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Book blogger. Lectomane. Tsundoku carrier. #ReadingIsResistance
WARNING: Reading can seriously damage your ignorance.
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Turkeys ain't the turkeys you think they are.
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Little People, BIG DREAMS series of excellent kid-level biographies from @quartobooksuk.bsky.social:
CHRIS HOY, the British cycling legend;
STEVEN SPIELBERG, the US film directing legend. #Booksgiving
#Booksky
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November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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More ideas for the special younger reader from AARON SHEPARD: THE CRYSTAL HEART, a Vietnamese folktale retold; THE LEGEND OF SLAPPY HOOPER, an American one. #Booksgiving
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November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Today is Décadi the 10th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the pickaxe.#JacobinDay

More information on the pickaxe
An old time-y illustration of a the Pickaxe.
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
expendablemudge.bsky.social
Little People, BIG DREAMS series of excellent kid-level biographies from @quartobooksuk.bsky.social:
CHRIS HOY, the British cycling legend;
STEVEN SPIELBERG, the US film directing legend. #Booksgiving
#Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/litt...
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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More ideas for the special younger reader from AARON SHEPARD: THE CRYSTAL HEART, a Vietnamese folktale retold; THE LEGEND OF SLAPPY HOOPER, an American one. #Booksgiving
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/aaro...
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Are you shopping for a very special young lap-reader? I *love* the stories and the artwork of AARON SHEPARD'S 30th anniversary edition of PRINCESS OF INDIA; 15th anniversary edition of THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER as #Booksgiving gifts. #Booksky
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November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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THE WAYFINDER by ADAM JOHNSON via @fsgbooks.bsky.social's MCD Books, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2025!
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THE WAYFINDER, <B>one of <i>The Washington Post</i>'s 10 Best Books of 2025!</b>
THE WAYFINDER ADAM JOHNSON MCD x FSG ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $14.99 ebook, available now One of The Washington Post 's 1...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Every year I curate some reviews for giftable books, usually those you won't think to look for...pretty objects you don't know exist...nice books for kids, be they siblings, grands, or just regular friend-offspring.
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
Kicking off #Booksgiving for 2025
I keep doing this in celebration of the joy that books, stories, and reading bring me all 365 days of the year. You'll see if you follow th...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Are you shopping for a very special young lap-reader? I *love* the stories and the artwork of AARON SHEPARD'S 30th anniversary edition of PRINCESS OF INDIA; 15th anniversary edition of THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER as #Booksgiving gifts. #Booksky
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November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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THE DAY MOON AND EARTH HAD AN ARGUMENT
by DAVID DUFF and illustrated by NoemiVola is a cogent, cute, helpful story to help very young lap-readers learn about their feelings (and sneakily educational). #Booksky
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THE DAY MOON AND EARTH HAD AN ARGUMENT, cogent, cute, helpful, and sneakily educational
THE DAY MOON AND EARTH HAD AN ARGUMENT DAVID DUFF (illus. Noemi Vola) Princeton Architectural Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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More ideas for the special younger reader from AARON SHEPARD: THE CRYSTAL HEART, a Vietnamese folktale retold; THE LEGEND OF SLAPPY HOOPER, an American one. #Booksgiving
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/aaro...
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
expendablemudge.bsky.social
More ideas for the special younger reader from AARON SHEPARD: THE CRYSTAL HEART, a Vietnamese folktale retold; THE LEGEND OF SLAPPY HOOPER, an American one. #Booksgiving
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/aaro...
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
expendablemudge.bsky.social
Every year I curate some reviews for giftable books, usually those you won't think to look for...pretty objects you don't know exist...nice books for kids, be they siblings, grands, or just regular friend-offspring.
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
Kicking off #Booksgiving for 2025
I keep doing this in celebration of the joy that books, stories, and reading bring me all 365 days of the year. You'll see if you follow th...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
expendablemudge.bsky.social
THE DAY MOON AND EARTH HAD AN ARGUMENT
by DAVID DUFF and illustrated by NoemiVola is a cogent, cute, helpful story to help very young lap-readers learn about their feelings (and sneakily educational). #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
THE DAY MOON AND EARTH HAD AN ARGUMENT, cogent, cute, helpful, and sneakily educational
THE DAY MOON AND EARTH HAD AN ARGUMENT DAVID DUFF (illus. Noemi Vola) Princeton Architectural Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Are you shopping for a very special young lap-reader? I *love* the stories and the artwork of AARON SHEPARD'S 30th anniversary edition of PRINCESS OF INDIA; 15th anniversary edition of THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER as #Booksgiving gifts. #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/aaro...
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Turkeys ain't the turkeys you think they are.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
expendablemudge.bsky.social
Are you shopping for a very special young lap-reader? I *love* the stories and the artwork of AARON SHEPARD'S 30th anniversary edition of PRINCESS OF INDIA; 15th anniversary edition of THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER as #Booksgiving gifts. #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/aaro...
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I love the whimsy of a shrimp crown.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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THE WAYFINDER by ADAM JOHNSON via @fsgbooks.bsky.social's MCD Books, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2025!
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
THE WAYFINDER, <B>one of <i>The Washington Post</i>'s 10 Best Books of 2025!</b>
THE WAYFINDER ADAM JOHNSON MCD x FSG ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $14.99 ebook, available now One of The Washington Post 's 1...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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expendablemudge.bsky.social
Every year I curate some reviews for giftable books, usually those you won't think to look for...pretty objects you don't know exist...nice books for kids, be they siblings, grands, or just regular friend-offspring.
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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JAYNE MANSFIELD: The Girl Couldn't Help It by EVE GOLDEN, massive research, pretty pictures to sweeten the deal.
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JAYNE MANSFIELD: The Girl Couldn't Help It, massive research, pretty pictures to sweeten the deal
JAYNE MANSFIELD: The Girl Couldn't Help It EVE GOLDEN University Press of Kentucky ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $34.95 all edit...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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THE WAYFINDER by ADAM JOHNSON via @fsgbooks.bsky.social's MCD Books, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2025!
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
THE WAYFINDER, <B>one of <i>The Washington Post</i>'s 10 Best Books of 2025!</b>
THE WAYFINDER ADAM JOHNSON MCD x FSG ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $14.99 ebook, available now One of The Washington Post 's 1...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Abduct me, PLEASE!
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Turkeys ain't the turkeys you think they are.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Today is Nonidi the 9th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate juniper.#JacobinDay

More information on juniper
An old time-y illustration of a Juniper.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM