#Judith Anansi

[sweet-vanilla-sims]

Surviving Family:

Simon Bell had three daughters, his oldest, Mary married Jarod Upton and they had three children, Judith, James and Jerome. Jerome passed away as a child. 

Judith is pictured first. Judith had three children of her own with her first husband Gregory who died in the plague. Glen, Sonya, and Annie. Glen married Josian Carlisle and they had their son Clay who is pictured last. Sonya died in the famine. Annie is pictured second followed by her husband Donnie Bailey-Moon. They have their son Sonny who is above Clay in the pictures. Judith remarried but her new husband is not pictured. 

[various-stormsnsaints]

#69

[anarchafeministposting]

Post Directory

Articles

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants by Courtney Desiree Morris

Pushing Back Against Mass Abuse Apologism by Estelle Ellison

The Illusion of the 'Real' Rape Victim by Hannah Summers

Against a Liberal Abolitionism by Lee Cicuta

“Anti-Sex” and the Real Sexual Politics of the Right by Lee Cicuta

Do I Need To Be An Optimist To Be An Anarchist? by Lee Cicuta

Intimate Authoritarianism: The Ideology of Abuse by Lee Cicuta

The Point of DARVO by Lee Cicuta

The Right-Wing Hates Children: The Weaponization Of “Groomer” by Lee Cicuta

The Subaltern is Fucking Speaking! by merc

How Many Rapists Must We Kill? by Mona Eltahawy

Book Review: “Harmful to Minors” by Judith Levine by narcissus

The Elephant in the Room by narcissus

Sex, Desire, and Violence Part I by narcissus

Every Rapist is a Cop Without a Badge (Sex, Desire, and Violence Part II) by narcissus

Thirty-One Thesis: A Manifesto by narcissus

Three Short Arguments About Youth Liberation and Body Autonomy by narcissus

Pedophilia and American Anarchism - The Other Side of Hakim Bey by Robert P. Helms

Restorative Counter-Insurgency: The Colonial Origins of Restorative Justice by sofie

A Brief Introduction to Anarcha-Feminism & Queer Anarchism by Spectral Red

Not a Tradwife or a Girlboss, But a Secret Third Thing (Anarcha-Feminist) by The Ungovernable Feminist

Combat Manarchists by Utopia

One Giant Red Flag, Folded Into A Book by William Gillis

Videos

How The FBI Killed Environmentalism by Anansi’s Library (Not quite on topic, but talks about anarchism and organizing)

Misc

Meme tag

[cassowariess]

🎶✨When you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish and then send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers. (Positivity is cool)🎶✨

All In the Name of Pity- Skunk Anansie

Judith- A Perfect Circle

Harborview Hospital- Mark Lanegan

Levitate Me- The Pixies

BFG Division- Mick Gordon

[devil-doll13]

Moodboard Masterlist 📸

Slashers:

Brahms Heelshire

My OCs:

Abigail Williams

Witches’ Valley ⚡️ (medieval au)

Of Blood And Wine 🍷

Saturnine 🪐

Nurse’s Office 🧸 (orphanage au w/ Selena & Odile)

Death, Judgement & Three of Swords 🃏

Judith “Jude” Bell

Dawnrazor 🌅

Gold Dust Woman ⚜️

In Our Angelhood 👼

Mary On A Cross ✝️

I’d Make A Deal With God ⛪️

Death, Judgement & Three of Swords 🃏

Zachariah “Zach” Johnson

Demon Cleaner 👿

Psalm 23 📖

Dawnrazor 🌅

Cold Case In Harlem 🗞️

Death, Judgement & Three of Swords 🃏

Drinks of Choice (Zach & Cathryn) 🩸

Maxwell “Max” Holt

Givin’ The Dog A Bone 🦴

Living After Midnight 🌉

I Was A Teenage Werewolf 🕹️

Things’ll Work Out Just Fine 🐕

Strange Girl ✨ (Max x Izzy)

We Will Need Some Pizza Too 🍕(Max And Cylas)

The Fool, The Moon & Five of Cups 🃏

Ciarán 🗡️

Deathrider 💀

Adam 🌱

Treehugger 🌳

Mountains of Mars 🌋

Brand New Person 🌿

Nox Library 📚

Item 411-1

Other People’s OCs:

I’ll Be Seeing You 🕊️ (Tilly Maynard belonging to @flower-crowned-lady)

Why Don’t You Do Right? 💋 (Lauren Hayworth belonging to @flower-crowned-lady)

Caged Bird 🐦 (Anansi belonging to @flower-crowned-lady)

Ready To Blow 🔪 (Cylas Kier belonging to @vincent-sinclair-deserved-better)

Fascination Street 🌹(Manon “Doe Eyes” Driftwood belonging to @myers-meadow)

When The Sun Hits ☀️ (Eleonora Mason belonging to @rottent33th

They Say I’m Sick 🦇 (Olivier Benoit belonging to @rottent33th)

Snake Dance 🐍 (Griffin Marks belonging to @rottent33th)

By The Sea 🌊 (Calder Beachum belonging to @rottent33th)

Postscript🦞(Calder Beachum belonging to @rottent33th)

Graveflower 🪦 (Milo Vess belonging to @slaasherslut)

Graveyard Shift💀 (Milo Vess belonging to @slaasherslut)

Poltergeist 👻 (Milo Vess belonging to @slaasherslut)

Ouroboros ⚕️(Mischa belonging to @myers-meadow)

Luna 🌕 (Selena “Ghost” Firefly belonging to @vincent-sinclair-deserved-better)

Persephone 🦢 (Odile belonging to @solmints-messyocdiary)

Black Cathedral ⛪️ (The Priest belonging to @solmints-messyocdiary)

By Moots:

Abigail Williams

The Devil’s Mark 🖤 (by @rottent33th)

Shadow Dancer 🔮 (by @slaasherslut)

Abby x Knight!Clay 🗡️ (by @rottent33th, medieval au)

Style Moodboard Request (done by @myers-meadow)

Judith “Jude” Bell

Style Moodboard Request (done by @myers-meadow)

Maxwell “Max” Holt

Hunted Down 🐾 (by @rottent33th)

[smok3inm1rrors]

I moved Morgyn and Brigit (who I aged into a teenager) into a house of their own as their parents house doesn't have enough space, it's going well as you can see

I gave them a horse, you can probably guess the name

"Couldn't take the bike, so now it's on fire" -Morgyn, probably

Every time without fail the game likes to suggest ridiculous pairings, this time it's Judith Ward and Grace Anansi

Despite being insistent on wanting to get into Morgyn's pants (and his mom's...and his dad's christ ) he does autonomsly come over and take care of the horse. Outside of this AU you would never get him within several feet of a horse or any animal that isn't a cat.

[gorey-gorella]

I was going to ask about your thoughts on the previous articles now that the broken link thing was cleared up (Prev links: pewresearch. org/global/2011/11/17/the-american-western-european-values-gap/ ; theguardian. com/commentisfree/2021/may/28/centrism-insidious-bias-unjust-status-quo ; cbpp. org/research/health/republic ; sapiens. org/biology/is-race-real/ ; amnesty. org/en/latest/news/2018/10/its-intersex-awareness-day-here-are-5-myths-we-need-to-shatter/ ; fitchburgstate. libguides. com/c. php?g=1046516&p=7616506 ; subversions.tiss. edu/vol2-issue1/gayatri/ ; dailytargum. com/article/2020/10/rizvi-avatar-the-last-airbender-explores-important-sociopolitical-issues), but now that you've listed Dr. Shaym, Short Fat Otaku, and Shoe0nhead (who had a very brief redemption arc but has fallen back into grifterdom) as the individuals who help guide your politics, I can see that trying to have a serious discussion about this is probably not going to be fruitful. Not to say YouTubers can't provide insight (e.g. Lindsay Ellis, Anansi's Library, Boy Boy, F.D. Signifier, etc.), but consuming the works of academics and experts (e.g. Albert Einstein, George Orwell, Judith Butler, W. E. B. DuBois, Amitav Ghosh, Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, bell hooks, Frantz Fanon, Audre Lorde, Emma Goldman, Kimberle Crenshaw, Cathy Cohen, etc.) is an important part of staying appropriately informed. Observing human behavior is something most people do; what influences the outcome/ conclusions of said observations is what matters and requires a consistent moral framework. What you consider "logical" is shaped by historical context and propagandic efforts (i.e. the notion of information without bias is essentially myth). Also, your exaggerated description of the left reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of their positions (i.e. what intersectionality means—ted. com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en). Finding right-wingers who care about universal healthcare is like finding a needle in a haystack. The left (which is not the dem party because they're mostly neolibs) consistently support policy that upholds equity in comparison to the right (which includes neolibs, Trump republicans, and extreme right-wingers like literal neonazis). You talk of being tired of left-wing vs. right-wing bullshit, but what you're describing as the left proves that you're actually still stuck in said culture war bullshit when the actual war is class war. You are misconstruing ATLA's focus on balance as a Buddhist principle with centrism despite its clear anti-authoritarian/fascist and other left-leaning themes. Hell, Michael DiMartino even shared a quote which compared the Fire Nation to America under Trump.

If Cathy Cohen is considered an expert, then I just don't know what to say. Also, right-wing and even Christian experts exist, so I can easily use what they say and treat them like true sources for everything, but I don't.

I didn't become an atheist because of some long evolution study.

I became an atheist because of the logic of there being a God isn't enough, it doesn't add up, it simply makes no sense, and by observing stuff, I became more and more atheist.

Yes, I do use studies. It's just not the only thing I use. Especially if the study is half-ass like those HAES/fat acceptance studies. And I rarely read long, excess things that don't get to the point quickly enough. I don't use studies that use many buzzwords and very emotional language.

Just because years later, Mike said some dumb shit, comparing Trump's America to a magical, fascism, ancient fiery Japan doesn't defy what the series taught back then.

The Fire Nation didn't turn into a government. It still had the Fire Lord and monarchy stuff at the end of the show, with Zuko becoming Firelord, his daughter becoming Firelord, and Prince Iroh II would also become a Firelord in time. So it's not full on anti-auth. It's anti-fascism.

Authoritarianism isn't inherently bad. Just like how Liberalism isn't inherently good. Rules need to be set in place.

Being a fascist is different from being auth in it of itself. Being fascist is the extremes.

The Airbenders died because they were too pacifistic.

Yes, it had many leftist themes, but it didn't treat the Airbenders and Toph's mindset as perfect. The whole point is balance, and the extremes are bad. The Fire Nation wasn't bad because it was more auth than other nations. It was because it was extremely auth, very fascist and nationalistic at the point they killed all the Air Nomads.

My point is that not all right wingers are the exact same. That's why the far right hates Trump and stuff. Trump was actually very openly pro-gay back in the day. It's why leftists are always infighting.

Also, you have your own bias. I know I have mine, I just don't let it fully control me, but you are acting like you're above it all.

