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The Text of the Book: Fonts and Typesetting in Picture Books
February 24, 2021
The Text of the Book: Fonts and Typesetting in Picture Books
February 24, 2021
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February 24, 2021
Timelessness, Timeliness, and Children's Book Awards
February 21, 2021
Timelessness, Timeliness, and Children's Book Awards
February 21, 2021
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February 21, 2021
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October 11, 2019
Goosebumps Revisited: One Day at Horrorland
October 11, 2019
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October 11, 2019
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August 11, 2019
Staying Summery with Moreno’s ‘Don’t Date Rosa Santos’
August 11, 2019
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August 11, 2019
Community, Identity, and Acevedo's 'With the Fire on High'
August 2, 2019
Community, Identity, and Acevedo's 'With the Fire on High'
August 2, 2019
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August 2, 2019
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January 28, 2019
Small, Material Things
January 28, 2019
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January 28, 2019
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January 13, 2019
Resolutions Check In
January 13, 2019
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January 13, 2019
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January 4, 2019
Resolutions
January 4, 2019
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January 4, 2019
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January 1, 2019
The Year of Writing
January 1, 2019
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January 1, 2019
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December 21, 2018
London Live Más
December 21, 2018
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December 21, 2018
Adventures in the Liminal Space
September 22, 2018
Adventures in the Liminal Space
September 22, 2018
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September 22, 2018
The Trouble with Flats
September 15, 2018
The Trouble with Flats
September 15, 2018
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September 15, 2018

Today I visited the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and I saw these beautiful ‘Glass Slipper’ pointe shoes from a production of ‘Cinderella’ on display. Aren’t they gorgeous? ✨🩰✨
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I adore pointe shoes. I took ballet “Romantic girls like Beauty and the Beast; vanilla girls like Cinderella; goth girls like Snow White. Only dying girls like Sleeping Beauty.” 
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I recently read Alix E. Harrow’s novella ‘A Spindle Splintered’ as prep wor This is absolutely not my usual fare — no book, no Cinderella (although there is a pumpkin in the background) — but I’m posting it anyway because this is the best time of year and I’m so excited about this Halloween Tea Countd This weekend I finished reading ‘House of Hollow’ by Krystal Sutherland, which I had had on my spooky season TBR for awhile now. I went into it unsure what to expect and I ended up loving it. The marketing calls it a ‘dark fairy tal “Paying attention to the way ghost stories change through the years — and why these changes are made — can tell us a great deal about how we face our fears and anxieties.” (8)
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‘Ghostland: An American History in Haunted

Check out my latest adventures on Instagram!