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Richard Scarry!!!! Yes! Lowly Worm ftw! Pigs driving cars made of themselves! And they wonder why gen x grew up mad as bats

'Children who are read to from their earliest years are more likely to overcome socio-economic inequalities ... we know that shared reading makes a difference.' A timely and important report from @booktrust.org.uk and @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

Over on ye olde newsletter, I've shared 3 posts on how I made a dummy, queried, and then chose my #kidlit #kidlitart literary agent. It's funny. I think you'll like it. 1: jacobsouva.substack.com/p/how-i-quer... 2: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou... 3: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...

Why do businessmen think they can run a country just because they run a company? Imagine me, a novelist, claiming I'm able to write an opera because I've written books. They are two different disciplines, involving different talents, with different outcomes.

An island of strangers? Just imagine British children's books without the work of migrants & their children – all of these & more! www.sfsaid.com/2017/02/one-...

Well then, I shall have to eat it. Lots of it. For health reasons. Of course.

A timely quote from Dr. Carla Hayden: “Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”

Remembering with admiration and awe, the great Jean Giraud a.k.a. Mœbius on his birthday

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