Also, you asked for extremism from the left, not just simple left wing opinions, so what I did? Give you extremist ideas on the left.

I know I'm not above bias, but I try not to be overwhelmingly biased compared to the people in my homeland and here.

I'm not sure if this answered what you asked, but to me, it did.

[esoanem]

A lot of these claims are incorrect, and many others I'm unable to substantiate

I can't find any reference to Neith weaving humanity, or Athena the universe

Ananke is specifically Orphic rather than Greek more generally, but the description seems accurate enough (although her being the mother of the Moirai is not present in all descriptions)

I can't find any evidence for Ixchel controlling the movements of the universe with a spindle

Areop-Enap is actually significantly involved in creation, albeit not in his capacity as a weaver (as a spider), but out of the shell of a clam . The spiderness/weaving is purely incidental

The description of Mokosh as mother of all seems to be reading too much into her identification as a motherhood goddess

I can't find any reliable source for Saule spinning the rays of the sun, as best I can find it originates from Judith Shaw, a 21st century artist who channels "the Goddess" and has no particular background in historical or comparative mythology, whilst actual sources depicts Saule as a much more typical solar deity carrying the sun in a boat

The characterisation of Anansi holding humanity together seems bizarre given his usual role as a trickster god

Mabube is not a god as far as I can tell, but rather a set of clams famed for their weaving

The description of Nareau is broadly accurate, but as with Areop-Enap weaving doesn't actually feature in the creation, but instead forms primordial beings from the sand and water one of which gets dismembered and turned into the world

Whilst the underlying point that hand weaving has been a key part of human society throughout most of its history, the majority of specific claims here seem bogus

This section of the article is shockingly bad, and should not have made it past an editor

from Ricki Dwyer's, Decennial

[ryttu3k]

With High School Years out, sounds like a good time to reintroduce the families originally remade for an aged-down save! The save itself never quite eventuated, but the households would be great for sending off to high school!

Households include:

Lilith and Caleb Vatore, and their parents

Jonathan ‘Johnny Zest’ Langraab, and his parents and brother Malcolm

Nina and Dina Caliente, and their father

Eva Capricciosa, and her father

Marcus Flex, and his parents and dog

Paolo Rocca, and his parents, grandmother, and three sisters

Miko Ojo, and her father and two cats

Akira Kibo, and his parents, brother, and two sisters

Leslie Holland, and her parents and two sisters

Alice Martin, and her mother

Mark Eggleston, and his parents and sister

Lia Hauata, and her adoptive grandmother

Grace Anansi, and her parents and sisters

Tomax Colette, and his mother and brother

(Made for the same save, but with no teenage premades: child Darling Walsh and their family, and young adult Judith Ward.)

Enjoy!

[gnossienne]

top 5′s (pt i)

i | lucifer/the devil ii | ariel from the tempest by william shakespeare iii | viola from twelfth night by william shakespeare iv | anansi (akan mythology) v | figaro from la folle journée, ou le mariage de figaro by pierre beaumarchais

i | la belle et la bête/beauty & the beast (france) ii | the erlking/erlkönig (german) iii | barbe bleue/bluebeard (france) iv | the boy and the wolves (native american) v | taketori monogatari/the bamboo-cutter and the moon-child (japan)

i | l.v. beethoven's 6th (pastorale) symphony in f major, op. 68 ii | the music of ralph vaughan williams (e.g., symphony no. 3, flos campi) iii | vergil, eclogues iv | alexander pope, pastorals v | the landscape paintings of claude lorrain

(let’s make that 5, yes?)

i | caspar david friedrich, "monastery graveyard in the snow" (1817-19) ii| paul delaroche, "herodias" (1843) iii | caravaggio, "judith beheading holofernes" (1598-1599) iv | john martin, "pandemonium" from paradise lost (1841) v | john atkinson grimshaw, “princes dock hull” (1883)

i | chelsea arts ball ii | rothschild ball iii | truman capote’s black & white ball iv | all the balls in waugh’s vile bodies ("masked parties, savage parties, victorian parties, greek parties, wild west parties, russian parties”, etc etc etc) v | the ball from visconti's il gattopardo

[notsoberrysims4]

It's SHOWTIME! 

Ted: We're The Roswells from StrangerVille. How're you doing? Octavia: Good! How are you feeling? Meredith: Nervous. *the crowd laughs* Judith: What are you going to sing for us tonight? Ted: We're going to do Johnny Cash. Meredith: 'I Walk The Line'. Octavia: Okay, good luck! The Roswells perform competently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFxZwUIvoM Judith: It's a classic, and you sang it well, but it's a lazy choice. We expect more of you. I'm disappointed in you both that you didn't take the opportunity to stretch yourselves. *The crowd falls silent* Judith: But with all that said ... You're through to the next round! Izzy: Yes from me! Octavia: And me! *The crowd cheers* 

*Dark Water stride confidently onto the stage* Izzy: How are you feeling today? Lucas: Really looking forward to performing. Izzy: You're going to play Disturbed? Lucas: We had been rehearsing Disturbed, but yesterday we switched to 'Angel of Harlem' by U2. Judith: You approved this? Octavia: It was my idea. I think it's a great song and they'll do it well. Izzy: So, if we don't like it, we'll blame you. Octavia: Sure! I'll stand by that song. *Gestures to band* Why don't you show them how it's done? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lGMurpwrMI Izzy: Hmmm. See, it wasn't as good as last time. It's like the band's not feeling the song. Judith: You can tell when they're not passionate about the music, and I am not feeling passion here. Octavia: I don't know what you're talking about. I think they were great! Izzy: Oh no, sweetie. They were not great at all. Not terrible, though - darlings, you can sing, you can play, but it has to be something you care about. This was just flat. Honestly? I was bored. Judith: The BAND looked bored! But you are consummate professionals and you stood on a stage in front of all these people, you learnt the song in under a day, and it's not your fault that it just wasn't good enough. Octavia: We'll have to disagree on that one. You did great, honeys. Judith: It's a 'no' from me. Izzy: I'm going to blame you for this, Octavia, but no.

Izzy: Some Precinct! How are you feeling today? Kim: Good! We're good. But we've moved things around a little. Izzy: Oh? Kim: Maia's going to sing lead vocals today. *The crowd cheers* Izzy: Maia, darling! Maia, step forward, sweetie, let's have a look at you. You're normally hiding at the back. Maia: I get a little nervous. Izzy: You don't need to worry, honey. What are you going to sing for us today? Maia: We're going to perform 'Weak' by Skunk Anansie. Izzy: You ready? You look ready. Okay, honey, take it away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ75XSSCohw *Maia is initially nervous to be right out in front, but soon relaxes when she sees the delight on the faces of the mentors. She has absolutely no idea if she'll be able to hit the high notes at the end, but she gives it her best and ... nails it! The enthralled crowd cheers wildly at the end.* Izzy: That was amaaaazing! But when you harmonize, that's when the rubber hits the road. Judith: You need to work a little on your diction, but the range and timbre is fine. You just need to ENUNCIATE! Octavia: Your singing was beautiful, hon. You're through to the next round. *The crowd roars their approval* 

Izzy: Tyler! How are you doing today? Tyler *miserably*: I'm good. Octavia: No need to be nervous, honey. What are you going to sing for us? Tyler: Robbie Williams. Izzy: Take it away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwU8do4shok *Izzy winces as he drifts off-key, and while Tyler tries his best, he can tell he's losing the judges* Octavia: Tyler ... how old are you? Tyler: I'm eighteen. Octavia: Such a precious little thing! Your face is so sweet! Izzy: There's something different about you. You have presence and I'm sure the girls all love you. *The girls in the audience squeal* Judith: The trouble is that you can't hold a tune. Tyler: I'm sorry. It sounded fine in rehearsal. I'm just a bit distracted today- Octavia: What happened, honey? Tyler: I broke up with my girlfriend. *The crowd cries "Awwww" in sympathy* Izzy: Really sorry to hear it. Your audition last time went so well! But this time, sorry, it's a 'no'. Judith: It's a 'no' from me. Octavia: I have to say 'no' this time, but you could try again next year? *Tyler nods miserably, on the verge of tears*

[ladysweettartsims]

FEMALE SIMS RANDOMIZER - I created a wheel for all premade sims identified as female in CAS at the start of the game in Sims 4 and available in “Manage Worlds”, current through May 2020.

[tigriswolf]

book log FINISHED

January: 25

February: 55

March: 80

April: 47

May: 63

June: 72

July: 95

August: 32

September: 31

October: 89

November: 73

December: 343

Year-end total: 1,003

Bold: first time reading

bold italics: read for school

 January 5 – 6, 2017: Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce January 7 – 8, 2017: Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce January 9, 2017: Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce January 10, 2017: The Realm of the Gods by Tamora Pierce January 11, 2017: The One You Feed by EM Hollaway  January 12, 2017: Alanna The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce January 13, 2017: In the Hands of the Goddess and The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce January 13 - 18, 2017: Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce

 January 17 – April 6, 2017: Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education by Joan Poliner Shapiro & Jacqueline A. Stefkovich January 18 - 19, 2017: First Test by Tamora Pierce January 19 - 20, 2017: Page by Tamora Pierce January 20 - 21, 2017: Squire by Tamora Pierce January 21 - 23, 2017: Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce January 23 - 24, 2017: Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce

 January 24 – April 8, 2017: Decolonizing Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith

 January 24 – April 7, 2017: Educational Leadership for Ethics and Social Justice ed. by Anthony H. Normore & Jeffrey S. Brooks January 25, 2017: Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce January 26 - 27, 2017: Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce

 January 26 – April 20, 2017: Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education ed. Edward Taylor & David Gillborn & Gloria Ladson-Billings January 27, 2017: Ferocious Fluffity by Erica S. Perl & Henry Cole January 30, 2017: Serpents and Werewolves: Stories of Shapeshifters from around the World by Lari Don; I Am the Book, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins & illustrated by Yayo; Imagine a City by Elise Hurt; Jumping Off Library Shelves, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins & illustrated by Jane Manning; Eyes of the Unicorn by Teresa Bateman; Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It by Gail Carson Levine; Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede January 31, 2017: Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede February 1, 2017: Calling on Dragons & Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede February 1 - 2, 2017: Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede February 2 - 3, 2017: Beauty by Robin McKinley

 February 3, 2017: The Unicorn and the Moon by Tomie dePaula; Bang Bang I Hurt the Moon by Luis Amavisca & Esther G. Madrid; Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything by Susanna Isern & Sonja Wimmer; Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Benji Davies; The Bear Who Couldn’t Sleep by Caroline Nastro & Vanya Nastanlieva

 February 4, 2017: Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde; The Tale of Tam Linn by Lari Don & Philip Longson; The Secret of the Kelpie by Lari Don & Philip Longson February 4 - 6, 2017: Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell 

 February 6, 2017: Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde

 February 6 - 7, 2017: Under My Hat Tales from the Cauldron edited by Jonathan Strahan 

