If you don't know The Bookshop Band, you should. If you do, now's the time to help Ben bring his first solo creation to life! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/benedictpl...

The 2025 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books

We did it! SUNDAY by Marcelo Tolentino, has been named a 2025 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

It's Banned Books Week Go out and fight for the books.

It's Banned Books Week Fight for the books!!
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Send a postcard to your library. To fight the fear created by organized pressure groups, we must tell our invaluable library workers that their community supports them. Library workers everywhere need to hear loud and clear: We support you and the freedom to read! Visit bit.ly/RightToReadDay to send a digital postcard to your library or download a printable version that you can mail. bit.ly/RightToReadDay #RightToReadDay #DrawnToFreedom. Unite Against Book Bans. Above the text is an illustration by Nate Powell.

💌For #RightToReadDay, take 5 minutes to show library workers that you support the freedom to read &have their backs! Send an electronic/physical #DrawnToFreedom postcard to your library today or any time of the year: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea... #NationalLibraryWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans

Millions have tuned in to ring this fish doorbell in the Netherlands Ringing this doorbell helps fish migrate through a lock in the Netherlands.

I am obsessed!
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Yay small biz! Yay cash! Yay @martharichart.bsky.social for un-boring the boycott!

Hearing that @indivisible.org and @moveon.org are pissing off house dems by mobilizing their constituents to call them too much is frankly the single best endorsement I've ever heard for a political action groups.

Logo of #ReadFreely campaign shows an open book with rainbow background and instructions to take a picture with a book at an indie bookstore and post with #ReadFreely

A fun (and vital) activity for Saturday 1/25/25.
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Think you're safe as long as you use "knickers" and "loo." In all seriousness, I think that's a question for the Brits not the Yanks, but most importantly YOU. My guess is there are now loads of more imp. qualities you prioritize to distinguish yourself, tho "expat/English" is still there.

A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics MIT researchers developed biodegradable materials that could replace the plastic microbeads now used in beauty products. The materials could also be used to encapsulate nutrients for food fortificatio...

Thank goodness for scientists
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Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.