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Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · Sep 29
It's time to celebrate BIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS out next week from Boxer Books! Starting with THE ALL NEW BOOK TRAILER!
BIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS BOOK TRAILER
YouTube video by Jerrold Connors
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JIM! makes it onto its first Best of 2025 list. Thank you, Chicago Public Library for this wonderful honor!

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Graphic celebrating a picture book being included on the Chicago Public Library's "Best of 2025" list. Illustration has a cartoon fox bowing his head in gratitude, while standing next to the book in question, JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall written and illustrated by Jerrold Connors. Above the book is the Chicago Public Library logo (a blue square and a red star), and a small square badge that reads "Best of the Best".
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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The distance between Larry and Curly allowed a pie to shoot between them and hit a cameraman square in the face?

Problematic Stooge gap
blackamazon.bsky.social 🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 6d
Your blocking keeps putting one of the dancers in the orchestra pit?

Problematic stage gap
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?

Problematic sage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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My favorite Carter Burwell work might be Norville's Suite from The Hudsucker Proxy but the The Wicked Flee from True Grit has been scratching an itch I've had lately.
dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 8d
Happy 71st birthday to film composer Carter Burwell.
A fascinating artist: he began in 1979 as an animator and computer scientist, pursuing a musical career in parallel.
Starting with BLOOD SIMPLE in 1984, he has scored most of the Coen Brothers' films, and many, many more.
#moviesky #filmsky #botd
A black and white photo of Carter Burwelll seated at a piano, playing the keyboard with one hand. films movies music soundtracks film scores botd happy birthday Hollywood cinema
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Still can't get over how good Abi's photos make my book look. 🧡💛
abicushman.com Abi Cushman @abicushman.com · Oct 14
Everyone! Check out @jerroldconnors.bsky.social's BIG RHINOCEROS, LITTLE RHINOCEROS! It has really inventive flaps, adorable illustrations, and a heartwarming storyline about a baby rhino and parent encountering a scary sound.

It's so clever & also has that simple, classic feel. ❤️ 🦏

#kidlitart
Big Rhinoceros, Little Rhinoceros book cover by Jerrold Connors. Big orange rhino on left and little yellow rhino on right. Interior of Big Rhinoceros, Little Rhinoceros by Jerrold Connors. Red background with orange bigger rhino behind smaller yellow rhino. Yellow rhino is a flap. Interior spread of Big Rhinoceros, Little Rhinoceros by Jerrold Connors. Red background with orange bigger rhino. Smaller yellow rhino is on a flap that has been turned over.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I know that guy!
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
Cover of "Inks & Paints of the Middle East: A handbook of Abbasid Art Technology", with a geometric composition displaying some of the main pigments involved, with brushes and paint pans made of walnut shells.
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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jerroldconnors.bsky.social Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · Oct 10
James Marshall birthday celebration TOMORROW (Friday, October 10th) on my YouTube channel. I'll post the link tomorrow morning when I go live. I hope you can make it!
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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James Marshall birthday celebration TOMORROW (Friday, October 10th) on my YouTube channel. I'll post the link tomorrow morning when I go live. I hope you can make it!
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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It's time to celebrate BIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS out next week from Boxer Books! Starting with THE ALL NEW BOOK TRAILER!
BIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS BOOK TRAILER
YouTube video by Jerrold Connors
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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A gorgeous series.
majnouna.com Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · Jul 24
Each bird in turn makes an excuse for not setting out, until at last they are all ready to get started.

The hoopoe (hudhud or tajidar) is here the spiritual guide leading the birds through perilous valleys to Mount Qāf and the mythical Simorgh.
Original hoopoe piece, painted in full colour with mineral pigments and gold on paper
July 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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La Patita de canasta y con rebozo de bolita va al mercado a comprar todas las cosas del mandado 🎶🎶

Testing some watercolors today! 🥰
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
July 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Starting reading it but will hold off until I see the movie. Will admit, I am almost more excited to read the review.
July 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Back when I was mentoring, I used to advise aspiring picture book authors to study oral storytelling. The best way to do that? Attend storytelling events! Like this one (tonight!) with storyteller extraordinaire, Tim Ereneta.