 February 7 - 8, 2017: Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell

 February 8, 2017: Poisoned Apples Poems for You My Dear by Christine Heppermann; Girls and Goddesses Stories of Heroines from around the World by Lari Don 

 February 8 - 11, 2017: The Lost Empire of Atlantis by Gavin Menzies

 February 9, 2017: The Search for Lost Cities by Nicola Barber

 February 9 – April 25, 2017: Racial Battle Fatigue Exposing the Myth of Post-Racial America ed. by Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner & Katrice A. Albert & Roland W. Mitchell & Chaunda M. Allen

 February 10 -11 , 2017: Atlantis The Andes Solution by JM Allen

 February 11, 2017: The Cod’s Tale by Mark Kurlansky; One Hundred Details from the National Gallery by Kenneth Clark; Troll’s Eye View edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

 February 12, 2017: Beware the White Rabbit edited by Shannon Delaney & Judith Graves

 February 13, 2017: Historical Animals by Julia Moberg; Cinderella A Grimm’s Fairy Tale by Ulrike Hasselhoff

 February 13 - 14, 2017: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

 February 14, 2017: Blood-sucking Man-eating Monsters by Kelly Regan Barnhill; The Turkey Girl by Penny Pollock & Ed Young; Beauty and the Beast by Mahlon F. Craft & Kinuko Y. Craft; The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin & David Shannon

 February 14 – April 9, 2017: Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries Critical Pedagogues and Their Pedagogical Theories vol. 4 ed. by Samuel Totten & Jon E. Pedersen

 February 15, 2017: Rosa Bonheur Painter of Animals by Olive Price

 February 15 – 16, 2017: Sweetblood by Pete Hautman

 February 16 - 19, 2017: Dinosaurs How They Lived and Evolved by Darren Nash & Paul Barrett

 February 17, 2017: Cinderella a Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia

 February 18, 2017: Beauty and the Beast by H. Chuku Lee & Pat Cummings; Previously by Allan Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman; Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? By David Levinthal & John Nickle; Glass Slipper Gold Sandal a Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman & Julie Paschkis

 February 19, 2017: Here There Be Monsters The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid by HP Newquist; Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz

 February 19 – 21, 2017: The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse by Piu Marie Eatwell

 February 20, 2017: Bigfoot CindeRRRRella by Tony Johnston & James Warhola; The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot by Scott Magoon

 February 22, 2017: Nursery Tales Around the World by Judy Sierra; Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age by Caroline Arnold & Laurie Caple

 February 22 - 28, 2017: Celestial Geometry by Ken Taylor

 February 22 – 23, 2017: Classical Women Poets by Josephine Balmer

 February 23, 2017: A Library for Juana by Pat Mora & Beatriz Vidal; Rosa Bonheur by Elbert Hubbard

 February 24, 2017: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney; The Emperor and the Nightingale by Kuang-ts’ai Hao, Shih-ming Chang, & Nguyen Ngoc Ngan; Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy White Carlstrom & Jerry Pinkney; Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses by Ron Koertge

 February 25 – March 1, 2017: The Tempest by Shakespeare (ed. by Barbara A Mowat & Paul Werstine)

 March 1, 2017: The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting by Anne Trubek; We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche; Women of the Sea Ten Pirate Stories by Myra Weatherly

 March 1 - 2, 2017: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

 March 1 - 16, 2017: The Moral Imperative of School Leadership by Michael Fullan

 March 2, 2017: The Nightingale by Pirkko Vainio; The Nightingale by Stephen Mitchell & Bagram Ibatoulline; The Little Match Girl by Jerry Pinkney; Mama’s Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat & Leslie Staub; Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney

 March 2 – 5, 2017: Shady Characters The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston

 March 2 - 8, 2017: The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner  

 March 3, 2017: First Light First Life A Worldwide Creation Story by Paul Fleischman & Julie Paschkis; Anansi and the Box of Stories by Stephen Krensky & Jeni Reeves; The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell; The Parade a Stampede of Stories about Ananse the Trickster Spider by KP Kojo

 March 3 - 6, 2017: Demand the Impossible a Radical Manifesto by Bill Ayers

 March 4, 2017: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble; The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne; Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know What Is a Synonym by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; I’m, Won’t, They’re, and Don’t What’s a Contraction? By Brian P. Cleary & Gable; Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson & Kevin O’Malley

 March 5 - 6 , 2017: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine  

 March 5 – 7, 2017: Sappho by Diane J. Raynor & Andre Lardinois; Huntress by Malindo Lo

 March 7, 2017: Blanchette et les Sept Petits Cajuns A Cajun Snow White by Sheila Hebert-Collins & Patrick Soper; Sleeping Beauty by Maja Dusikova

 March 7 - 9, 2017: Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws Fairy-Tale Beasts ed. by Jennifer Schacker & Christine A. Jones, ill. By Lina Kusaite

 March 8, 2017: Ash by Malinda Lo

 March 9, 2017: The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner; Snow White A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; All the Dirt A History of Getting Clean by Katherine Ashenburg

 March 9 - 12, 2017: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

 March 10, 2017: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner; Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by Chihiro Iwasaki; Rapunzel A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; Imaginary Menagerie A Book of Curious Creatures by Julia Larios & Julia Paschkis; Beauty and the Beast A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; Matchless A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire

 March 11, 2017: The Little Match Girl by Rachel Isadora; The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton and Leo & Diane Dillon; Little Red Riding Hood A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; The Sleeping Beauty by Trina Schart Hyman; The Little Mermaid A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; Sleeping Beauty A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia

 March 12, 2017: Sleeping Beauty by Margaret Early

 March 13 - 15, 2017: Kraken by Wendy Williams

 March 15, 2017: Instructions by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess; Snoring Beauty by Bruce Hale & Howard Fine

 March 16, 2017: Snow White An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani & Shireen Adams; Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman & Skottie Young; The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois  

 March 17, 2017: The Cow of No Color Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from around the World by Nina Jaffe & Steve Zeitlin

 March 18 - 21, 2017: Giants of the Lost World by Donald R Prothero

 March 18, 2017: Daisy-Head Mayzie by Dr. Seuss; There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss; Cinderella by Ruth Sanderson; Cinderella (as if you didn’t already know the story) by Barbara Ensor; Sarah’s Unicorn by Bruce & Katherine Coville

 March 20, 2017: Aladdin A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia

 March 21, 2017: Aida by Leontyne Price and Leo&Diane Dillon; Octopuses by Kate Riggs; The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Leo&Diane Dillon; Wind Child by Shirley Rousseau Murphy and Leo&Diane Dillon

 March 22, 2017: A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham

 March 23, 2017: Megatooth by Patrick O’Brien; Paleo Sharks by Timothy J. Bradley; Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson and Leo&Diane Dillon

 March 24, 2017: Turandot by Marianna Mayer & Winslow Pels; The Crystal Mountain by Ruth Sanderson; The Sleeping Beauty by Jane Yolen & Ruth Sanderson

 March 25, 2017: The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer & KY Craft; Princess Tales by Grace Maccarone & Gail de Marcken

 March 26, 2017: The Snow Princess by Ruth Sanderson; The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson; Where Have the Unicorns Gone? By Jane Yolen & Ruth Sanderson

 March 31, 2017: Skin Again by bell hooks & Chris Raschka; Would You Rather be a Princess or a Dragon? By Barney Saltzberg; Little Wing Learns to Fly by Calista Brill & Jennifer A Bell

 April 1 – 2, 2017: Which Witch? By Eva Ibbotson

 April 1 - 3, 2017: 4000 Years of Uppity Women by Vicki Leon

 April 1 – 7, 2017: The Myrtles Plantation by Frances Kermeen

 April 3 - 6, 2017: Goose Chase by Patrice Lidl

 April 7, 2017: Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages by Vicki Leon

 April 8, 2017: Voices of the Trojan War by Kate Hovey & Leonid Gore; A Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan

 April 8 - 20, 2017: Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon

 April 10, 2017: Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit Hole by Joe Rhatigan & Charles Nurnberg & Eric Puybaret; Alice in Wonderland The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party by Joe Rhatigan & Charles Nurnberg & Eric Puybaret

 April 13, 2017: Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen & Ming Li

 April 14, 2017: Happy Birthday The Story of the World’s Most Popular Song by Nancy Kelley Allen & Gary Undercuffler; Claire and the Unicorn Happy Ever After by BG Hennessy & Susan Mitchell; You Make Me Happy by An Swerts & Jenny Bakker; The Happy Troll by Max Bolliger & Peter Sis; Happy with Me by Leo Timmers  

 April 16, 2016: Enchanted Pony Academy All That Glitters by Lisa Ann Scott

 April 18, 2017: Sloppy Wants a Hug by Sean Julian

 April 19, 2017: Melanie by Carol Carrick & Alisher Dianov; Happy by Emma Dodd; Crow by Leo Timmers; Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds

 April 21: Happy Birthday, Monster by Scott Beck; The Wild Swans by Ken Setterington & Nelly&Ernst Hofer

 April 25, 2017: A Mud Pie for Mother by Scott Beck; The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

 April 26, 2017: Komodo! by Peter Sis; Enchanted Pony Academy Wings That Shine by Lisa Ann Scott

 April 27, 2017: A Friend Like You by Andrea Schomburg & Barbara Rotten & Sean Julian; Pepito the Brave by Scott Beck; Together by Emma Dodd; Monsters Sleepover by Scott Beck; Always by Emma Dodd; Wish by Emma Dodd; Love by Emma Dodd; When I Grow Up by Emma Dodd; Enchanted Pony Academy Let It Glow by Lisa Ann Scott; Enchanted Pony Academy Dreams That Sparkle by Lisa Ann Scott

 April 28, 2017: Everything by Emma Dodd; The Entertainer by Emma Dodd

 April 29, 2017: My Best Friends by Anna Nilsen & Emma Dodd

 April 30 – May 2, 2017: Nailed Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed at All by David Fitzgerald

 May 6, 2017: Turtle Tug to the Rescue by Michael Slack; Forever by Emma Dodd; When You Were Born by Emma Dodd

 May 6 – June 19, 2017: So High a Blood The Story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor That Time Forgot by Morgan Ring

 May 6 – June 26, 2017: She-Wolves The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor

 May 12, 2017: My Dad by Steve Smallman & Sean Julian; My Family Is a Zoo by KA Gerrard & Emma Dodd; What Do You Like to Wear? By Hannay Reidy & Emma Dodd; Bear Can’t Sleep by Marni McGee & Sean Julian

 May 12 – June 1, 2017: From Eden to Exile Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible by Eric H. Cline  

 May 15, 2017: Foxy by Emma Dodd; I Love Bugs by Emma Dodd; Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish by Kate Messner & Andy Rash; A Donkey Reads by Muriel Mandell & Andre Letria

 May 16, 2017: Kubla Khan The Emperor of Everything by Kathleen Krull & Robert Byrd

