One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with your or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
#Bookchallenge
#Books
2/20

I realised this year that I really like the expression, ‘first world problem’. It keeps so many things in perspective. I was just told my car probably isn’t worth fixing. Awful timing… but really, it’s not cancer, war or death of a loved one. It’s a car.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with your or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Bookchallenge
#Books
1/20

Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books

Hello, I still don’t have many followers so thought an introduction might help. 1. I’m a librarian & an obsessive reader, one of my favourite authors is Sara Donati. 2. I think we need to update #IUnderstandTheAssignment to #NewAssigment & figure out how to combat rage/despair. 3. ❤️sharing stories.

I (from the US) was grunting and complaining about the thin skinned lime I was trying to zest when my British husband handed me another implement and said, ‘Make America grate again’.

My 9-11yr old Booksters reading groups (x2) are begging for a brilliant Christmas book. It has to be well enough known that we’re likely to have ample copies around our 30+ libraries. Hit me up!

Ran 4 book groups this week. 9-11 year olds loved Wolf Brother and Read, Scream, Repeat. Teens loved Five Survive & HappyHead. Nearly all top scores.

My did, Iggy Pup, feeling’ it. He was dressed up for our online library rhymetime during lockdown.