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Jumping Off Library Shelves
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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Here is the library, not just as a place that houses books, but as an experience. Fifteen poems celebrate the thrill of getting your first library card, the excitement of story hour, the fun of using the computer, the pride of reading to the dog, and the joy of discovering that the librarian understands you and knows exactly which books youll love. The poems, compiled by noted poet and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins, pay homage to the marvels of books and reading. Accompanied by Jane Mannings colorful, imaginative illustrations, this collection lyrically celebrates the magic of libraries.
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Asktheletters
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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The great shelving project of 2020 has begun...I was going to wait until Easter break, but the empty shelves were whispering “fill me” and since I‘m not keen on having my life descend into some sort of bad pseudo-erotica novel, here I am. Shelving. 😁

candority Those are fantastic shelves! I can‘t wait to see them with all the books 😍 4y
Nute That is a perfect room! It makes my heart happy!😊 4y
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bookandcat
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HarperCollins has a fantastic book display on their floor. Dream shelving at @epicreads day. 🥰

(I also asked Epic Reads about what happened to their Litsy account 😂😂)

LibrarianRyan Good for you. They started and abandoneded it. 5y
bookandcat @LibrarianRyan they asked if anybody used it and I was offended lol 😂😂 5y
wanderinglynn Great photo! 5y
LibrarianRyan @bookandcat I would be too. And we have grown. A lot. 5y
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LibrarianRyan
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My #shelves are a bit of a mess right now. We are working on the craft room so half the stuff is in my library. 😖

#30JuneBooks. @howjessreads

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julesG
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Wanted to read, but, after having been attacked by my cats twice, I rearranged some books.

Top picture shows the shelf above my head, it was nearly empty until 10 minutes ago. The cats loved to jump onto it and throw the picture frames that were on it off the shelf. Some fell on me. 😤 So, I shifted some books. Now they can no longer hop onto the shelf.

Tough luck kitties, you should have not done gravity experiments up there. 😁

#catsoflitsy

laurieluna What is it with small creatures disturbing reading time? And yes, I'm referring to my kids as creatures 😂 hope you're feeling ok today! Xx 5y
julesG @laurenbescoby Thanks! I'm glad I'm not the only one. My kids are in the next room. They pretend to play quietly, I can hear every word. 5y
laurieluna @julesG my 3 year old is such a noisy quiet player. He constantly shouts 'I'm having 5 minutes peace to myself!' not that he's learned that off anyone...🙄 x 5y
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Lcsmcat Proof that the world isn‘t flat - if it were, cats would have knocked everything off by now. 😂 (edited) 5y
julesG @Lcsmcat 😂😂 5y
AlaMich @laurenbescoby 🤣 “Five minutes peace to myself!” I do not think those words mean what he thinks they mean! 🤣 5y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
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I‘m still trying to catch up! Major effort this weekend! 😁. These are my shelves.
#31bookpics #shelves

TrishB Gorgeous 💕 6y
GingerAntics Wow you‘ve got quite the library there. Love it!!! 6y
zzz Very nice😍 6y
Sarah83 Wow so huge. 😊 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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#shelves #31bookpics @howjessreads
This is just part of one of my bedroom bookshelves.

Crazeedi Lovely!!! ❤️📚🍁 6y
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MaGoose
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#31bookpics (No. 2: Shelves) About a year ago, I culled books from my shelves when we had most of our rooms painted. (I actually did away with two shelves altogether.) It looks like I may need to do some rearranging again, soon.

@howjessreads

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Eggs
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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ReadingEnvy
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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Guys, my husband built me bookshelves and now all my organized piles on the floor are in random places so I need to make a plan. But I have so much shelf space now!!
(I need to consolidate my categorized literary fiction and maybe not separate read from unread anymore but I'm worried that will mean I never read those good intention books.)
Scifi and fantasy remain on their own as does poetry, also non fiction.

Sace How sweet! 6y
HardcoverHearts How wonderful. 6y
Billypar Very nice! I really like how it wraps around like that. I just reorganized mine, but only for space considerations, not author/genre, so that should be next. 6y
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Bookzombie Love the shelves! Maybe you could tag the unread books in someway so that you know to go back to them. 6y
Redwritinghood Those look great. So nice of him to build them for you. 6y
Nute Nice! The shelves look fabulous. 6y
MStew Awww so nice!!!!! 6y
saresmoore They look amazing! 😍 In defense of mingling read & unread, I love browsing my shelves for books to read and remembering the ones I‘ve loved along the way. I‘m a hyper-organized person in most areas, but I like that my books can mix & mingle. 6y
ReadingEnvy @Billypar I can get carried away on genre sometimes 6y
ReadingEnvy @Bookzombie I was thinking about this, like a dot sticker or something. 6y
ReadingEnvy @Redwritinghood I know! He was so nice! 6y
ReadingEnvy @saresmoore then it's like a discovery every time! 6y
Kalalalatja It looks great! 6y
readordierachel That's true love right there 6y
Bookzombie @ReadingEnvy That‘s what I was thinking. 🙂 6y
Centique I‘ve only just separated my unreads from my reads after many years of doing it all alphabetically. I‘m enjoying the change - and it makes me think switching things up every few years is a good way to see your library in a new way! So yes, I think make a change 👍👏👏👏 6y
ReadingEnvy @Centique yes! I have touched books I don't remember owning..... 6y
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heikemarie
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Hey @jesshowbooks , you inspired me to share a #shelfie! It‘s definitely not your style, but I love having my tchotchkes on display and keeping me company while I read! Tell your daughter she‘s not alone ☺️ PS it‘s a tall 5-shelf, so I had to stand in my daybed to get this picture and my cat was horrified 😜

ElishaLovesBooks 💙💙 6y
howjessicareads 😂 Love it! 6y
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GingerAntics
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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No. 3

#3shelvesin3days Post a bookshelf exactly as it is.