 May 17, 2017: Foxy in Love by Emma Dodd; My Life as a Chicken by Ellen A Kelly & Michael Slack; The Little Wing Giver by Jacques Taravant & Peter Sis; Pirasaurs by Josh Funk & Michael Slack; Monkey Truck by Michael Slack; Elecopter by Michael Slack; Big brothers don’t take naps by Louise Borden & Emma Dodd; Nugget and Fang by Tammi Sauer & Michael Slack

 May 19, 2017: The Monster Diaries by Luciano Saracino & Poly Bernatene

 May 20, 2017: Giraffe Meets Bird by Rebecca Bender

 May 20 – 22, 2017: Okapis by Christy Steele

 May 23, 2017: Dirty Joe the Pirate a True Story by Bill Harley & Jack E. Davis; Tales of the Mushroom Folk by Signe Aspelin; Escargot by Dashka Slater & Sydney Hanson; King O’ the Cats by Aaron Shepard & Kristin Sorra

 May 24, 2017: My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo; Pandora by Victoria Turnbull; Cinderellaphant by Dianne de Las Casas & Stefan Jolet; The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky

 Mary 25, 2017: The Fox Wish by Kimiko Aman & Komako Sakai; Pretty Salma a Little Red Riding Story from Africa by Niki Daly; All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopman

 May 28, 2017: Twelve Dancing Unicorns by Alissa Heyman & Justin Gerard; The Moon Dragons by Dyan Sheldon & Gary Blythe; The Cajun Cornbread Boy by Dianne de Las Casas & Marita Gentry

 May 30, 2017: Sleeping Bobby by Will Osborne & Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; Cinderella by Max Eilenberg & Niamh Sharkey; Little Red Riding Hood by Lari Don & Celia Chauffrey & Imelda Staunton; Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton; How Robin Saved Spring by Debbie Ouellet & Nicoletta Ceccoli; The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett & Poly Bernatene; The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool & Alison Jay; The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson & Paul Howard; I’m Not Sleepy by Jane Chapman; Me Too, Grandma by Jane Chapman; Bedtime in the Forest by Kazuo Iwamura; Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox & Lydia Monks; Prince Ribbit by Jonathan Emmett & Poly Beratene; Otto the Owl Who Loved Poetry by Vern Kousky; Hoot and Holler by Alan Brown & Rimantas Rolla; Yard Sale by Mitra Modarressi; The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman; Taking Care of Mama by Mitra Modarressi; Little Owl’s Day by Divya Srinivasan; Little Owl’s Night by Divya Sirinivasan; Seven Fathers by Ashley Ramsden & Ed Young; Little Red by Bethan Woollvin; Puss in Boots by Joy Cowley & Sam-hyeon Kim

 May 31, 2017: The BFG by Roald Dahl; The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Mary Hoffman & Miss Clara

 June 1, 2017: Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine

 June 7, 2017: Scowl by Steve Smallman & Richard Watson; Because I Had a Teacher by Kobi Yamada & Natalie Russell

 June 7 – July 17, 2017: Helping Children Succeed What Works and Why by Paul Tough; Poverty and Schooling in the US Contexts and Consequences by Sue Books

 June 8, 2017: The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy & Niamh Sharkey; The Sons of the Dragon King by Ed Young; Moon Mother by Ed Young; The Magical Snow Garden by Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman; If Kisses Were Colors by Janet Lawler & Alison Jay; White Wave A Chinese Tale by Diane Wolkstein & Ed Young; Hoot and Peep by Lita Judge; Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin & Rob Dunlavey; Timothy Tugbottom Says No by Anne Tyler & Mitra Modarressi; Sleeping Bunny by Emily Snowell Keller & Pamela Silin-Palmer; Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie & Ed Young

 June 9, 2017: Hooray for Spring by Kazuo Iwamura; The Very Noisy Night by Diana Hendry & Jane Chapman; Hooray for Fall by Kazuo Iwamura; Hooray for Snow by Kazuo Iwamura

 June 10, 2017: The Not-So Scary Snorklum by Paul Bright & Jane Chapman

 June 12, 2017: Big Red and the Little Bitty Wolf by Jeanie Franz Ransom & Jennifer Zivoin; Sidney & Norman a tale of two pigs by Phil Vischer & Justin Gerard; Once Upon a Time, the End by Geoffrey Kloske & Barry Blitt; The Frog Prince Saves Sleeping Beauty by Charlotte Guillam & Dan Widdowson; October Smiled Back by Lisa Westberg Peters & Ed Young; The First Song Ever Sung by Laura Krauss Melmed & Ed Young; Desert Song by Tony Johnston & Ed Young; The Cat from Hunger Mountain by Ed Young; Lon Po Po a Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young; The Best Gift of All by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; Beyond the Great Mountains a Visual Poem about China by Ed Young; Clever Katya a Fairy Tale from Old Russia by Mary Hoffman & Marie Cameron; Hooray for Summer by Kazuo Iwamura; Hooray for Today by Brian Won; Moon Bear by Brenda Z Guiberson & Ed Young

 June 14, 2017: Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator & Alison Jay; Crabs, Crayfishes, and Their Relatives by Beth Blaxland

 June 15, 2017: Sun, Moon, and Stars by Mary Hoffman & Jane Ray

 June 18, 2017: Cats Are Cats by Nancy Larrick & Ed Young; For Biddle’s Sake by Gail Carson Levine; The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine; The Fairy’s Mistake by Gail Carson Levine

 June 19, 2017: The Fairy’s Return by Gail Carson Levine

 June 22, 2017: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine

 June 23, 2017: Gooseberry Goose by Claire Freedman & Vanessa Cabban; Down in the Woods at Sleepytime by Carole Lexa Schaefer & Vanessa Cabban; Where There’s a Bear, There’s Trouble by Michael Catchpool & Vanessa Cabban; Hooray for Hat by Brian Won

 June 24, 2017: Hurry Hurry Have You Heard by Laura Krauss Melmed & Jane Dyer; Jumbo’s Lullaby by Laura Krauss Melmed & Henri Sorensen; Through the Heart of the Jungle by Jonathan Emmett & Elena Gomez; Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley; The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney; Breezier, Chessier, Newest, and Bluest by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne; Under, Over, By the Clover by Brian P Cleary & Brian Gable; Twenty Heartbeats by Dennis Haseley & Ed Young

 June 25, 2017: Warhorses by Yusef Komunyakaa

 June 26, 2017: The Last Unicorn the Lost Version by Peter S. Beagle

 June 26 – June 30, 2017: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

 June 27, 2017: Betsy Who Cried Wolf by Gail Carson Levine & Scott Nash; The Hunter by Mary Casanova & Ed Young; The Princess and the Frogs by Veronica Bartles & Sara Palacios; Betsy Red Hoodie by Gail Carson Levine & Scott Nash

 June 29, 2017: Georgie’s Best Bad Day by Ruth Chan; The Cat Book by Silvia Borando; The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney

 June 30, 2017: Beauty and the Beast by H. Chuku Lee & Pat Cummings; Beauty and the Beast by Ursula Jones & Sarah Gibb; The Seal Mother by Mordicai Gerstein

 July 1, 2017: Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; Yaks Yak by Linda Sue Park & Jennifer Black Reinhardt; Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins; Where’s My Truck by Karen Beaumont & David Catrow; The Catawampus Cat by Jason Carter Eaton & Gus Gordon; Puss in Boots by Jerry Pinkney; A Most Mysterious Mouse by Antony Shugaar, Giovanna Zoboli, & Lisa D’Andrea; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling & Jerry Pinkney; Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack & Jerry Pinkney; Three Little Kittens by Jerry Pinkney; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jerry Pinkney; Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

 July 1 - 3 2017: Katherine Howard A New History by Conor Byrne

 July 3, 2017: Home Place by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins; The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney; The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart & Sydney Smith; Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead; The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry Pinkney; Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead & Erin E. Stead

 July 4, 2017: Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson

 July 7, 2017: Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins; Sidewalk Flowers by Jon Arno Lawson & Sydney Smith; Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins; Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole; Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; Sometimes It’s Storks by LJR Kelly & the Brothers Hilts; A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston; Big and Small, Room for All by Jo Ellen Bogart & Gillian Newland; Pinduli by Janell Cannon; Magic Box by Katie Cleminson; All the Awake Animals are almost asleep by Crescent Dragonwagon & David McPhail; Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park & Bagram Ibatoulline

 July 7 - 8, 2017: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

 July 8, 2017: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers; The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers; Clovis Crawfish and His Friends by Mary Alice Fontenot & Keith Graves; A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare by Brian P Cleary & Martin Goneau; Clovis Crawfish and Fedora Field Mouse by Mary Alice Fontenot & Scott R Blazek; Be Quiet by Ryan T Higgins; The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yep & Kam Mak; The Shell Woman & the King by Laurence Yep & Yang Ming-Yi; Verdi by Janell Cannon; Wilfred by Ryan Higgins; Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz & Sydney Smith; The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes by Laurence Yep & Jean&Mou-Sien Tseng; The Khan’s Daughter by Laurence Yep & Jean&Mou-Sien Tseng

 July 10, 2017: Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers; Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers; This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers; Cuddle Up, Goodnight by Katie Cleminson; Cat Knit by Jacob Grant

 July 13, 2017: The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers; Bad Boys by Margie Palatini & Henry Cole; Chicken Big by Keith Graves; Stuck by Oliver Jeffers; How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers; Jack’s Garden by Henry Cole; Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer & Oliver Jeffers

 July 14, 2017:  Three Nasty Gnarlies by Keith Graves; The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers; Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves; Livingstone Mouse by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole; Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole; Puppy by Keith Graves; Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketterman & Keith Graves; Desert Rose and Her Highfalutin Hog by Alison Jackson & Keith Graves; Dinorella a Prehistoric Fairy Tale by Pamela Duncan Howard & Henry Cole; The Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole

 July 15 - 26, 2017: Edward II the Unconventional King by Kathryn Warner

 July 24, 2017: A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton & Paul Howard; Little Bird’s Bad Word by Jacob Grant; Scaredy Kate by Jacob Grant; While the World Is Sleeping by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Daniel Kirk

 July 27, 2017: Hook by Ed Young; Diamond in the Snow by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; If… by Sarah Perry; The Girl Who Loved the Wind by Jane Yolen & Ed Young; All of You Was Singing by Richard Lewis & Ed Young; The Lost Horse by Ed Young; Petrouchka by Elizabeth Cleaver

 July 28, 2017: A Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer & Ed Young; The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky; A Ladder to the Stars by Simon Puttock & Alison Jay; The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed & Jim LaMarche

 July 29, 2017: Nailheads & Potato Eyes by Cynthia Basil & Janet McCaffery; The Girl’s Like Spaghetti by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons; This for That by Verna Aardema & Victoria Chess; All Ducks Are Birds (But Not All Birds Are Ducks) by Tara Michele Zrinski; Eats, Shoots, & Leaves by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons

