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... 35 popular heritage herbs and flowers, inspired by the original herbals in the British Library’s collection and illustrated with plates from Elizabeth Blackwell’s 'A Curious Herbal' (1737–1739).

For centuries people have relied on herbs and flowers for health and...

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2020-12-03

i forgot that i tried to do this in 2019 for all the books i read but then i ended up doing my library’s summer book bingo and read 80+ books and THEN 3h destroyed my brain (rip)... here’s a couple i dug up tho!

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2020-10-25

[You’re in trouble, young lady!]

It’s the spooky month now so I figured that I should draw the witch that I first drew last year. Anyway, for some reason, she’s being scolded by one of the library’s aides or she managed to enrage a familiar.

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2020-10-16

So fun to stop & say “Hi” at author Carolyn Leiloglou's outdoor, socially-distanced “Meet the Author” event shop on sunny Saturday. Her book LIBRARY’S MOST WANTED features a Texas twang & a great message about getting books into readers’ hands & ❤s.

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2020-10-05

local bakery is closing. not sure if it’s pandemic or the family decided the time was right, but I’m sad about it. I was a patron, and I have memories tied to the place.

saw the owner in our library’s online Storytime. Decided to do a quick sketch last night.

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2020-09-29

I’ve always loved libraries—from the joyful greetings of librarians to the crinkle of good books. Did you know that September is Celebrate by getting your very own library card. Visit your library’s website for more information! 📚

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2020-09-22

'The Heritage Herbal: Recipes and Remedies for Modern Living' is a contemporary guide to 35 popular heritage herbs and flowers, inspired by the original herbals in the British Library’s collection, illustrated with plates from Elizabeth Blackwell’s 'A Curious Herbal' (1737–1739).

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2020-08-11

Parents and young artists often ask me, besides social media, whether there is any safe and fun way to share their artworks.

🎨 One of my favorite art projects is the Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. Learn more how you can join the project at https://t.co/9kOCG2OnqA

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2020-08-08

Today’s tweet is LIBRARY’S MOST WANTED by , illus by A book about libraries and Texas? Sign me up! Libby is appointed deputy librarian and does a great job protecting books—but is that really what her job is about?

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2020-08-03

With the lovely reading rooms beginning their re-opening last week, we thought we'd dip in and share some extracts from our very own 'Reading Room: A Year of Literary Curiosities' - a quirky showcase of the best and most unusual items in the Library’s collection.

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2020-07-29

Celebrating the phased re-opening of the 's we've been sharing daily extracts from our very own 'Reading Room: A Year of Literary Curiosities' - a quirky showcase of the best and most unusual items in the British Library’s collection!

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2020-07-28

'Reading Room: A Year of Literary Curiosities' is a playful and provocative collection of 365 extracts sourced from the British Library’s collections, selected to challenge and inform the reader, each accompanied by the unique shelfmark number of the source publication.

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2020-07-16

For this week, we return to our sibling collection, the American Geographical Society Library’s set of French natural history books 'Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle' with a few hand-colored, steel-engraved avian plates. Learn more: https://t.co/gTXb43vVmj

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2020-07-03

... original herbals in the British Library’s collection. Featuring plants for wellness, each herb and flower is included for its practical relevance to modern living, and is illustrated with plates from Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal (1737–1739).

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2020-06-23

My library’s stroll said Joo rights today too

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2020-06-18

If you love experimenting or expressing yourself with here's an ace blog post on how to assemble collages using the million plus openly licensed digitised images on the British Library’s Flickr account
https://t.co/5pPVYNCGkY

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2020-05-08

Today we present botanical illustrations from our American Geographical Society Library’s set of French natural history books 'Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle.' Learn more about the books here: https://t.co/g9WDX7GGvB

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2020-04-17

お金がなくても夢を持とう。3つ思考がもたらす将来へのメリット - happylibrary’s diary https://t.co/0DmEOnQ7rL

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2020-02-28

Some crazy rebellious chaos going on at the British Library’s lovely ‘Rebel Children in Literature’ exhibition - Johnny quietly creating his own ‘Rebel Story’. Shhh, he’s concentrating.

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2020-02-17

After a long day revising or studying, what better to do than go for a relaxing wander around the Library’s exhibitions? A new exhibition was opened at the beginning of the month; ‘The Literary World of Paul Peter Piech’. Come to have a look!

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2020-02-15