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Susana S-G
@thetl2.bsky.social
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Interested in the history of children's books illustration but you can talk to me about books and libraries in general too! Special Collections Reading Room Coordinator @thejohnrylands and Dr in Museology (book exhibitions).
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Eva Johanna Rubin, Klipp-Klapp-Theater (1996)

Wonderful (if slightly awkward to film with just one hand, sorry) 🙈
#picturebook
#illustration
#noveltybooks
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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New blog up Manchester Rare Books about my nonsensical collecting habits! MRB has a great range of books across all genres. Do have a look. I dare you to come tumble down the rabbit hole with me!
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#BookCollecting #RareBooks #ChildrensBooks #bookhistory
Manchester Rare Books Blog Selling, Valuing Rare Books & Being a Bookseller Down the Rabbit Hole: A Personal Reflection on Nonsensical Book Collecting
A personal essay by Susana Sanchez-Gonzalez on the joy of collecting illustrated children’s books, nonsense literature, and whimsical editions—driven by curiosity, not rarity.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Reader, I did it!!👊

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#phd #museology #bookexhibitions #affecttheory #bookishemotions #onob #libraryexhibitions #curatorialpractice #emotionalengagement #hookedbythebook #museologyofthebook #doctorinmuseology | Susana Sanc...
I’m officially a Doctor in Museology (minor corrections pending, obvs.)! 🥳 After years of research, reading, writing, and rethinking how people emotionally engage with books in exhibitions, I’ve pas...
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September 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Delighted that the keynote during my week @calrbs.bsky.social is about the wonderful, kick-ass librarian Belle da Costa Green, by Phillip S. Palmer, Curator of Literary and Historical ms at the Morgan Library.
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Just a couple of weeks until my specialist course on the History of Children’s Literature @calrbs.bsky.social begins! As part of this course, we have been invited to give a short talk on a topic of our choice, in my case, nonsense illustration. (A thread 🧵)

#CALRBSC #RareBooks #Nonsense
First slide of my presentation with the title and contact details, and an image of a fish on stilts by Edward Lear
July 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This is an illustration from the first book I remember reading on my own. The translated text was awful, but the artwork stayed with me for decades.
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three little pigs laughing on a rocking chair big bad wolf in red overalls big bad wolf trying to get into the straw house and a scared little pig
July 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Mmm...Petro Cuniculo doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it? (Less so for Spaniards like me 😅)

#childrensbooks
#illustration
#bookhistory
July 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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One of the most comprehensive studies that I can find on this topic... Any other similar suggestions?
#childrensbookillustration
#bookhistory
#illustrationhistory
#childrensliterature
#picturebooks
June 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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📢Over the moon to have received a full scholarship to attend Jackie Stallcup's course on the History of Children's Literature @calrbs.bsky.social this Summer!!! Anyone else here planning to attend? I'd love to connect!👋
#rarebooks
#childrensbooks
#childrensliterature
#bookhistory
#grateful
#happy
May 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Join us, Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 EST for the Julian L. Lapides Lecture "Seventy Years a Bibliophile" with Justin G. Schiller. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12912
April 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Happy birthday, Hans! You are in good company here. Also, great biography!
#hanschristianandersen
#williamheathrobinson
#internationalchildrensbookday
#illustrationhistory
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Wonderful!
José Carlos de Brito e Cunha, known as J. Carlos (1884-1950) Brazilian cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer, introduced by Pete Beard
#illustrationhistory

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THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JOSÉ CARLOS HD
YouTube video by pete beard
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March 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Iban Barrenetxea
#illustration #picturebooks
March 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Ukranian children's book illutrator Vyacheslav Legkobit (1941-197?) #illustration #picturebooks #history
March 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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A look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the “modern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
Selection of book covers produced during the bookbinding revolution of the 19th century and beyond.
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December 13, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Was there ever a better start?

1915 Arthur Rackman illustrated edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
December 12, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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If you are interested in #illustrationhistory, #childrenbooks #posterdesign this is one of the best ways to spend whatever spare time you may have.

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I had always thought that many illustrators from the past got nothing like the attention they deserved so I decided to make some videos about a few of these almost forgotten talents. The unsung hero...
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December 3, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Tomorrow is #nationalillustrationday2024 so I'll take the opportunity to ask: is there anybody in this lovely blueskyverse researching the HISTORY of children's book illustration? Give me a shout so I can follow you! Here is a picture of one of my bookshelves for context.
#childrensbookhistory
November 28, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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Working on a new online exhibition dedicated to quirky early 20th century ABCs called "X stands for nothing" with material from the David Blamires' collection of children's books @theJohnRylands Library

Gordon Brown is a genius!😁

#childrensbooksillustration
#bookhistory
#modernism
November 23, 2024 at 1:49 PM