 July 31, 2017: Tony by Ed Galing & Erin E. Stead

 August 1, 2017: What If… by Anthony Browne; Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne; Twenty-Odd Ducks by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons; A Cat Named Swan by Holly Hobbie; Into the Forest by Anthony Browne; The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker & Grace Lin

 August 11, 2017: Nursery Tales Around the World by Judy Sierra & Stefano Vitale

 August 11-12, 2017: I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew by Dr. Seuss

 August 13, 2017: I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano; The Wisdom of Owls by Debbie Mumm; The Butterfly’s Treasure by Schim Schimmel

 August 13 – 14, 2017: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving & Will Moses

 August 14 – 15, 2017: Blackwater by Eve Bunting

 August 15, 2017: The Red Tree by Shaun Tan; The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan; Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan; The Owl and the Lemming by Roselynn Akulukjuk & Amanda Sandland; The Butterfly Boy by Laurence Yep & Jeanne M. Lee

 August 16 – 17, 2017: Weird but True by Leslie Gilbert Elman

 August 18, 2017: Jeremiah Learns to Read by Jo Ellen Bogart & Laura Fernandez & Rick Jacobson; Princess Sophie and the Six Swans by Kim Jacobs; Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan; The Rabbits by John Marsden & Shaun Tan

 August 21, 2017: the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

 August 22 – 26, 2017: The Clockwork Teddy by John J. Lamb

 August 22 – 29, 2017: Choice Words by Peter H. Johnston;

 August 25 – October 24, 2017: Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design Choosing Among Five Approaches by John W. Creswell & Cheryl N. Poth

 August 30, 2017: Someday by Eileen Spinelli & Rosie Winstead; An Octopus Followed Me Home by Dan Yaccarino; Unlovable by Dan Yaccarino; The Little Bad Little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown & Dan Yaccarino; Cat Talk by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest; Your Moon, My Moon by Patricia MacLachlan & Bryan Collier

 September 3 - 9, 2017: The Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 9 -20, 2017: The False-Hearted Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 14, 2017: Painting the Wind by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan & Katy Schneider; I Am A Story by Dan Yaccarino; I Didn’t Do It by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest & Katy Schneider; The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli & Anne Wilsdorf; What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan & Barry Moser; The Moon’s Almost Here by Patricia MacLachlan & Tomie dePaola; A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen & Mike Lowery; The Word Collector by Sonja Wimmer; Someone Like Me by Patricia MacLachlan & Chris Sheban; Lala Salama A Tanzanian Lullaby by Patricia MacLachlan & Elizabeth Zunon

 September 15, 2017: The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman & Karin Littlewood; Tell Me What to Dream About by Giselle Potter

 September 16, 2017: The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas & Erin E. Stead

 September 20 - 25, 2017: The Crafty Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 21, 2017: The Women at the Well by Grace Bauer; Bittle by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan & Dan Yaccarino; Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; That Book Woman by Heather Henson & David Small; The Year I Didn’t Go to School by Giselle Potter; Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey & Giselle Potter; Crush by Richard Siken  

 September 21 – October 3, 2017: 1491 New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

 September 21 – October 19, 2017: The Poems of Emily Dickinson ed. by R.W. Franklin

 September 25 - 30, 2017: The Treacherous Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 28, 2017: Playing from the Heart by Peter H. Reynolds; Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds; The Water Princess by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds; I watched you disappear by Anya Krugovoy Silver

 September 30, 2017: Trail of Stones by Gwen Strauss; Classic Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm by Francesca Rossi; Six Blind Mice and an Elephant by Jude Daly

 October 1 - 5, 2017: Treasures in Dust by Tracey Porter

 October 4 - 7, 2017: How To Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia

 October 5, 2017: The Town In the Library by E. Nesbit; The Last of the Dragons by E. Nesbit & Peter Firmin; The Rainforest Grew All Around by Susan K. Mitchell & Connie McLennan; Melisande by E. Nesbit & PJ Lynch; The Mysterious Traveler by Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham, & PJ Lynch; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by PJ Lynch; Jack and the Beanstalk by E. Nesbit & Matt Taveres; Louisiana Through My Lens by Chad Guidry & Yvette Naquin; The King of Ireland’s Son by Brendan Behan & PJ Lynch; Lionel and the Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit & Michael Hague; Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood & PJ Lynch; Llama Llama Time to Share by Anne Dewdney

 October 6 - 8, 2017: Quotes That Will Change Your Life ed. by Russ Kick

 October 6, 2017: Tashi and the Forbidden Room by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, & Kim Gamble; Who Said by Jennifer Michael Hecht; From Nothing by Anya Krugovoy Silver; Catkin by Antonia Barber & PJ Lynch; Splat Says Thank You by Rob Scotton; The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler; Hey That’s My Monster by Amanda Noll & Howard McWilliam

 October 7, 2017: Tashi by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, & Kim Gamble; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Jon Erickson & Jan Morgensen; Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Cynthia Rylant & Jen Corace; The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy; Transformations by Anne Sexton; My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett & Ruth Chrisman Gannett; Elmer and the Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett & Ruth Chrisman Gannett; The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett & Ruth Chrisman Gannett

 October 8 - 27, 2017: Voodoo Queen the Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau by Martha Ward

 October 12, 2017: The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Adrian Mitchell & Jonathan Heale; There Once Was a Boy Called Tashi by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, & Kim Gamble; Russel’s Christmas Magic by Rob Scotton; Love, Splat by Rob Scotton; The Straw Maid by Anita Lobel; Splish, Splash, Splat by Rob Scotton; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Joohee Yoon; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Thomas Di Grazia

 October 13, 2017: Splat the Cat and the Late Library Book by Cari Meister & Robert Eberz; Russell and the Lost Treasure by Rob Scotton; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Paul Galdone; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Rachel Isadora

 October 17, 2017: The Frog Princess by Elizabeth Isle & Michael Hague

 October 18 – 19, 2017: The Swan’s Stories by Hans Christian Anderson, Brian Alderson, & Chris Riddell

 October 19, 2017: The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Eve’s Red Dress by Diane Lockward; Poisoned Apples Poems for You My Pretty by Christine Heppermann; Voices of the Trojan War by Kate Hovey & Leonid Gore; the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

 October 21, 2017: The Foxwood Surprise by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Foxwood Smugglers by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Fairies by William Allingham & Michael Hague; Calendarbears by Kathleen & Michael Hague; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Fred Marcellino & To Seidler; The Unicorn Alphabet by Marianna Meyer & Michael Hague; Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton; Michael Hague’s Treasury of Christmas Carols; Splat and the Cool School Trip by Rob Scotton; Robbery at Foxwood by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Foxwood Kidnap by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Foxwood Regatta by Cynthia & Brian Paterson

 October 23, 2017: Speaking of Art Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters ed. by Bob Raczka; Secret Agent Splat by Rob Scotton; Marilyn’s Monster by Michelle Knudsen & Matt Phelan; The Foxwood Treasure by Cynthia & Brian Paterson

 October 24, 2017: Into the Dark & Emptying Field by Rachel McKibbens; Argus by Michelle Knudson & Andrea Wesson; Rainbow in the Cloud the Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou

 October 25, 2017: Quotes Every Man Should Know ed. Nick Mamatas

 October 27, 2017: A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton; Druthers by Matt Phelan; Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall & Matt Phelan; Cloud Country by Noah Klocek & Bonny Becker; What Are You Waiting For? By Scott Menchin & Matt Phelan; The New Girl by Jacqui Robbins & Matt Phelan; Have a Look, Says Book by Richard Jackson & Kevin Hawkes; The Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen & Kevin Hawkes; Always by Ann Stott & Matt Phelan; The Christmas Crocodile by Bonny Becker & David Small; I’ll Be There by Ann Stott & Matt Phelan; Dogosaurus Rex by Anna Staniszewski & Kevin Hawkes; A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton; The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky & Kevin Hawkes; How the End Begins by Cynthia Cruz

 November 1, 2017: The Sniffles for Bear by Bonny Becker & Katy MacDonald Denton; Just a Minute by Bonny Becker & Jack E Davis; A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen, Marilyn Nelson, Pamela Espeland, & Kevin Hawkes; Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle & Matt Phelan; A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton; Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park & Matt Phelan; A Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton  

 November 2, 2017: Dreamland by Roni Schotter & Kevin Hawkes; Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Anne Isaacs & Kevin Hawkes; This Beautiful Day by Richard Jackson & Suzy Lee; Bartleby Speaks by Robin Cruise & Kevin Hawkes; When Giants Come to Play by Andrea Beaty & Kevin Hawkes; Me, All Alone at the End of the World by MT Anderson & Kevin Hawkes; In Plain Sight by Richard Jackson & Jerry Pinkney

 November 3, 2017: Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison & Kevin Hawkes

 November 6 - 8, 2017: Wunderkammer by Cynthia Cruz

 November 8, 2017: The Library of Alexandria by Kelly Trumble & Robina MacIntyre Marshall; Ruin by Cynthia Cruz

 November 9, 2017: Averno by Louisa Gluck; The Land of Froud ed. by David Larkin; Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman & Kevin Hawkes; And to Think that We Thought that We’d Never Be Friends by Mary Ann Hoberman & Kevin Hawkes; A Thanksgiving Comedy Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler & Frank Ansley; Over There by Steve Pilcher; All Ears, All Eyes by Richard Jackson & Katherine Tillotson

 November 10, 2017: What’s the Hurry, Fox? And Other Animal Stories

 November 10 - 14, 2017: Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

 November 16, 2017: Humble Pie by Jennifer Donnelly & Stephen Gammel; Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman & Divya Srinivasn; Little Rabbit’s New Baby by Harry Horse; Here She Is! By Catherine LeBlanc & Eve Tharlet

 November 17, 2017: Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back by Joseph Bruchac, Jonathan London, & Thomas Locker

 November 20, 2017: blinking with fists by Billy Corgan

 November 20 – 21, 2017: Feminine Gospels by Carol Ann Duffy

 November 21, 2017: If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul & David Walker; Anything for You by John Wallace & Harry Horse; Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Dragons Love Tacos 2 The Sequel by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; A Friend for Little Bear by Harry Horse; Aida by Leontyne Price, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon; Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse; Will You Still Love Me If…? By Catherine Leblanc & Eve Tharlet; Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse; Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; One for All, All for One by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet; Little Rabbit Runaway by Harry Horse; A Ball for All by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet; Little Rabbit’s Christmas by Harry Horse; A Promise Is a Promise by Knister & Eve Tharlet

 November 22, 2017: Last Psalm at Sea Level by Meg Day; A Child Is a Child by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet; Dear Dragon by Josh Funk & Rodolof Montalvo; Human Rights by Joseph Lease; A Man In My Position by Norman MacCaig

 November 22 - 26, 2017: 24 Stories for Advent by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlot

