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The Fourteenery: What Advice Would You Give Your 14 year old Self? #14me CONTEST

Hey-O!

Remember when you were crazy amazing/uncool, utterly ecstatic/devastated, and completely fearless/terrified, pretty much all the time? Remember when you were 14 years old?

Yeah. We do too.

And we’d like to know: What advice would you give your 14-year-old-self?

In fact, from…

If you could go back, what would you tell your 14-year-old self?

And hey, win some great (signed!!!) YA books!

Posted April 9, 2013 at 11:19am in YA young adult books writing 2014 debut authors | 26 notes

Ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program.

If you haven’t signed this petition yet, please take a moment now. We’re so close!

Posted January 30, 2012 at 6:09pm in library librarians education schools books | 14 notes

teachingliteracy:

book sculpture @ logan central library.

by ellen forsyth

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Posted September 28, 2011 at 8:05am in books book sculpture | 145 notes

fabula:

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Posted September 26, 2011 at 8:24am in books | 95 notes

thomerama:

Anna Youngers

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Posted September 22, 2011 at 9:22am in books art | 167 notes

gaksdesigns:

The House Of Stories

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Posted September 20, 2011 at 8:07pm in art books photography paper art | 732 notes

ladyrelaynie:

poboh:

The Sisters, 1900, Ralph Peacock. (1868 -1946)

Dashwoods, 100 years later?

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Posted September 19, 2011 at 7:32am in books art reading women sisters | 389 notes

deuxsoleils:

hungry-for-books:

The Library at Chatsworth. Henry Cavendish was a very good, but reserved, amateur scientist and collected many books on the subject as well as writing up his own notes, though none of his writings were published in his lifetime. The library contains 12,000 books from his collection. (photo by MikeJDavis)

deuxsoleils:I’m kind of obsessed with Henry Cavendish right now.

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Posted September 14, 2011 at 9:40am in Chatsworth library Henry Cavendish lit books | 360 notes

Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay Characters in YA

A great look at how so many teens are underrepresented in YA, and how everyone in the YA world can take a stand. (via bookshelves of doom)

Posted September 12, 2011 at 8:55pm in books YA writing LGBT diversity

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Posted September 7, 2011 at 1:58pm in books Princess Bride | 27 notes

After Irene: A Small-Town Adirondack Library Needs Your Help

The Wells Memorial Library lost almost all of its children’s collection—including all the picture books:

““They were all on the lower shelves,” library director Karen Rappaport explained, “so the kids could reach them.””

You can donate books or money to help the children’s section get back on its feet. (via bookshelves of doom)

Posted August 31, 2011 at 9:58pm in books library librarians help | 7 notes

aleyma:

Stanford Kay, Blue True, 2007 (source).

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Posted August 30, 2011 at 9:34am in books painting Art | 272 notes

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Posted August 26, 2011 at 9:49am in book porn books library interiors | 49 notes

James and the Giant Peach book cover by Julianna Brion

Posted August 20, 2011 at 2:37pm in Illustration books roald dahl art | 23 notes