In 8th Century A.D Ibn al-Muqaffa Translated Panchtantra in Arabic as Kalila-wa Dimna. Arabian Nights Has Roots In Panchtantra

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Fables Composed by 17th Century Writer and Poet Jean de La Fontaine Were Inspired by
Jean Fontaine Wrote "I Must Acknowledge That I Owe The Greatest Part to Pilpay, The Sage."

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Wolf's Crag by John Thomson of Duddingston c1820s - based on Fast Castle, this was the setting of Walter Scott's Bride of Lammermoor from the James Nicoll Bequest

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Para los cinéfilos y amantes de las series, la comunicación y el medio audiovisual, hoy en el os recomendamos estos cuatro títulos del grupo de investigación de la https://t.co/gVtRNWbk2e

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Seeing as it's both and seems an apt time to plug my WIP book of early ghost stories and folklore which inspired major works of supernatural fiction including Christmas Carol, Turn of the Screw, Frankenstein & Sleepy Hollow. (Currently self funded)

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Happy !! 📚📚📚

Have you ever wanted to just crawl inside your favorite book and stay there?⁣ If you live your life inside of any book, which would it be?


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Happy everyone! Books - a healthy addiction.

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It's time for today's story read by !

Today it's 'Sleepy Sheep' from by Georgie Adams, illustrated by Magda Brol. Listen along here: https://t.co/fv1ulHEnJ5

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Didn't get a chance to make a World Book Day illustration last week, but if you're still in a booky mood, here are a few random reading drawings from over the years 📚📚📚

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This was absolutely amazing!!! The school I visited made a whole animal tower block like the one in https://t.co/BzSm6K2xg7

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Two late authors big in my life. “Are ye sure yer chems’ll work this time Asimov?” “Awa wi ye Pratchett it’s jist a glitch, I’ve been refining them for years.” word ‘Tyrraneese’. https://t.co/HOAohC55sP

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word Bysin - when books are dangerous things, monsters of as yet unknown and unruly ideas. - And who are todays' book burners? - Fight them, keep libraries open. https://t.co/m1I72ax9bl

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Happy (a bit late!) I want to share some of the illustrations I did for my final project for this occasion! I hope you like them!

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We’re signing off for the night, but couldn’t end without Matilda🥺

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

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It’s so here are some book covers featuring bats 🦇 📚

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One of the greatest treasure troves online is . You can explore thousands of the world’s most important & beautiful books on life. It is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives! https://t.co/w4PrT96az2

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