#children's encyclopedia

[picturebookshelf]

The Encyclopedia of Immaturity: Volume 2 (2009)

Text and Art: Unknown (the editors of Klutz)

[kazoosandfannypacks]

as always, I'd love to hear your answer in the tags, especially if it's one of the "other" choices!

[an-adhd-infested-nerd]

I love you people who are unapologetically fans of niche, obscure or old things

To every artist, writer, or blogger out here making art, stories and posts about the books I loved in middle school, the shows I loved as a child, the random bands I like, obscure video games, old camp bad movies, and anything else niche, weird and obscure I love you. Wether you’re writing fanfiction, making art, headcannons, AUs, or just shitposting I’m kissing you lovingly on the forehead and listening to you intensely

[parasolemn]

tdoay I will misuse the resources my school has given me for silly purposes while still in class. tomorrow? who knows

[snckt]

i wondered if villainy was like armstrong feint, someone once kind and gentle who lowered himself into treachery, or more like a mysterious beast, hidden in the depths and summoned to wickedness. but all these questions seemed wrong.

@asouefanworkevent day three of woevember : the clusterous forest, alternatively titled,   a lesson in turpitude.

[thefugitivesaint]

''Di͡e͡tskai͡a͡ ėnt͡s͡iklopedīi͡a͡'', 1914 Source A poster for an alternative take on a superhero film cast entirely by birds.

[stopaskingmetocreateanaccount]

encyclopedia brown was so good man. you get to solve the mystery yourself using obscure trivia. you get to watch this little twelve year old solve actual crimes for his cop father as well as stolen-lunch-money level petty shit for his classmates. hes got a girl best friend whose whole job is to beat the shit out of bullies for him. epic sauce

[bronzeagenormie]

potential poll that i don’t have the following for but i think u might: which is worse: white woman who eat pray love’d into buddhism or tumblr trans guy who wants to be a jewish covert cuz of a photo set with some quotes from the torah

anon if i was transmasc instead of cismasc ud be describing my transition timeline. anyway

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

My favorite genre of book is the “list book,” where the contents are essentially one long, cut-and-dry list of information, organized in alphabetical order with no embellishments whatsoever, other than diagrammatic pictures which show the meaning of something. This includes dictionaries in English, foreign language-to-English dictionaries, encyclopedias on various subjects, toxic chemical transportation handbooks for truckers, etc.

[picturebookshelf]

The Encyclopedia of Immaturity (2007)

Text and Art: Unknown (the editors of Klutz)

[air3d3lalm3na]

I don’t want to be on my phone. I want to be comfort browsing/rereading The Book Of Knowledge, Volume XII, 1912 with a mug of hot chocolate

And reading it aloud for joy, for someone, as a bedtime story

[stone-cold-groove]

Illustration from The World Around Us - 1964.

[childr3ns-book-bracket]

Round 1 Poll 15

Silas(The Graveyard Book) VS Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown(Encyclopedia Brown)

Reminder to be nice, this is all in good fun. Anyone who bullies me or others will be blocked immediately.

Also, this is a tournament to find out Tumblr's favorite character, despite what the picture implies. So, vote for your favorite!

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

My staff pick this week is a volume from the Childcraft series from W.F. Quarrie & Company. This is volume 14 of 14, and it focuses on Science and Industry. The W.F. Quarrie Company was also the publisher of the World Book Encyclopedia from 1919-1945, but that’s about all I could find out about the company. 

The series is meant to be educational and fun for children, with other volumes featuring subjects like “Experience Stories and Animal Friends” and “Art and Music.” Unfortunately, we only have volume 14, but it is plenty cute and full of great pictures and illustrations. Today I’ve chosen to focus on the science half of science and industry and the color illustrations of fish, frogs, and turtles. The fish shown here are Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus), engaged in various fishy activities, including stealing worms off a fisher’s hook! The frogs are Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens) and are shown here as eggs, tadpoles, and adult frogs, one of which can be seen eating a mouse! The turtles are Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta), shown in the center “at their favorite sport, lazily basking on a waterlogged tree trunk.” 

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[arachnidiots]

good morning !!! the carrd is back up & complete with all of its former information! there are a lot of sections in the works, but they’re all new ones that i hope to add on to make info about liam & peter more centralized and easy to find

[thebotanicalarcade]

n31_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Bilderbuch für Kinder Weimar :Im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs,1798-1830. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46152789