Tag Archives: read

funny bits.

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a quote from the wonderful matilda wormwood

in honor of world book week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

credits: roald dahl – matilda, purple almond

 

 

 

get ahead.

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“libraries literally aren’t just places to obtain books for free.

they’re one of the few public spaces left in our society

where you’re allowed to exist without spending any money.”

-a. killian

 

 

 

 

image credit: ala (american library archives poster, circa 1921)

banned.

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when visiting the detroit public library

m is shocked to find that books

 have been banned in the past

and learns a huge lesson.

“censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” 

-laurie halse anderson, Speak

impact.

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“if you read just 15 minutes a day, in a year you will have read about one million words. think about the impact that has on your child, their ability to understand text and develop concepts about the world around them.”

in honor of national library week

 

 

credits: painting by gary-nikolai angleov, bookstock.mi.org

read so much.

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art credit: the unicorn is reading, by steph terao,

based on the hunting of the unicorn, a medieval tapestry

any fellow libros out there?

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image credit: goodreads.com

no harm, some fowl.

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two birds and a ram happen upon a book…
“let us read, and let us dance;
these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
-voltaire

to do.

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more light.

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two grandies reap the benefits of more light,

each in their own way.

“one benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”
― jeannette walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir

conversation.

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“reading is a conversation. all books talk. but a good book listens as well.”

– mark haddon