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MoonShine Stories: STRAWBERRY MOON, June 2025
Tim Ereneta: "Tim is a contemporary, hip storyteller... original and authentic." ~ Gay Ducey, Bay Area Storytelling Festival
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June 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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What's that? You're running out of ways to transport your favorite James Marshall picture books? May I suggest this vintage Viola Swamp tote bag? 🖤🖤

Come to my Zoom party for a chance to win this rare bit of picture book merch! Register below 👇

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A split image. The left side is of a tall man browsing books in a bookstore. He stands in the middle of a long corridor bordered by shelves full of books. Over his shoulder is a tote back decorated with a cartoon illustration. The right side is a closeup of that illustration. It's of a severe looking woman with her hair parted in the middle and set into two side buns. Text on the illustration reads: VIOLA SWAMP IS WATCHING YOU AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!
May 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Did I mention the prizes include a signed copy of James Marshall's Hansel and Gretel that features an ORIGINAL James Marshall sketch? 👀👀👀

Come to the party! Sign up here!!

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a copy of James Marshall's picture book Hansel and Gretel sits on a wooden desk An ink sketch of a cartoon witch on red paper. The drawing is signed "James Marshall".
May 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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STANLEY Q. STUPID SPEAKS!!! Tom Arnold gives me a shout out for my James Marshall biography. A true thrill!

#JamesMarshall #JamesMarshallBio

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STANLEY Q. STUPID SPEAKS!!!
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May 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Crazy how long this conversation has been going on
May 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Join me on Zoom 🌟MONDAY MAY 19th🌟 for a JIM! pre-order party! Win points by playing games, answering trivia questions, BUYING MY BOOK, or by simply just attending.

Trade in those points for prizes like original art & James Marshall-themed loot!

Register below! 👇

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Graphic advertising a Zoom book preorder party. A dark haired man with glasses smiles as he holds up a book titled "JIM!" The book has cartoon illustrations on the cover. Copy reads: Come to a Zoom Jim-bo-ree! AKA Jerrold's JIM! pre-order-palooza! Join me on Zoom for GAMES and the chance to win PRIZES including ORIGINAL ART and get an EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK at my new book!! Mondat, May 19th 8pm Eastern 5pm Pacific.
May 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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#IndieBookstoreDay
A tall man wearing white sneakers, blue jeans, and a black zipped hoodie leaps into the air outside a bookstore. He holds a small stack of books under his left arm, his right arm is raised with his hand in a triumphant fist. The bookstore has a large glass front above which is a large red sign that reads: MR. MOPP'S and a large red banner that reads: CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND TOYS. In the background behind the store, two pedestrians and a street intersection with the traffic lights are visible.
April 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Yup.
isaacdovere.bsky.social Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · Apr 28
Pritzker calls for mass protests and disruption - “Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” he says, swaying their portraits will one day be put in museums “reserved for tyrants and traitors”
April 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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As we approach #IndependentBookstoreDay, a reminder...
Teal, red and black graphic for the economic blackout. Cartoon illustration depicts a bruised and scarred elephant with its trunk raised, showering itself with a spray of water. Text reads: NO AMAZON FEELS GOOD FREE YOURSELF FROM THE SHACKLES OF BIG BUSINESS SHOP SMALL SHOP LOCAL. The elephant's eyes are shut and it is smiling.
April 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Incredibly brave.
thomasbirm.bsky.social Thomas Birmingham @thomasbirm.bsky.social · Apr 23
BREAKING: A new Gaza solidarity encampment is being built at Yale, one year after dozens were arrested here. They demand immediate divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturing.

Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway.

FREE PALESTINE!
April 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM