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“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes #blackhistorymonth

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Third graders viewing the JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED KidLit TV Read Out Loud.https://www.kidlit.tv/2024/12/read-out-loud-jackie-and-the-books-she-loved/ Perfect for Women’s History Month. Than#womenshistorymonth. #kidlit @kidlittv.bsky.social #readoutloud #jackieo #jackiekennedy

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“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” —Ella Fitzgerald #blackhistorymonth

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“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Shirley Chisholm #blackhistorymonth

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Happy Pub day to my dear friend Lisa Rogers! Her beautiful book JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY illustrated By Stacy Innerst debuts today and is a must read! @lisaljrogers @stacyinnerst #joanmitchell #art #kidlit @lisaljrogers.bsky.social

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin #blackhistorymonth

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“To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” -Dorothy West #blackhistorymonth

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Happy Birthday George Washington “Happiness depends more upon the internal flame of a person’s own mind than on the externals of the world.” — George Washington #georgewashington

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“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” —Thurgood Marshall #blackhistorymonth

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❤️Today is Love Your Pet Day and I couldn’t love my dear, sweet Maggie Mae more! ❤️#nationalloveyourpetday❤️

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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

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Looking forward to reading @boonewrites.bsky.social’s new book!

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“Have a vision. Be demanding.” —Colin Powell #blackhistorymonth

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If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. — Maya Angelou #blackhistorymonth

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“There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.” George Washington. And this is a fabulous book to read by @sarahjalbee #presidentsday

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“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” —Dr. Mae Jemison #blackhistorymonth

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“All great achievements require time.” Maya Angelou #blackhistorymonth2025

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“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Parks #blackhistorymonth2025

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“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou

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On this day, February 14, 1962, 62 years ago Jacqueline Kennedy invited millions of viewers into the White House for a tour.

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Jeopardy clue tonight in the Tournament of Champions. JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED.

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“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself. We have to create something we can leave the next generation.” Gwen Ifill #blackhistorymonth

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Happy Birthday to Abraham Lincoln, born on this day in 1809. “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln

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“A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth

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“One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth

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“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth

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“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” Shirley Chisholm #blackhistorymonth

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“Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.” Langston Hughes #blackhistorymonth

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“Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

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“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”” Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

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Tomorrow 2/5/25 is World Read Aloud Day. Teachers and librarians if you need an author to read to your class, while I am not available in person, my KidLit TV Read Out Loud of JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED is! Perfect for grades K-8. www.kidlit.tv/2024/12/read...

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“Age is not a handicap. Age is nothing but a number. It is how you use it.” Ethel L. Payne #blackhistorymonth

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“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.” Julius Erving #blackhistorymonth

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“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Ida B. Wells-Barnett #blackhistorymonth

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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman #blackhistorymonth

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“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” Leo Tolstoy

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“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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““Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” John Quincy Adams

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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

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“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” Denis Waitley #kindness

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@lizgardensalad.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!

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Just signed a stack of JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED at Susan Lawrence. Stop in for your copy and something delicious! @susanlawrencechappaqua #kidlit #jackiekennedy #jackiekennedyonassis

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“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” Elie Wiesel

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“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” —Helen Keller

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Always love when there’s a connection on Jeopardy to a a friend’s book!

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