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In Defense of Crud: An Appreciation of Vintage Scholastic Paperbacks
Yellow August
August, the turning of the seasons, Tuck Everlasting and Natalie Babbitt
Body Language:The (Mostly) Wordless Books of Jan Ormerod
Growing up with Jan Ormerod
Coloring Over the Lines: The Work of Roger Duvoisin
A dive into the color saturated world of Roger Duvoisin (originally published Dec 2025 on Substack)
What I Bought at Another Perfect Bookstore: John K. King in Detroit, MI
Castaway Mice and Magic Bones: the world of William Steig
For my Mom
Anastasia Krupnik, Again!
Anastasia Krupnik and her tower bedroom is keeping me afloat.
Dell Yearling
Taking Inventory
Friday Flashback: Olympics Edition
An Ode to the Perfect Bookstore: Treehorn Books, Santa Rosa, CA
Books I Thrifted on Vacation
Frugal Generosity: M.B Goffstein
Frugal Generosity
A meditation on the spare and meaningful work of M.B. Goffstein
Book Haul: Antipodean Edition
Barbie at Los Alamos
Before Margaret
Beyond Ramona
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: Life in the Back of Beyond byTomi Ungerer