 November 23, 2017: where the apple falls by Samiya Bashir

 November 24, 2017: Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines by Natalie Wee; The Spring Rabbit by Joyce Dunbar & Susan Varley; She Persisted 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger; The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse by Miriam Norton & Garth Williams

 November 25, 2017: Uppity Women Speak Their Minds by Vicki Leon  

 November 28, 2017: Grumbles from the Forest Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist by Jane Yolen, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, & Matt Mahurin; This Book Will Not Be Fun by Cirocco Dunlap & Olivier Tallec; The Elf’s Hat by Brigitte Weninger & John A. Rowe; Ragged Bear by Brigitte Weninger & Alan Marks; Lumina by Brigitte Weninger & Julie Wintz-Litty; Bye-Bye Binky by Brigitte Weninger & Yusuke Yonezu; Goodnight Nori by Brigitte Weninger & Yusuke Yonezu; Don’t Blink by Tom Booth;

 November 28 - 30, 2017: War of the Foxes by Richard Siken

 November 29, 2017: Imagine That How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat by Judy Sierra & Kevin Hawkes; Apex Predators by Steve Jenkins

 November 29 - 30, 2017: Heroines Great Women Through the Ages by Rebecca Hazell

 November 30 – December 2, 2017: Garfield at Large by Jim Davis

 December 2, 2017: Sister Day by Lisa Mantchev & Sonia Sanchez; Meet the Dullards by Sara Pennypacker & Daniel Salmieri; The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski; Henry & Leo by Pamela Zagarenski; Someday, Narwhal by Lisa Mantchev & Hyewon Yum; Happy Birthday, Cupcake by Terry Border; Milk Goes to School by Terry Border

 December 3, 2017: Peanut Butter & Cupcake by Terry Border; Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue & Pamela Zagarenski; Red Sings from Treetops A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman & Pamela Zagarenski

 December 4 - 7, 2017: A Book about Names by Milton Meltzer & Mischa Richter

 December 5, 2017: The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken; Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev & Taeeun Yoo; Temple Cat by Andrew Clements & Kate Kiesler

 December 7, 2017: The Christmas Teddy Bear by Ivan Gantschev; Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Those Darn Squirrels Fly South by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Anklet for a Princess a Cinderella Story from India by Lila Mehta, Meredith Brucker, & Youshan Tang; The Jade Necklace by Paul Yee & Grace Lin; If the Shoe Fits Voices from Cinderella by Laura Whipple & Laura Beingessner; This Is Just to Say Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman & Pamela Zagarenski; Cinderella by Diane Goode; Cinderella by Amy Ehrlich & Susan Jeffers; Something about a Bear by Jackie Morris

 December 8, 2017: The Gospel Cinderella by Joyce Carol Thomas & David Diaz; The Red Thread an Adoption Fairy Tale by Grace Lin; Mariana and the Merchild by Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris; The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller; Sun and Moon Folk Tales by Various Artists; Cinderella by Sarah L. Thomson & Nicoletta Ceccoli; The Cat and the Fiddle a Treasure of Nursery Rhymes by Jackie Morris; I Am Cat by Jackie Morris; Lord of the Forest by Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris; The Snow Leopard by Jaackie Morris; The Seal Children by Jackie Morris; The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin; The Gift by Carol Ann Duffy & Rob Ryan; Cinderella by Paul Galdone; Cinderella by Peter Elwell & Jada Rowland; The Time of the Lion by Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris  

 December 8 - 12, 2017: Out of the Ark Stories from the World’s Religions by Anita Ganeri & Jackie Morris

 December 12, 2017: Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris; The Sea King's Daughter by Aaron Shepard & Gennady Spirin; Song of the Golden Hare by Jackie Morris; The Bad Seed by Jory John & Pete Oswald; Savitri a Tale of Ancient India by Aaron Shepard & Vera Rosenberry; The Ice Bear by Jackie Morris; A Small Book of Unicorns by Jay Burch & Josephine Bradley; King o’ the Cats by Aaron Shepard & Kristin Sorra; Silence by Lemniscates  

 December 12 - 20, 2017: Hatching Magic by Ann Downer

 December 13, 2017: Sweet Dreams, Bruno by Knister & Eve Tharlot; Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry; The Seal Mother by Mordicai Gerstein; Abadeha The Philippine Cinderella by Myrna J. de la Paz & Youshan Tang; The Princess Mouse a Tale of Finland by Aaron Shepard & Leonid Gore; One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes! A Very Grimm Fairy Tale by Aaron Shepard & Gary Clement; The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo & Robert Florczak; The Magic Brocade a Tale of China by Aaron Shepard & Xiaojun Li; The Crystal Heart a Vietnamese Legend by Aaron Shepard & Joseph Daniel Fiedler

December 14, 2017: Cendrillon A Cajun Cinderella by Sheila Hebert Collins & Patrick Soper; Blanchette et les Sept Petits Cajuns A Cajun Snow White by Sheila Hebert Collins & Patrick Soper; How the Stars Fell into the Sky A Navajo Legend by Jerrie Oughton & Lisa Desimini; Older Brother, Younger Brother A Korean Folktale by Nina Jaffe & Wenhai Ma; The Magic Weaver of Rugs A Tale of the Navajo by Jerrie Oughton & Lisa Desimini; Penguin Problems by Jory John & Lane Smith; I Love You Already by Jory John & Benji Davies; The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems by Jackie Morris; A Treasury of Mermaids Mermaid Tales from around the World by Shirley Climo and Jean&Mou-sien Tseng; Kongi and Potgi A Cinderella Story from Korea by Oki S. Han; The Golden Flower a Taino Myth from Puerto Rico by Nina Jeffe & Enrigue O. Sanchez; The First Strawberries a Cherokee Story by Joseph Bruchac & Anna Vojteck; Thumbelina by Brian Pinkney; Jolie Blonde and the Three Heberts by Sheila Hebert Collins & Patrick Soper; The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller; One Cheetah, One Cherry by Jackie Morris; Quit Calling Me a Monster by Jory John & Bob Shea; Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck & Anita Lobel; Wilfred by Ryan Higgins; Cendrillon a Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci & Brian Pinkney; The Story of the Milky Way a Cherokee Tale by Joseph Bruchach, Gayle Ross, & Virginia A. Stroud; Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr. Seuss; The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale & Winslow Pinney Pels; The Lost Dinosaur Bone by Mercer Mayer; Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs by Freya Littledale & Susan Jeffers; The Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis & Susan Varley; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett & Ron Barrett; The Unicorn of the West by Alma Flor Ada & Abigail Pizer

December 15, 2017: Scrambled Eggs Super by Dr. Seuss; The Dream Collector by Troon Harrison and Alan&Lea Daniel; Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman; The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater & The Fan Brothers; Ike’s Incredible Ink by Brianne Farley

 December 16 - 19, 2017: Twelfth Night by Shakespeare

 December 17, 2017: Know-It-Alls Wolves; We Are Wolves by Molly Grooms & Lucia Guarnotta; The Tale of the Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt & Tim Jonke; The Legend of the Three Trees by Catherine McCafferty & Gene ‘n Geppy Productions; The Penguin Who Wanted to Sparkle by Kath Smith & Sophie Groves; Antarctic Antics a Book of Penguin Poems by July Sierra, Jose Aruego, & Ariane Dewey; Mary, Did You Know? By Mark Lowry & Phil Boatwright; Clovis Crawfish and His Friends by Mary Alice Fontenot & R. A. Keller

 December 17 - 18, 2017: The Word Play Almanac by O. V. Michaelsen

 December 18, 2017: The Little Drummer Boy by Katherine Davis, Henry Onoratt, Harry Simone, & Kristina Rodanas; Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott & Toma Feizo Gas; hello sunshine a little book of happy by Freya Ete; The Legend of the Jersey Devil by Trinka Hakes Noble & Gerald Kelley; The Frog Prince by Paul Galdone; The Drummer Boy by SooHyeon Min & Peggy Nille; The Turtle and the Monkey by Paul Galdone; King of the Birds by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller; Nobody Rides the Unicorn by Adrian Mitchell & Stephen Lambert; The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater & Catia Chien; Kamik an Inuit Puppy Story by Donald Uluadluak & Qin Leng; Hansy’s Mermaid by Trinka Hakes Noble; The People of Twelve Thousand Winters by Trinka Hakes Noble & Jim Madsen

 December 19, 2017: Antigonick by Sophokles translated by Anne Carson; Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus translated by George Thomson; Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish & Fritz Siebel; Amelia Bedelia and the Baby by Peggy Parish & Lynn Sweat; Good Work, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish & Lynn Sweat; Monster Goose by Judy Sierra & Jack E. Davis; Once Upon a Mouse by Lockie Holt & Amye Rosenberg; This Great Unknowing Last Poems by Denise Levertov; milk and honey by Rupi Kaur

 December 19 - 21, 2017: Sisters of Glass by Stephanie Hemphill; Fooling around with Shakespeare by Glenda Richmond Slater & Dale Goss Mozley  

 December 20, 2017: Can You Guess My Name? by Judy Sierra & Stefano Vitale; Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith

 December 21, 2017: The Christmas House by Carol Bullman & Jim Madsen; The King’s Tea by Trinka Hakes Noble; Tuko and the Birds a Tale from the Philippines by Shirley Climo & Francisco X. Mora; When I Was Little Like You by Jill Paton Walsh & Stephen Lambert; It’s a Book by Lane Smith; A Perfect Day by Lane Smith; Tuki and Moka a Tale of Two Tamarins by Judy Young & Jim Madsen; Grandpa Green by Lane Smith; Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam & Lane Smith; There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith; Fly by Night by June Crebbin & Stephen Lambert

 December 21 – 22: Louisa the Poisoner by Tanith Lee

 December 22, 2017: Day Dreamers a Journey of Imagination by Emily Winfield Martin; The Little Drummer Boy by Katherine Davis, Henry Onoratt, Harry Simone, & Ezra Jack Keats; The Littlest Family’s Big Day by Emily Winfield Martin; Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen; Dream Animals a Bedtime Journey by Emily Winfield Martin; The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

 December 22 - 24, 2017: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl; A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

 December 23, 2017: Ariel The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath; Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst & Lane Smith; Glasses who needs ‘em? By Lane Smith; The Crossing by Donna Jo Napoli & Jim Madsen; Brother Wolf a Seneca Tale by Harriet Peck Taylor; The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka & Steve Johnson; Triangle by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen; That’s Me Loving You by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Teagan White; Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide & Lane Smith; The Big Pets by Lane Smith; Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies by Harriet Peck Taylor; Coyote Places the Stars by Harriet Peck Taylor; Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith

 December 23 - 29, 2017: The Bhagavad-Gita Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War translated by Barbara Stoler Miller

