If you love your fantasy and sci-fi gods small, curmudgeonly, and prone to existential crises, try this unexpected pairing!
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📬 Fountain of Discovery
The 1982 20¢ Ponce de León stamp honors the Spanish explorer who sailed into legend, claiming Florida for Spain in 1513.
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📬 Fortress of Time: Castillo de San Marcos
The 2021 $7.95 Castillo de San Marcos stamp honors America’s oldest masonry fort, once Spanish, British, and American.
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💡 Thomas Edison: Lighting Up the World 🎞️📬
On Oct 6, 1889, he tested his first motion picture film.
📖 Book pairing: “Edison” by Edmund Morris.
✨ Every stamp tells a story — one spark at a time.
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🚪🌲 Into the Wilderness: Daniel Boone’s Frontier Story
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🎩⚖️ From Oval Office to Supreme Court Bench—William H. Taft lived the dream no one else has ever achieved.
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⚓📮 Victory on the Waves: The Battle of Lake Erie 📖🌊
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📮📖 Islands, Ink & Imagination: Spain’s Stamps Meet Storytelling 🌊✨
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🌊 🚢📮 Voyages in Ink: Columbus Across Pages & Stamps
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📍🌍 Discoverers of the World: From Lisbon to the Library 🌍
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📣📰 Extra! Extra! Read All About It! 📰📣
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One last #BookPairing for the night. This one brings to mind Leo Lionni's classic SWIMMY. I always loved the bit at the end when Swimmy gets to be the "eye" in the big fish that the little fish have banded together to create!
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There are a zillion #BookPairing posts I could do for this beauty, but I think the primary-color-saturated MOUSE PAINT will have to be it. A huge favorite among the toddler set.
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It might seem strange to do a #BookPairing for this grim article on the end of vaccine mandates, but as a child I was mesmerized by the visceral fear of the 1900s polio epidemic in MORE ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY. Great essay abt it: 📚💙
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What pops to mind for this #BookPairing? One of the many marvelous essay collections from the late Stephen Jay Gould, THE PANDA'S THUMB. I actually can't recall if I've read this particular one, but his work is generally terrific. 📚💙
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The #BookPairing for this one has to be James Herriot's wonderful ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL and its sequels, if only because 35 years after reading them I can still recall the story of the old man who couldn't smell his (smelly!!) dog. 😂
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Crayfish! I had so much fun catching (and releasing) these as a kid in my backyard creek.
The #BookPairing for this one is Anne Lindbergh's THE WORRY WEEK, mostly because it touches on themes of independence that anyone who has ever been a child can identify with
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It's not quite a #BookPairing, but what pops to my mind from this image is the 1989 National Geographic cover featuring the Yellowstone fires of the previous summer. As a young teen, I was fascinated by the public debate. www.amazon.com/National-Geo...
For some reason the #BookPairing that pops to mind for this image is the real-life story of a young Icelandic girl in DAYS OF THE DUCKLINGS, as documented by photojournalist Bruce McMillan: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
Going to do a few #BookPairing posts before bed. This lovely purple-plum color reminds me of the eternally lovely HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, a gentle adventure featuring a boy who draws himself into and out of a series of whimsical situations. A great gift for 3-6.
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📬✨ Voices in Verse: The American Poet Stamps 📖✒️
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⚔️📖 Stamps, Battles & Forgotten Stories ✉️🇺🇸
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I'm wrapping up my #BookPairing posts for the night, but I might revisit in the future if the mood strikes. Thanks to everyone who posted glorious images that I could use as a jumping-off point!
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Of course, the #BookPairing for this one is the landmark SILENT SPRING.
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This breathtaking color brings to mind the board book ANDY WARHOL'S COLORS, a great choice for the 0-2 set.
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The slam-dunk #BookPairing for this post is the MOOSEWOOD RESTAURANT COOKS AT HOME, which is chock-full of delicious veggie-based recipes (it does include some fish meals too).
My copy of this one is tattered and well-loved! 📚💙
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Going to match I SURVIVED THE GALVESTON HURRICANE, 1900 as the #BookPairing for this sobering image. It's a dramatized story, but I would bet that adventure tales like these do more to help kids understand the real-life weather risks than other tactics. 📚💙
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The exquisite, quietly haunting and luminous OWL MOON is the #BookPairing for this majestic bird. This gentle story features a wonderful father-daughter relationship and one of the most arresting 2-page spreads I've ever seen in a picture book.
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I'm inclined to spotlight Ruth Heller's The Reason for a Flower as the #BookPairing for this stunning image. It has stayed in print for decades and remains a good choice for curious young minds. app.thestorygraph.com/books/f24c19...
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