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Lori Degman
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Award-winning Picture Book author who writes in rhyme, most of the time - but not always. Former teacher of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. I love doing school visits! #PB #critique service. #SCBWI Learn more at https://loridegman.com
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 20
Book cover of 1984 by George Orwell. Written in block letters, GEORGE ORWELL written in blue and 1984 in red covering the name.
December 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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#FilmSky #Movies 🎬 🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order
No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 16
December 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 19
Book cover for James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A giant peach, as big as the tree it's growing on, is at the top of a hill and a small boy is looking at it.
December 28, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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My son and DIL gave me this fun Banned Book puzzle for Chanukah! I've read many of them and I'm going to try to read the rest this year. I'm a slow reader so I may not get to all of them. Does anyone see any favorites? #banned #books
Completed jigsaw puzzle showing two stacks of books that have been banned.
December 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 18
Cover of the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. There's a sketch of a man standing on a pile of burning books and his hand is over his eyes and there are flames on him. At the top it says "Wonderful stories by the author of THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN"
December 27, 2024 at 1:02 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 17
Book cover for The Little Leftover Witch by Florence Laughlin. A witch is sitting on a tree branch and a girl with blonde hair and her black cat are leaning out the window looking at her.
December 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 16
Book cover for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Green and black background and letters with a mix of colors - white, yellow, orange, pink and green.
December 25, 2024 at 3:12 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 15
Book cover of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, with the Newbury Medal. Black and white sketch of two children approaching the steps of a large building, carrying school bags.
December 24, 2024 at 1:23 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 14
Book cover for A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Sketch in shades of brown of a young man in front of a tree with a prep school campus in the background.
December 23, 2024 at 2:35 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 13
Book cover for Fifteen by Beverly Cleary. A green background with a black and white drawing of a girl on a telephone in the forefront and the cord from the phone leads to a boy standing in front of an 1950's car.
December 22, 2024 at 3:19 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 12
Book cover for Misery by Stephen King. A man in a wheelchair is in a room with just a bed and window and a wintery scene outside. There's a shadow of a woman holding an axe looming over him.
December 21, 2024 at 1:19 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 11
Book cover for Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding. An open diary with lined pages and the eyes and mouth of a girl superimposed on it.
December 21, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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#FilmSky #Movies 🎬 🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order
No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 7
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 10
Book cover of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. A man in overalls is standing and his wife and son are sitting on either side of him. They're looking at a long trail of cars leaving with all their belongings.
December 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 9
Book cover of Freckled and Fourteen by Viola Rowe. A drawing of a girl with red hair, green eyes and freckles.
December 18, 2024 at 8:34 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 8
Book cover of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. A red water color sketch of a boy with his hands covering his head in fear.
December 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 7
Cover of the novel Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott. Four girls are standing around their piano as their mother plays.
December 16, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 6
Cover of the book Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman. Drawing of two mice in clothes are huddled together beneath a swastika with a cat's face that looks like Hitler.
December 16, 2024 at 2:01 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 5
The cover of the book The Pigman by Paul Zindel. A teenage boy and girl standing in the foreground and a man farther back looking at them.
December 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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#FilmSky #Movies 🎬 🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order
No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 3
December 15, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#BookSky #Books. #BookChallenge

Day 4
Book cover of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
December 13, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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#FilmSky #Movies. 🎬 🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order
No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 1
December 13, 2024 at 2:20 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 3
Cover of the book The Dead Zone by Stephen King.
December 12, 2024 at 9:03 PM
loridegman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 2
Cover of the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
December 11, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 1
The cover of the book The Wall by John Hersey.
December 10, 2024 at 3:33 PM