I missed the first two days, so I‘m catching up today with all three. #davidhume #scottishenlightenment #cslewis #chroniclesofnarnia

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GingerAntics
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No. 2

#3shelvesin3days Post a bookshelf exactly as it is.

I missed the first two days, so I‘m catching up today with all three. #philosophy #mythology #ethics #history #french #irish #british #scottish #celtic #doctorwho

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GingerAntics
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No. 1

#3shelvesin3days Post a bookshelf exactly as it is.

I missed the first two days, so I‘m catching up today with all three. #shakespeare #peterpan #cricket #writing #theology #doctorwho #dragonology

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Samplergal
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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No rearranging or fussing. Just post three of your own shelves in three days. #3shelvesin3days

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Kalalalatja
Jumping Off Library Shelves | Lee Bennett Hopkins
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I think I might have posted this #shelfie once before, but I am not really feeling the look of my shelves these days. I think a reorganising might be necessary soon. 📚

#riotgrams

DivineDiana Looks great! 📚 7y
saresmoore Reorganizing shelves is SO MUCH FUN! 😍 7y
Kalalalatja @DivineDiana this is a couple of months ago. It looks a lot more messy now 😄 @saresmoore it is! I just need the time for it. Last time it took me all day 😄😍 7y
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elkeOriginal I have serious shelf envy 😻😻 7y
emilyhaldi Sounds like a fun project! 🤗 7y
LeahBergen Beautiful!! 😍 7y
alisiakae I have some of the same Folio books! 7y
Kalalalatja @elkeo I think our entire relationship on Litsy is based on some kind of envy 😂 7y
Kalalalatja @emilyhaldi I hope so! Every time I have to put a book on my shelves, I can almost feel it saying to me "rearrange uuuuussss" ? @LeahBergen you're sweet, but your shelves are still #goals ? @4thhouseontheleft Yay! I love Folio ❤️ (edited) 7y
elkeOriginal 🤣 As long as it's friendly book envy, we can keep it fun—and maybe not end up in a murder mystery of our own with 'Girl' in the title - and piles of books stolen 😁 7y
Kalalalatja @elkeo hahahahaha! ?? "The Girl with a serious case of book envy" - catchy title! 7y
elkeOriginal And it will sell like hotcakes on Litsy!! 7y
Kalalalatja @elkeo we would be so rich and be able to buy even more books to make our book envy worse! 💸💸 7y
elkeOriginal Sounds like a brilliant plan to me! 7y
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LibrarianJen
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Look what was waiting for me when I got home from work!!!! Soon this whole area is going to be filled floor to ceiling with shelves. I have the best father-in-law ever! ❤️❤️❤️

JoeStalksBeck Omg!! I would have fainted! 7y
BookBabe ❤️❤️❤️! 7y
Robothugs Can I borrow him? 😂 7y
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Izai.Amorim And I guess soon the shelves will be filled with books... 7y
LibrarianJen @JoeStalksBeck 😂 I know right! @Robothugs You'll have to get in line. My brother-in-law wants to knock down some walls in his house next! @Izai.Amorim yes! That's what all those plastic bins are full of. 7y
Robothugs It's okay, I'm patient!! 7y
Zelma Very, very cool! 👍👍👍 7y
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MMenefee
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Enchantment

Stack by stack,
shelf by shelf,
I pick out books
all by myself.

Page by page,
line by line,
word by word,
I make books mine.

With a wave of a card
like a wizard‘s right hand—
and an alphabet-alchemy,
life
is
just
grand.

—Jane Yolen

#litsypoetry365

SharonGoforth ❤❤️📚📚 7y
christineandbooks Love Jane Yolen...😊 7y
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RealLifeReading
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#funfridayphoto - #shelfie
A few months ago we turned our loft (previous uses included tv room, playroom, bedroom of sorts for my younger boy when he was a baby) into a library with a new sofa, wing chair and shelves. I'm still working on filling them!

TheLibrarian Love it! 7y
sofiaga I love your chair 7y
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MallenNC That looks so pretty. It's nice to have room for more books! 7y
RanaElizabeth When I grow up, I want white book shelves! 7y
saresmoore Lovely! I agree with @RanaElizabeth. The white looks fabulous! Noted. 7y
LeahBergen 😍😍 7y
UwannaPublishme 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
SeanMichael Cozy 7y
RavenRenegade Love it! Hey @aeeklund! I think you need one of these! 7y
aeeklund That is such an amazing idea!! @RavenRenegade let's keep this in mind! 7y
Lmstraubie Sooooo cozy & inviting! 7y
KassKho This looks beautiful! 7y
RealLifeReading @sofiaga thanks! It's from Ikea as is everything else! 😀 7y
RealLifeReading @RanaElizabeth @saresmoore we have these dark brown shelves in our bedroom and downstairs but this loft with all its bright light kinda called out for white! 7y
Haweller A good problem to have. 7y
BookBabe 😍😍 So gorgeous, cozy, and inviting! ❤ 7y
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