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Celebrate St Piran's Day with us #OTD in memory of the Cornish patron saint. Legend has it that Piran was thrown off a cliff but was brought safely back to shore on calm waters. He later discovered tin and brought prosperity to Cornwall. 🔗https://t.co/1DXJHqUd1r
"Do you think I could have tea with you?"
Animals like Judith Kerr’s Tiger have been part of stories for centuries. Invent your own animal with this #DiscoveringChildrensBooks activity #NationalStorytellingWeek2021
🔗https://t.co/unJzu7oIup
🎨© Kerr-Kneale Productions Ltd 1968
In celebration of the 150th year anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, @MacmillanKidsUK have a brand new gorgeous edition by former children's laureate and award-winning illustrator @chrisriddell50.
This #WildlifeWednesday, hear a call made by a roe deer recorded at Bagshot, Surrey. Their lightly spotted coats help them to keep well camouflaged, out of the gaze of predators such as foxes and eagles.
🔊(W1CDR0001528 BD6) Recorded by John Aubrey Williams
🦌Shelfmark: Or. 5896
It’s a spine-chilling #WildlifeWednesday this week – awooooo!
This adult Grey Wolf was recorded howling in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
🔊 Tom Cosburn, Shelf mark: W1CDR0000681
🎨©️ @vivyouell
Hey, @BLprintheritage, show us your best Chaucer.
This famous portrait is found in a manuscript of Thomas Hoccleve’s Regiment of Princes. It’s online here:
Harley MS 4866, f. 88r
https://t.co/1QuQJbqtXv
Our Windrush Stories website digs deeper into the ongoing, complex relationship between Britain and the Caribbean – a story that didn’t start or end with the arrival of the Empire Windrush in Essex https://t.co/wjZDoRP6xj
#WindrushDay
Here's our brand new activity pack inspired by #DiscoveringChildrensBooks, illustrated by Viviane Schwarz. We’re sharing printed copies with communities across the UK to reach children who don't have access to screens. Download and print here: https://t.co/n2rKb1YERU @vivschwarz
#Didyouknow Cook's voyage went as far south as the Antarctic? These drawings by expedition artists Georg Forster and William Hodges are the first depictions of a then completely unknown part of the world. #BLCookVoyages (Loaned from Mitchell Library, @statelibrarynsw)