As leitoras de Paolo Veronese / Women reading by Paolo Veronese

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 1528-1588

Um poema sobre a Biblioteca Pública / A poem about Public Libraries

Julia Donaldson escreveu um poema para comemorar o National Libraries Day no Reino Unido:


Everyone is welcome to walk through the door.
It really doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor.
There are books in boxes and books on shelves.
They’re free for you to borrow, so help yourselves.


Come and meet your heroes, old and new,
From William the Conqueror to Winnie the Pooh.
You can look into the Mirror or read The Times,
Or bring along a toddler to chant some rhymes.


The librarian’s a friend who loves to lend,
So see if there’s a book that she can recommend.
Read that book, and if you’re bitten
You can borrow all the other ones the author’s written.


Are you into battles or biography?
Are you keen on gerbils or geography?
Gardening or ghosts? Sharks or science fiction?
There’s something here for everyone, whatever your addiction.


There are students revising, deep in concentration,
And school kids doing projects, finding inspiration.
Over in the corner there’s a table with seating,
So come along and join in the Book Club meeting.


Yes, come to the library! Browse and borrow,
And help make sure it’ll still be here tomorrow.

Dois retratos de Charles Dickens / Two portraits of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens ( 1812- 1870) nasceu há 200 anos. Este escritor inglês foi autor de grandes clássicos. Para mim, o mais incontornável é aquele que ele escreveu em 1843, A Christmas carol (Cântico de Natal), que tornou famosa a personagem de Mr. Scrooge, nomeadamente através de diversas adaptações cinematográficas que povoam os nossos Natais todos os anos.

Outras das obras mais famosas são Oliver Twist e Great Expectations (Grandes  Esperanças), ambas tendo como protagonistas orfãos.

Mais AQUI e AQUI.

 

Fotografia de Herbert Watkins , em cerca de 1858.

Pintura de Francis Alexander em 1842.

As leitoras de Hermann Jean Joseph Richir / Women reading by Hermann Jean Joseph Richir

An Interesting Read

Hermann Jean Joseph Richir (1866 -1942)

Foto de 27 de Janeiro do meu Projeto 365 / My january 27 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

Cais

Alergia às segundas-feiras / I hate mondays

Era tão bom!

Chaves de fenda, gatos pretos e uma injecção de optimismo e orgulho nacional

Divertido, motivador de reflexão e inspirador. TED Talks 100 % português.

Será a crise sobretudo um discurso de intimidação e atrofio que nos mutila a iniciativa e os sonhos?

Sting canta, encanta e lê / Sting reads

Foto de 26 de Janeiro do meu Projeto 365 / My january 26 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

A outra margem

Diz-me qual é a tua estante e dir-te-ei quem és / The owner's personality is stamped on his library

"A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot."

Alan Bennett

"Era uma vez" a melhor forma de ensinar / Long lasting education is "Once upon a time"

Jon Keegan

"We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever."

Philip Pullman

Aqui está o valor dos contos tradicionais que nos contam na infância.

Os fantásticos livros voadores do Sr. Morris Lessmore / The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) é uma curta animação lindíssima que toca sobretudo aos amantes de livros.

Foto de 25 de Janeiro do meu Projeto 365 / My january 25 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

Manhã de nevoeiro

Foto de 21 de Janeiro do meu Projeto 365 / My january 21 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

A visitar brevemente a ILUSTRARTE, à beira Tejo.