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And now it's time for our word for the day! It's Tomtebobarnen! Proudly presented by #ElsaBeskow #BOTD 1874
Illustration: From Tomtebobarnen/Children of the Forest 1910 @FlorisBooks
'The two friends sat by the fire.
The hands of the clock
move to show the hours
of a merry #ChristmasEve.'
Frog and Toad All Year by #ArnoldLobel 1976
Today is the #EuropeanDayofLanguages Monday 26 September. Did you know that after English, Swedish is the most spoken language here in #Barnes #SW13, followed by French, Spanish and Polish? Nu ska vi fira!
Illustration: #PippiLongstocking by #IngridVangNyman 1945
All hail Sir Jackanory! Illustrator extraordinaire for #RoaldDahl #MrMagnolia and so many more, our first @UKLaureate and lover of birds, THE Sir #QuentinBlake made a Companion of Honour #BirthdayHonours
OH NO! Here's Bunny and Monkey to let you know that @jamiesmart and @neillcameron's event on Sunday 26 June is SOLD OUT!
PS. @RobBiddulph fans you're still in with a shot...
Honey?✅
Money?✅
Small guitar?✅
#TheOwlandthePussycat are ready for #NationalLimerickDay! #EdwardLear #BOTD 1812
Illustration: James Marshall 1998
'Not long ago' there lived in #Barnes #SW13 a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs called Pongo and Missus Pongo. #DodieSmith local legend and author of #TheHundredandOneDalmatians & #ICapturetheCastle #BOTD 1896
Ill: The One Hundred and One Dalmatians @StevenLenton 2017
Many happy returns to master artist @chrisriddell50 former @UKLaureate and author of #SomethingElse #Ottoline #GothGirl & so many more magical tales. Raising a glass to you today sir! #BOTD 13 April
'The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him 'WILD THING!'
#WheretheWildThingsAre by #MauriceSendack published #OTD 9 April 1963. Still hot🥣
'The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.'
#TheLittlePrince by #AntoinedeSaintExupery published #OTD 6 April 1945