pizza, and if it were in my power, I would give you that pizza.

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My daughter just fell really hard and fast for The Importance of Being Earnest, but just by reading it. I want to show it to her performed, either made as a film or a film of a performance. Recommendations? Maybe @bcdreyer.bsky.social ? (I've mostly seen it on stage, so I'm not so familiar, alas.)

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