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Stephanie Lisa Tara
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Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social · Sep 24
🌳"Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy; 'come, Boy, climb up my trunk, swing from my branches and be happy!'"🌳

~The Giving Tree, 1964

#ShelSilverstein #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #childrensbooks #kidlit #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BlueSkyCommunity
#illustration
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🐸 “Frog said, ‘I wrote, ‘Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.’” 🐸

~Days With Frog And Toad, 1970

#ArnoldLobel #friendship #ChapterBooks #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #Kidlitart #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #KidLitCommunity #Blueskycommunity #writerslift
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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🐸 “Frog said, ‘I wrote, ‘Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.’” 🐸

~Days With Frog And Toad, 1970

#ArnoldLobel #friendship #ChapterBooks #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #Kidlitart #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #KidLitCommunity #Blueskycommunity #writerslift
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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📚“By teaching us how to read—they had taught us how to get away—all winter, far into the night, we read books and we practiced writing!”📚

~Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 1970

#RobertCOBrien #YAFiction #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #SundaySky #Read
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🎭“I will study and work—for indeed I have become weary of being a puppet—and I wish at any price to become a boy!"🎭

~Pinocchio, 1883

#CarloCollodi #Kidlitart #picturebooks #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #Blueskysunday #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #OldBooks #books
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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📚“By teaching us how to read—they had taught us how to get away—all winter, far into the night, we read books and we practiced writing!”📚

~Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 1970

#RobertCOBrien #YAFiction #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #SundaySky #Read
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🎭“I will study and work—for indeed I have become weary of being a puppet—and I wish at any price to become a boy!"🎭

~Pinocchio, 1883

#CarloCollodi #Kidlitart #picturebooks #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #Blueskysunday #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #OldBooks #books
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🌹“Ferdinand wouldn't fight and be fierce, no matter what they did...he just sat and smelled the flowers..."🌹

~The Story of Ferdinand, 1936

#MunroLeaf #Kidlitart #picturebooks #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #illustration #kidlit #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #books #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🌹“Ferdinand wouldn't fight and be fierce, no matter what they did...he just sat and smelled the flowers..."🌹

~The Story of Ferdinand, 1936

#MunroLeaf #Kidlitart #picturebooks #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #illustration #kidlit #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #books #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"'I like good, strong words that mean something!'
~Jo March"

~Little Women, 1868

#LouisaMayAlcott #rarebooks #bibliophile #YAFiction #Feminist #ladiesoflit #ClassicLit #ClassicBooks #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #KidLitChat
#books #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #writerslift
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"'I like good, strong words that mean something!'
~Jo March"

~Little Women, 1868

#LouisaMayAlcott #rarebooks #bibliophile #YAFiction #Feminist #ladiesoflit #ClassicLit #ClassicBooks #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #KidLitChat
#books #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #writerslift
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🌷“If you look the right way—you can see that the whole world....is a garden!”🌷

~The Secret Garden, 1911

#FrancesHodgsonBurnett #Gardensky #NatureSky #Kidlitart #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #KidLitChat #rarebooks #bibliophile #books #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #writerslift
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🌷“If you look the right way—you can see that the whole world....is a garden!”🌷

~The Secret Garden, 1911

#FrancesHodgsonBurnett #Gardensky #NatureSky #Kidlitart #BookSky #BlueSkyCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #KidLitChat #rarebooks #bibliophile #books #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #writerslift
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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😼 "We're all mad here!" ~Cheshire Cat 😼

~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865

#LewisCarroll #rarebooks #bibliophile #antiquebooks #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #KidLitCommunity #writerslift #Blueskycommunity #writerslift
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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😼 "We're all mad here!" ~Cheshire Cat 😼

~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865

#LewisCarroll #rarebooks #bibliophile #antiquebooks #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #KidLitCommunity #writerslift #Blueskycommunity #writerslift
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🛶 “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 🛶

~The Wind in the Willows 1908

#KennethGrahame #friendship #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #childrensbooks #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BlueSkyCommunity
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🛶 “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 🛶

~The Wind in the Willows 1908

#KennethGrahame #friendship #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #childrensbooks #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BlueSkyCommunity
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🐈"Cats here, cats there,
Cats and kittens everywhere,
Hundreds of cats,
Thousands of cats,
Millions and billions and trillions of cats!🐈

~Millions of Cats, 1928

#WandaGag #Kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #picturebooks #BookSky #WritingCommunity #BookClub #KidLitSky #KidLitChat
August 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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♠️ “Why...sometimes I've believed as many as SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS before breakfast!” ♣️

~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865

#LewisCarroll #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #WritingCommunity #childrensbooks #illustration #KidLitCommunity #writerslift
September 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🌳"Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy; 'come, Boy, climb up my trunk, swing from my branches and be happy!'"🌳

~The Giving Tree, 1964

#ShelSilverstein #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #childrensbooks #kidlit #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BlueSkyCommunity
#illustration
September 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM