(via Four Unknown Beatrix Potter Illustrations Found in England – The Fine Books Blog)

“Look, how this ring encompasseth thy finger:” Posy Rings to Celebrate the Bard’s Birthday – The Fine Books Blog

(Children’s) BookNotes April 20, 2016

Harry Potter’s million-audio milestone, French classics professors protest cutbacks, and Cartoon Network’s “Steven Universe” creator gets a kids book addressing gender fluidity, this week in the world of children’s books.

Listen Up! Harry Potter’s Million-Audio Milestone :


Classics Professors in France Protest Education Reform in Style:

Rebecca Sugar announces ‘Steven Universe’ children’s book that addresses gender fluidity:

New York Antiquarian Book Fair Preview: Honey & Wax Debuts at Fair with Eye-Catching Wares, Like This
Guercino

See more at the Fine Books Blog:

@AZpress @finebooks The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/

Ezra Jack Keats’ Centennial Birthday Celebration, on the Fine Books Blog. https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/

(Image: Keats and cat Samantha. Reproduced with permission from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.)

Head on over to the Fine Books & Collections Blog to read all about a new biography on Alan Turing!