Happy #WorldBookDay Your local library provides access to 1000s of books, storytimes, author visits & childrenβs reading groups @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social #NewhamReads
A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school. Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair. The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime" The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"
A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this weekβs @theguardian.com books.
Quite the list of libraries and congrats to them all for making the regional and country finalists list!
Woo Hoo π₯³ Super proud of our fantastic team #NewhamLibraries @librariesconnected.bsky.social
Jigsaw βMayhem in the Libraryβ
β¦ Now to find the 101 book titles β¦
Looking for something to do this weekend? Whether itβs a Lego Club in @hulllibraries.bsky.social, board games in Bath or a digital arts workshop in St Helens, libraries have you covered: libraryon.org/events #LibraryOn #lovelibraries π
We are in a war on knowledge, a war on facts, and a war on truth. The atrocious sacking of the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (which she announced on her LinkedIn account last night) heralds a new era of burning of the books. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries π
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter π§΅
It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek - and Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is a passionate believer that reading can help to overcome the "happiness recession" facing children today.
Find out about his #ReadingRights campaign here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
First wash of the year hung outside to dry and goodness, Iβm feeling wholesome β¦
βThe Library offers us hope that we can do something, that we can make a change, that we can advance.β
New study from NYPL shows the impact libraries has on communities well-being www.nypl.org/spotlight/li...
Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary
18 Mar event @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social celebrating how #LibrariesChangeLives, 1850 Public Libraries Act's 175th, & Weston Library's 10th https://buff.ly/42wGe62 speakers: Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress, @aminatshah.bsky.social @natlibscot.bsky.social, & Neil Macinnes @ Manchester Libraries
Γowyn is a storm β¦ Discuss?
Two women sit at a table, both are holding cups.
Today marks the start of #WarmWelcomeWeek. As #WarmSpaces, public #Libraries play a vital role not only in protecting the vulnerable from the worst of the cold but in reconnecting them with their communities. www.warmwelcome.uk/warm-welcome...
Finished βThe Boy in Striped Pyjamasβ on the way to work β¦ Iβll be in a dark room for a couple of hours if anyone is looking for me.
This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives.
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
Libraries are pure magic. Theyβre more than booksβtheyβre portals to other worlds, safe havens for curious minds, and the heart of every community. Whether itβs a cosy corner to read or a digital catalogue full of endless adventures, libraries have it all. Support yours today
βNot only could further arts investment be valuable for individuals and the health service as part of a preventative health agenda, but also any cuts to arts funding or provision have to be considered a public health risk with individual and societal economic ramifications.β
Congrats!
Good call - This is one of my favourite Chalet School books - might add it to my 20! Went to Pertisau a few years ago, took the hillside train and then the boat.
That is a picture of a lovely library!
This holiday season thousands of children across the country will go without a home cooked meal.
Join us in asking for change. themagpieproject.org/hope-for-a-h...
#hungrychristmas #Allourchildren #Nochildwithoutakitchen
'When designed, managed and staffed with intention (libraries) are spaces where people can come together, bridge differences of race, income and belief, and engage with each other and the community. Great piece by @shamike2009.bsky.social
Children jump for joy as they pass a mobile library.
London's #Libraries were visited by almost 32 million people last year! You can read much more about their success in London Libraries' 2023-24 Annual Report. www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/londons...
#NewhamFestivalOfStories #newhamlibraries
With funding from @artscouncilengland.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.
Day 7/20 #Booksky
Picture of haggis and mashed potatoes and whisky on tartan tablecloth
Happy St. Andrewβs Day π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ everyone
β¦ big debate though β¦ haggis or mince n tatties for tea?
Can agree on a wee dram though! SlΓ inte mhath
Book cover of Once
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.
Day 6/20 #Booksky
Oh β¦ Iβve been thinking of that for my list. Canβt make my mind up between that or Shuggie Bane. Two books that whizz me through time and transplant me back in Glasgow as a child and I just think βI know these charactersβ & their lives.
