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This #SundayFunday we are sharing an Ojibwe-language (Anishinaabemowen) children’s book called 'Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan Ji-Gikinoo’amaageng.' It contains 8 stories by 12 authors. It is illustrated by artist and language specialist Wesley Ballinger (Mille Lacs Band, Ojibwe).

This week for #FinePressFriday we present the 1985 accordion-fold book 'Brooklyn Bridge' with a poem by the Soviet Russian poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky and original woodcuts by Canadian printer and book designer Glenn Goluska. Learn more here: https://t.co/HV0GDS8z9d

My Staff pick for the week is our Limited Editions Club printing of 'Beowulf,' with illustrations by Lynd Ward. This edition, with a verse translation by Wisconsin scholar and author William Ellery Leonard, was designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg in an edition of 1500 copies.

Today we are featuring flowers from volume four (series seven) of the early 20th-century edition of the eight-series 'Familiar Wild Flowers' by F. Edward Hulme, published by Cassell & Company between 1905 and 1908. This field guide covers 320 wild flowers. https://t.co/ti43MgMnOl

For #NationalCatDay we're sharing some cats from our Historical Curriculum Collection! These cats are from 'The Cat and the Devil,' 'The Three Happy Lions,' 'Puss in Boots' and 'ABC Book.' Learn more (and see more kitties) here: https://t.co/cWDWM5Rj1L

It’s almost Halloween and there’s no better way to celebrate on a #TypographyTuesday than sharing some borders featuring skeletons and devils from 'Specimens of Printing Types and Ornaments Cast by James Conner & Son,' printed in NY in 1852. Learn more: https://t.co/jnT6ISHM4r

Learn more about the book and the images featured here: https://t.co/hfZ8Oij6yi

This week's #FloraandSylva post features illustrations from 'Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada,' a multivolume set based on the findings of José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish priest and botanist, who led an expedition to New Granada from 1783-1808.

The human scenes were illustrated by Chantal Kees and the animals and skeletons illustrated by Chris Shields, published in New York by Sterling Publishing in 2003. The book also features a sick dad joke (see the last picture here).

'Rainforest Animal Adventure: A Magic Skeleton Book,' from our Pop-up Book Collection, shows sloths and other rainforest animals and their skeletons! The text was written by Wisconsin writer and editor Sarah Fabiny. Learn more: https://t.co/qoso5ET6mg