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I. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul. I have always depended on the kindness of strangers; I killed seven with one blow! I once was lost, but now am found
Kate Kellaway in The Guardian praises the book as "a brilliant, comprehensive, unpredictable defence of public libraries. It is also a collection of stories characterised by an imaginative freedom underpinned by her reading...Texts, emails, recorded voices, Google, iPlayer are conspicuous in these stories – sometimes comically unhelpful, always distracting.
[21] It became "a children's book author and illustrator series which has brought Coretta Scott King-Award winning authors and illustrators whose work reflected African culture to the library". [21] "The Ashley Bryan Art series has had a long-lasting cultural effect upon the community bringing children and families into the library and engaging ...
Wikiquote has been suggested as "a great starting point for a quotation search" with only quotes with sourced citations being available. It is also noted as a source from frequent misquotes and their possible origins. [12] [13] It can be used for analysis to produce claims such as "Albert Einstein is probably the most quoted figure of our time".
The library makes me feel at peace and curious and in control of my time. I love that it's a public space where I can also have a private moment. We can be alone together.
A book is a garden you can carry in your pocket." -Arabian proverb "Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." -Charles W. Eliot "The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait." -Anatole Broyard
Garth Montgomery Williams (April 16, 1912 – May 8, 1996) was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children's books. . Many of the books he illustrated have become classics of American children's literatu
Pape's earliest book illustrations were for Emile Clement's Naughty Eric and Other Stories from Giant, Witch, and Fairyland, published in 1902, which remains extremely rare. A single copy is held by The British Library. An original pen and ink illustration from one of the stories, 'The Magic Stone', has been found in Sussex, England. [19]