 December 24, 2017: Sarah’s Unicorn by Bruce&Katherine Coville; How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers; Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers; The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers; The Velveteen Rabbit the Classic Edition by Margery Williams Bianco & Charles Santore; East of the Sun & West of the Moon by Mercer Mayer; The Beastly Visits by Mitra Modarressi; The Last Bit Bear by Sandra Chisholm Robinson & Ellen Ditzler Meloy; Dear Children of the Earth a Letter from Home by Schim Schimmel; Monster Stew by Mitra Modarressi; Children of the Earth… Remember by Schim Schimmel; The Family of Earth by Schim Schimmel; Owlet’s First Flight by Mitra Modarressi; Stone Soup by Ann Mcgovern & Winslow Pinney Pels; Oddfellow’s Orphanage by Emily Winfield Martin

 December 24 – 28, 2017: Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

 December 25, 2017: A Treasury of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories by Beatrix Potter; Petrouchka the Story of the Ballet by John Collier & Vivian Werner; The Random House Book of Stories from the Ballet by Geraldine McCaughrean & Angela Barrett; A Ring of Tricksters Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa by Virginia Hamilton & Barry Moser

 December 26, 2017: Zoe’s Cats by Zoe Stokes; This Morning I Held a Rose by Tina Hacker & Anne Jaeschke; a couple of local boys by George Rodrigue & Gus Well; Constellations by Larry Sessions; Singing Away the Dark by Caroline Woodward & Julie Morstad; Swan the Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder & Julie Morstad; The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris van Allsburg; Just a Dream by Chris van Allsburg; While You Were Napping by Jenny Offill & Barry Blitt; Boo Who? By Ben Clanton; We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner & Ben Clanton; The Table Sets Itself by Ben Clanton; It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton; Adventures with Barefoot Critters An ABC Book by Teagan White; Bunny Roo, I Love You by Melissa Marr & Teagan White; Counting with Barefoot Critters by Teagan White; Something Extraordinary by Ben Clanton

 December 27, 2017: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz & Robert Byrd

 December 27 – 28, 2017: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

 December 28, 2017: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman; Bruce’s Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins; Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Randall Jarrell & Nancy Ekholm Burkert; Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi; Big Wolf & Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec; The Grumpy Pets by Kristine A. Lombardi; Hurricane by David Wiesnir; Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey; Good night, laila tov by Laurel Snyder & Jui Ishida; The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams & Graham Percy; Inside the Slidy Diner by Laurel Snyder & Jaime Zollars; Lovey Bunny by Kristine A. Lombardi; Found You, Little Wombat! By Angela McAllister & Charles Fuge; Good Day, Good Night by Margaret Wise Brown & Loren Long; Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea; The Nutcracker in Harlem by TE McMorrow & James Ransome; Beauty and the Beast by Jan Brett; The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone; Twinkle, Twinkle An Animal Lover’s Mother Goose by Bobbi Fabian; Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Galdone; Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey by Johanna Skibsrud, Sarah Blacker, & Julie Morstad; Two Bad Ants by Chris van Allsburg; Letters to a Prisoner by Jacques Goldstyn; Big Wolf & Little Wolf the Little Leaf that Wouldn’t Fall by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec; Franklin’s Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell & Katie Harnett; Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper; Hedgehugs Autumn Hide-and-Squeek by Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper; Jumanji by Chris van Allsburg; Hedgehugs and the Hattiepillar by Steve Wilson & Lucy Tappers; Big Wolf & Little Wolf Such a Beautiful Orange by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec; Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey

 December 28 - 30, 2017: Trickster Native American Tales a Graphic Collection; Disenchantments An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry ed. by Wolfgang Mieder

 December 29, 2017: Sky Sisters by Jan Bourdeau & Brian Deines; Thumbelina by James Riordan & Wayne Anderson; When Green Becomes Tomatoes Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano & Julie Morstad; Art Up Close from Ancient to Modern by Clair d’Harcourt; The Mare’s Egg by Carole Spray & Kim La Fave; The Black Geese a Baba Yaga Story from Russia by Alison Lurie & Jessica Souhami; Yeh-Shen a Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling’Louie & Ed Young; Rapunzel by Amy Ehrlic & Chris Waldherr; The Elves and the Shoemaker by Margaret Walty; The Trojan Horse by Warrick Hutton; The Princess and the Pea by Paul Galdone; A Frog Prince by Alix Berenzy; Puss in Boots by Paul Galdone; The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall; Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman; Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall; Otto Runs for President by Rosemary Wells; Kindergators Miracle Melts Down by Rosemary Wells; Jack and the Beanstalk by Rosemary Wells & Norman Messenger; Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells; Bamboo for Me, Bamboo for You by Fran Manushkin & Purificacion Hernandez; The Forgotten Pumpkin by Hugh G Earnhart & Susan Ertel; Mouse by Zebo Ludvicek; You’re All Kinds of Wonderful by Nancy Tillman; Elmer and the Tune by David McKee; I Can’t Sleep! By Owen Hart & Caroline Pedler; Where, oh where, is baby bear? By Ashley Wolf; Platypus by Sue Whiting & Mark Jackson; The King and the Magician by Jorge Bucay & Gusti; Knitty Kitty by David Elliot & Christopher Denise; Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill & Charles Fuge; Moonlight by Helen V Griffith & Laura Dronzek; C is for City by Nikki Grimes & Pat Cummings; Wolf Won’t Bite! By Emily Gravett; Zathura by Chris van Allsburg; Who Goes There? By Karma Wilson & Anna Currey; A Frog in the Bog by Joan Rankin & Karma Wilson; June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner; Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner; Tuesday by David Wiesner; The Three Pigs by David Wiesner; Mama, Why? By Karma Wilson & Simon Mendez; The Longest Night a Passover Story by Laurel Snyder & Catia Chien

 December 30, 2017: The Pretext by Rae Armantrout; The Enemies of Leisure by John Gery; Dance of the Swan a Story about Anna Pavlova by Barbara Allman & Shelly O. Haas; Sparky by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans; Sylvia Plath Drawings; Richard Scarry’s The Animals’ Merry Christmas; Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes; Sammy the Classroom Guinea Pig by Alix Berenzy; The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz & Trina S Hyman; The Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger & Julie Downing; The Snow Angel by Angela McAllister & Claire Fletcher; One Winter’s Day by M Christina Butler & Tina Macnaughton; The Winter Fox by Timothy Knapman & Rebecca Harry; First Snow by Peter McCarty; The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora; The Brave Little Seamstress by Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; The Forest by Claire A Nivola; Dinosaur Christmas by Jerry Pallotta & Howard McWilliam; Thumper’s Little Sisters by Walt Disney; Anna Is Our Babysitter by Brittany Candua & the Disney Storybook Art Team; Snowy Valentine by David Petersen; Animals Aboard by Andrew Fusek Peters & Jim Coplestone; October Smiled Back by Lisa Westberg Peters & Ed Young; The No-No Bird by Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Peters, & Jim Coplestone; Little Flower by Gloria Rand & RW Alley; Scaredy Cat by Joan Rankin; I am so Handsome by Mario Ramos; Buddy and Earl go to School by Maureen Fergus & Carey Sookocheff; The Sandwich Swap by Rania Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio, & Tricia Tusa; Our Kid by Tony Ross; I Don’t Want to be a Frog by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt; I Don’t Want to be Big by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt; Tricky by Kari Rust; Odd One Out by Danille Chaperon & Iris; The Best Tailor in Pinbaue by Eymard Toledo; Here Is Big Bunny by Steve Henry; Many the Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies & Emily Sutton; Theophobia by Bruce Beasley; It’s Happy Bunny What’s Your Sign? By Jim Benton; Confessions to My Mother by Cathy Guisewite; The Soul Bird by Michal Snunit; Delivered by Sarah Gambito; Partially Kept by Martha Ronk; And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou; I Am Phoenix by Paul Fleischman & Ken Nutt; Night by Etel Adnan; The 13th Sunday after Pentecost by Joseph Bathanti

 December 31, 2017: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park; Shane by Jack Schaefer; Animal Farm by George Orwell; precis by Jose Felipe Alvergue; Lullaby (with Exit Sign) by Hadara Bar-Nadav; Tales of the Mushroom Folk by Signe Aspelin; Lessons of a Turtle (the little book of life) by Sandy Gingras; Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry; Trio the Tale of a Three-legged Cat by Andrea Wisnewski; Minty a Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Ala Schroeder & Jerry Pinkney; Next Year Hope in the Dust by Ruth Vander Zee & Gary Kelley; The Boy and the Whale by Mordicai Gerstein; Tobor by Guido van Genechten

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Playlist musicale 2017 (1/2)

Liste des chansons (playlist 2017 - part. 1)

Mise à jour : 1e juillet 2017

playlist 2019 (part. 1)

playlist 2018 (part. 2), playlist 2018 (part. 1)

playlist 2017 (part. 2), playlist 2017 (part. 1)

playlist 2016 (part. 2), playlist 2016 (part. 1)

playlist 2015

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A

A Perfect Circle - Judith (2000)

AC/DC - Thunderstruck (1990)

Jeanne Added - Miss It All (2015)

Alice In Chains - Voices (2013)

Antony and the Johnsons - Fistful of love (2005)

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)

Archive - Feel It (2015)

Asaf Avidan - Your Anchor (2016)

Audioslave - Show Me How to Live (2002)

Awolnation - Sail (2011)

B

Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Intro (1990)

Erykah Badu - Window Seat (2010)

Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine (1937)

Daniel Balavoine - Vivre ou survivre (1982)

Alain Bashung - Résidents De La République (2008)

Beastie Boys - Sabotage (1994)

The Beatles - Penny Lane (1967)

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968)

Beck - Where It's At (1996)

Bénabar - Je suis de celles (2003)

Michel Berger - Le Paradis Blanc (1990)

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (1956)

Black Mountain - Old Fangs (2010)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Rival (2013)

The Black Keys - Dead and Gone (2011)

The Black Keys - Too Afraid To Love You (2010)

The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (from The Blues Brothers - 1980)

Blur - Song 2 (1997)

Tracy Bonham - The One (1996)

Benjamin Booker - Have You Seen My Son? (2014)

Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions (1962)

David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind (1976)

The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (1979)

C

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wide Lovely Eyes (2013)

Tracy Chapman - The Promise (1995)

Louis Chedid - On ne dit jamais assez aux gens qu'on aime qu'on les aime (2011)

The Clash - Rock the Casbah (1982)

Joe Cocker (cover Wayne Carson Thompson) - The Letter (1970)

CocoRosie - Fairy Paradise (2010)

Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (2002)

The Commitments (cover Otis Redding) - Try a Little Tenderness (1991/1966)

Chris Cornell - You know my name (from Casino Royale - 2006)

The Cranberries - Dreams (1993)

Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake (1998)

The Cure - Lullaby (1989)

D

Miles Davis - So What (1959)

Dead Meadow - What Needs Must Be (2008)

Depeche Mode - Where's the Revolution (2017)

Alela Diane - Rose and Thorn (2012)

