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Deborah Freedman
@deborahfreedman.net
author & illustrator of children's picture books,
+ gardener, woods walker, cloud & bird watcher
www.deborahfreedman.net
Congratulations! I love Mabel and this book so much. 🎉
February 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
... Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened."

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February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
"It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government…
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
...The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction... turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty…"
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Happy to have @dinodadreviews.bsky.social's stamp of approval!
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Activists, teachers, artists... too many really good people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:06 AM
"Steig's art is the art of someone unafraid of falling."
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Love Barbara. She's terrific! I'm sure Heather is too. ;)
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Sometimes art is bad because it’s inept; that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about highly polished products made by professionals that leave your senses feeling dulled."
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
... playing a librarian who is fired for refusing to remove a book about communism from her shelves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gst7...
Storm Center (1956) - Just one book
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December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Thank you for sharing this! I l will always love this review. 🥰
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM