Head Librarian @kimtyodickerson.bsky.social is contributing to Global Literature in Libraries Initiative's 2025 #IntYALitMonth edited by @librarianedge.bsky.social. Follow along in May to discover new books, authors in translation.
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#WorldKidLit #tlskychat #skybrarians #edusky #kidlit
Detail from Grylls 2.195 showing the heads of two woodcut figures labelled 'Aquilo Vel Boreas' and 'Cecias Apeliotes' respectively. They surround one corner of Ptolemy's world map.
1482 world map, printed using a woodcut block, and coloured by hand.
What better way to celebrate #EarthDay than with a hand-coloured incunable? 🌎
This is Ptolemy's 'Cosmographia', from 1482, which features 32 early examples of printed maps!
Shelfmark: Grylls 2.195
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Great project, would love to join and connect and rebuild our PLNs via #edusky #tlsky. This is year 24 in school libraries for me, 18 years in international schools. Currently based in the Netherlands.
Illustrated header for 'Debbie’s Unofficial Guide to Bluesky' showing a woman watering a tree against a bright blue sky filled with butterfly silhouettes. Text includes 'by @debbieohi.com' and a QR code leading to the guide at DebbieOhi.link/BlueSkyGuide.
Welcome, new Bluesky users! 🦋
Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
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Starter Threads:
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Five members of our Upper School Library Book Club browsing new books during our Winter Holidays Book Sale at the International School of Amsterdam.
International School of Amsterdam Libraries partner with our local bookstore the American Book Center to bring a wide-ranging selection of books for all ages to our sale.
Our book sale is held in the Main Foyer of the International School of Amsterdam.
It's a wonderful day @isalibraries.bsky.social because it is our ❄️📚Winter Holidays Book Sale! Working with booksellers from our local independent American Book Center, beautiful reads for all ages. Our Upper School Library Book Club members are loving browsing together. #ISAreads #EduSky #TLSky
Of course Tim Walz put a little free library in the Minnesota capital.
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Summer poster, from the Library of Congress, 1900s.
On my way in 20 minutes
#LastDaysofSummer
Vignette illustration of a barefoot kid stepping into a river. The illustration is cropped so that we only see the kid's legs. There is a tiny tadpole in the water, a pair of shoes, and a single sock on land
Vignette illustration of two child hands pointing and having at a cloud in the sky
Vignette illustration of a dragonfly
Vignette illustration of an orange cat stepping out of a cat flap
Summer vignettes 🌞
#kidlitart
"Jeugd" tiered book display with various Dutch children's books in translation at my local Bruna stationary shop in Voorburg, Netherlands.
Dutch copy of B.B. Alston's 'Amari en het Spel der Magiers'.
Dutch copy of James Ponti's 'Wereld Spionnen: De Verboden Stad'.
Dutch copy of A. F. Steadman's 'Skandar en de Eenhoorn Dief'.
Joined BlueSky today. I'm an international school librarian living in Europe. Remembering a trip to my local Bruna here in Voorburg, NL, & finding Dutch translations of fav #kidlit series Skandar & the Unicorn Thief, City Spies, & Amari and the Night Brothers. Looking forward to connecting #inTLchat