Whispering Lion's Den

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Reblogged from Booklover

"When you’re falling into a good book, exactly as you might fall into a dream, a little conduit opens, a passageway between a reader’s heart and a writer’s, a connection that transcends the barriers of continents and generations and even death….."

- Anthony Doerr (via mythologyofblue)

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Steven Christopher Seward

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Reblogged from Amplexi et Osculi

"Some of our best recruits came from Colorado. One, a very large, hawk-eyed man, Benjamin Franklin Daniels, had been Marshal of Dodge City when that pleasing town was probably the toughest abode of civilized man to be found anywhere on the continent. In the course of the exercise of his rather lurid functions as peace-officer he had lost half of one ear — ‘bitten off,’ it was explained to me. Naturally, he viewed the dangers of battle with philosophic calm."

- From The Rough Riders, by Theodore Roosevelt. (via amplexi)

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Reblogged from Booklover

This is one of the first books I pulled off my Dad’s shelves when I was little. I was so proud to have read it all the way through. I also liked the story. Dad’s copy even had this cover on it. /nostalgia — whisperinglion

(Source: myporchblog.blogspot.com)

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Reblogged from Dyslexic Kids

dyslexic-kids:

Mastering a book often gives a child with dyslexia the confidence and encouragement to try and tackle another book, then another. That first book can open up an entire library of possibilities. It did for me!

artwork by Guillaume LaChapelle

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Day #039 by ~stevenrussellblack

The fella reminds me of Jimmy Stewart.

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Reblogged from Booklover

"There are books so alive that you’re always afraid that while you weren’t reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?"

- Marina Tsvetaeva (via ilovereadingandwriting)

(Source: quotegarden.com)

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“Kvothe” by Donato Giancola.
Character from “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss.

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Reblogged from Booklover

booklover:

From the short film “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.Morris Lessmore”

(Source: The Huffington Post)

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Reblogged from Old-Timey Cats

oldtimeycats:

From Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr (1970). Via Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves.

I like the domestic’s expression.

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Reblogged from Booklover

poboh:

Portrait of a Young Woman Reading, Dean Cornwell. American (1892-1960)

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theartofanimation:

Omar Rayyan

portrait of grandmother by ~Rahmatozz

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Reblogged from Dyslexic Kids

dyslexic-kids:

Caldecott-winner Jerry Pinkney discusses his art show and dyslexia. ”It gave me a sense that I was unique and I could do something differently than what other people were doing. Of course in that time — the 1940s — the word dyslexia didn’t exist. I always got the feeling from my parents that I could achieve in spite (of it). They certainly understood their child was having some struggles within school, but I got more of a sense of encouragement, that if you believed in a dream you could certainly achieve that dream. The driving force was always to feel OK with myself. Not only was I supported by my parents, but also my teachers.” The Flint (Michigan) Institute of Art is featuring Pinkney’s work through April 15, 2012. The show includes his artwork from best-loved books and carefully researched historical commissions for The Lion and The Mouse, The Old African, The Sweethearts of Rhythm, Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales and other works, such as “Escape from Slavery: Underground Railroad” (National Geographic, July 1984). Read more about his interview and art show.

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Reblogged from Herthen

"When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child’s hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener."

- Paula Fox (via booksandnerds)