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1978)

The Dø - Slippery Slope (2011)

Peter Doherty - Kolly Kibber (2016)

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (1970)

Nick Drake- River Man (1969)

Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed (from Wonder Boys - 2000)

E

Eels - Susan's House (1996)

F

Mylène Farmer - Je Te Dis Tout (2012)

Fatboy Slim - Praise You (1998)

Lee Fields and the Expressions - Faithful Man (2012)

Florence + The Machine - Drumming Song (2009)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen tons (1955)

Franz Ferdinand - Love Illumination (2013)

John Fullbright - Gawd Above (2012)

G

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (1986/1994)

Serge Gainsbourg - L'Eau à La Bouche (1960)

Serge Gainsbourg - La chanson de Prévert (1961)

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (1995)

Girls in Hawaii - Misses (2013)

Gossip - Eyes Open (2006)

Gotan Project - Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) (2001)

Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know (2011)

Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle (1987)

H

Johnny Hallyday - Noir C´est Noir (1977)

Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton - Freedom (from Django Unchained - 2012)

Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today (1966)

Jacques Higelin - Champagne (1979)

Eddie Holman - I Love You (1969)

How To Destroy Angels - How Long? (2013)

Romain Humeau – Amour (2016)

I

IAM - Grands rêves, grandes boîtes (2017)

Izia - So Much Trouble (2011)

J

JBM - Winter Ghosts (2012)

Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl (2003)

Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (2002/1976)

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bag of Bones (2012)

Michel Jonasz - La boîte de Jazz (1985)

Norah Jones - Don't Know Why (2002)

Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues (1969)

Gary Jules (cover Tears for Fears) - Mad World (2001)

K

Kasabian - You're In Love With a Psycho (2017)

The Killers - Andy you're a star (2004)

The Kinks - You Really Got Me (1964)

L

Lake Street Dive - You Go Down Smooth (2013)

Bernard Lavilliers - Noir Et Blanc (1986)

Maxime Le Forestier - San Francisco (2002/1972)

Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (1969)

The Libertines - You're My Waterloo (2015)

London Grammar - Rooting For You (2017)

Louise Attaque - Ton invitation (1997)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (1973/2015)

M

M, Toumani Diabate, Sidiki Diabaté, Fatoumata Diawara - Manitoumani (2017)

Paul McCartney - My Valentine (2012)

Marilyn Manson (cover Depeche Mode) - Personal Jesus (2004/1989)

Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu (2000)

Massive Attack (Feat. Hope Sandoval) - The Spoils (2016)

MGMT - Time To Pretend (2007)

Eddy Mitchell - La dernière séance (1976)

Monster Magnet - Space Lord (1998)

The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (1967)

Morcheeba - Slowdown (2002)

Muse - Plug In Baby (2001)

N

Israel Nash - Rain Plans (2013)

Nazca - For the Braves (2016)

Nine Inch Nails - Burning Bright (Field On Fire) (2016)

Nirvana - Lithium (1991)

Noir Désir - Un Jour En France (1996)

O

Angel Olsen - Not Gonna Kill You (2016)

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay (1980)

Opeth - Windowpane (2003)

P

Pink Floyd - Time (1973)

Antonio Pinto - Warlord (from Lord Of War) (2005)

Placebo - Every You Every Me (1998)

The Police - Walking On The Moon (1979)

Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You (2009)

Iggy Pop (Feat. Kate Pierson) - Candy (1990)

Iggy Pop & Goran Bregović - In The Death Car (from Arizona Dream - 1993)

Portishead - Numb (1994)

The Pretty Reckless - Take Me Down (2016)

Denez Prigent (Feat. Lisa Gerrard) - Gortoz a ran (2000)

Public Enemy - Can’t Truss It (1991)

Q

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (1978)

Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister (2005)

R

The Raconteurs - Level (2006)

Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time (1979)

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (1992)

Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side (1972)

Renaud - C'est quand qu'on va où (1994)

Rival Sons - Tied Up (2016)

The Rolling Stones - Angie (1973)

S

Shaka Ponk - I'm Picky (2011)

William Sheller - Un Homme Heureux (1991)

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (1964)

Skye | Ross - Light of Gold (2016)

Skunk Anansie - Brazen (Weep) (1996)

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (1979)

Snow Patrol - Run (2003)

Soan - No Pasa Nada (2013)

Sonic Youth (cover The Carpenters) - Superstar (1994/1971)

Alain Souchon - La ballade de Jim (1985)

Soundgarden - Black Rain (2010)

Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World (1996)

Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)

Regina Spektor - Small Bill$ (2016)

Spin Doctors - Two Princes (1991)

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)

Fredrika Stahl - The World to Come (from Demain - 2015)

Sting - 50,000 (2016)

The Stranglers - Always The Sun (1986)

The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness (2011)

Stromae - Tous Les Mêmes (2013)

Didier Super - Comme un enfant au Brésil (Les enfants faut les brûler) (2008)

System Of A Down - Chop Suey! (2001)

T

T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On) (1971)

Téléphone - Un autre monde (1984)

Kate Tempest - Europe Is Lost (2016)

Texas - I Don't Want A Lover (1989)

Thievery Corporation - Amerimacka (2016)

Tricky - Hell Is Round the Corner (1995)

U

U2 - With Or Without You (1987)

US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (1993)

V

Suzanne Vega - Crack In The Wall (2014)

The Velvet Underground - I’m Waiting For The Man (1967)

W

Tom Waits - Hold On (1999)

Weezer - Say It Ain't So (1994)

Jack White - Love Interruption (2012)

The White Stripes - Jolene (2004)

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (1971)

Woodkid - Iron (2011)

Wovenhand - Corsicana Clip (2014)

Shannon Wright - The Thirst (2017)

Shannon Wright - With closed eyes (2004)

X

The xx - Angels (2012)

Y

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night (2003)

Neil Young - Old Man (1972)

Z

Zebda - Tomber La Chemise (1998)

[musicaltheatregaluniverse-blog]

Authenticity

(Buendgens-Kosten, Judith 2014, Authenticity, ELTjournal)

“Authenticity is a characteristic of the relationship between the passage and the reader and it has to do with the appropriate response.”(Buendgens-Kosten, Judith 2014). In creative practises, the artist give themselves solely to their audience with no boundary (Johnson, Luke 2018, Week 2). The book “Authenticity” by David Posen discusses “listening to your body, understanding your mind, and making better choices in your life (House of Anansi Press, 2018). This is essential as a creative practitioner; ensuring your work is unique and you are kind and true to yourself. I believe its important to be authentic as a creative practitioner, safeguarding your role in the industry and being a truthful contender.

[rschristian]

Artists’ Books at the National Museum of African Art   On Art Versed (April 2017)

I recently got back from a short, museum-packed trip to Washington, D.C. for spring break. Do you remember the museum scene from Passport to Paris? It was a little like that, except unlike Mary-Kate and Ashley, I had a blast. Among the multiple Smithsonian institutions I visited, one of my favorites was the National Museum of African Art (not to be confused with the National Museum of African American History and Culture opening this September). The seemingly small but uniquely designed museum first opened its doors in 1964. At the time it was known as the Museum of African Art, located on Capitol Hill in a townhouse that had been the home of Frederick Douglass. In August 1979, the museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution. It is now located on the National Mall (which, by the way, is full of cherry blossoms this time of year, in case you’re planning your own “wanna get away” trip).

Robbin Ami Silverberg (b. 1958, United States) and Kim Berman (b. 1960, South Africa), Emandulo Re-Creation (detail), Johannesburg, South Africa: Artist Proof Studio, 1997 Edition 6/30

Among other exhibits, now on view is Artists’ Books and Africa. The twenty-five books included in the exhibition are either by African artists or feature traditional African themes, and all come from the permanent collections of the museum and the Smithsonian libraries. Through the books, the exhibition explores African history and cultures by embodying collective memory and reclaiming cultural heritage and storytelling. The show features fine art books as well as those employing multiple formats, materials and techniques by predominantly contemporary artists.

Bruce Onobrakpeya (b. 1932, Nigeria), Bruce Onobrakpeya Portfolio of Art and Literature (detail), Lagos, Nigeria: Ovuomaroro Studio & Gallery, 2003, Edition 19/75

The books range in theme from personal narratives to reflections on the human condition. The sprawled out pages of Atta Kwami’s (b. 1956 in Ghana) Grace Kwami Sculpture (1993) resemble the form of a spider, drawing upon the African folklore of Anansi, the mischievous but knowledgeable spider known for his cleverness and skill, to tell the story of the artist’s mother, Grace Kwami (1923–2006), who was also an artist. Each of the book’s “legs” show pictures illustrating Grace’s life, creating a metaphor between the skillfulness of the spider and the creativity of the artist’s mother (my mind immediately went to Maman by Louise Bourgeois).

Atta Kwami (b. 1956, Ghana), Grace Kwami Sculpture, London: Atta Kwami, 1993, Edition 6/32

Another artist, Judith Mason (b. 1938 in South Africa) and poet Wilma Stockenström (b. 1933 in South Africa) use the book to visualize pain, or more specifically, a woman’s pain. In their book, Skoelapperheuwel, Skoelappervrou (Butterfly Hill, Butterfly Woman), Mason uses lithographs of pencil illustrations and collages of torn paper as the background for Stockenström’s enigmatic yet thought provoking words. Written in free verse Afrikaans, Stockenström contemplates the role of women in society, as well as other existentialist themes such as death and the afterlife.  The ripped pages signify a kind of trauma presumably felt by all women, whether from childbirth, intercourse, or menstruation. The poetry is not fully translated into English, but even without textual reference, the message of the powerful and often visceral images is clear.

Judith Mason, Wilma Stockenström, Skoelapperheuwel, Skoelappervrou (Butterfly Hill, Butterfly Woman) (detail), Pretoria, South Africa: Ombondi Editions, 1988, 2010

The versatility of artist books shows how their form and structure often supercede their content. Inspired by the “power to the people” mindset of the 1960s, inexpensive artists’ books referred to as “democratic multiples” are made to be distributed to as many people as possible, and typically convey social or political messages. South African artist Luan Nel’s (b. 1971) piece Paper: An Installation by Luan Nel at the Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet takes the form of a tiny deck of cards. Looking at the cards feels like taking a Rorschach test as the small, ambiguous figures gradually create stories and sequences the longer you engage with them. The images are playful, but also veil the experiences of the artist’s life, addressing his homosexuality, Afrikaans heritage, his upbringing in the strict Dutch Reformed Church, and being drafted by the South African army during the era of apartheid.

Luan Nel, b. 1971, South Africa, Paper: An Installation by Luan Nel at the Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet (detail), Cape Town, South Africa: Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet, 1997

The books are beautiful, surprising, darkly humorous, and at times bizarre. At first glance they seem to be purely aesthetically driven, but each page reveals something about the artist who created it. Artists’ Books and Africa will be on view until September 11, 2016 at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.