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Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Adventures of Phunsi" (1946) by Alison Mason Kingsbury
It's Thursday, so it's time to recommend a book for children! This one is an old favorite, and •incredibly• obscure. Written and illustrated by Alison Mason Kingsbury (and I have something to say about children's books and illustrators, one of these days), it's a lovely chapter book that's abundantly illustrated in memorable black & white images. I'd say it would work well for children from three to twelve years old, or older. I still love it myself. And I read it to my son when •he• was a toddler.
It's the story of Phunsi, a baby zebra in Africa who can run so fast that he disappears. Unfortunately when he goes THAT fast, he can't see where he's going either! And so he ends up in a trap with his mother (who was following him), and shipped off to the Central Park Zoo.
But life in a cage has limitations for a zebra who loves to run fast, and Phunsi decides that since he's a great runner he can become a great •jumper•, too. So it's not long before he's out of the cage and in the big world of New York City - and beyond.
His adventures could fill a book, of course. A pet shop, the rooftops of New York where he encounters a morose cat, a race track, a circus, a meadow full of cows...the stories are lovely, beautifully illustrated, and are often accompanied with songs or verses—many of them •themselves• stories.
"When the way opens straight
Who will even hesitate?
And, with nothing to confuse,
Who will run in curlicues,
Who indeed?
Here's a path without a bend,
Hurry, slowpokes, reach the end.
Show your speed!Here I stand with my fur
In a pattern, not a blur
Nor in any queer disguise—
Simply something which your eyes
Ought to see.
I am black, I am white,
I am plain as day and night,
I am me."Sadly the book is long out of print. Amazon 🤮 sells used copies for $90; biblio.com sells them for $25 to $30. There are NO pirated versions as far as I know. The Internet Archive never heard of it. Your only other chance is interlibrary loan, I fear. Although it should enter the public domain in about 13 years; if I'm still alive, I'll scan and post it then.
But it's a true treasure. I hope you find a copy.
In the meantime, a lot of art (but sadly not the text) from the book is available on Cornell University's website:
Happy reading! 🤓📖
#Books #Bookstodon #Children #ChildrensBooks
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There's a Book Swap this Saturday (May 16th 2026) from 10am to noon at the Saylesville Friends Meetinghouse in Lincoln, RI , near the Massachusetts border.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nP7dxRPAiwkQwHLL9
Books are free and you don't have to bring books to swap. This month there's a particularly large number of James Patterson books available, along with many others. Please drop by!
The book swap is held on the third Saturday of every month.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069153856961
#Books #RhodeIsland #RI #MA #Massachusetts #Bookstodon #BookSwap
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Snatched this for 50¢ at a local rummage sale. A 1945 gardening pamphlet (100 pages) from the American Garden Guild. Advice and poetry. #thrifting #gardening #bookstodon
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Snatched this for 50¢ at a local rummage sale. A 1945 gardening pamphlet (100 pages) from the American Garden Guild. Advice and poetry. #thrifting #gardening #bookstodon
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Currently reading:
- Ignore All Previous Instructions - Ada Hoffman (ebook on computer)
- In Between Days - Camryn Garrett (audiobook)
- True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color - Kory Stamper (ebook on phone)
- OverLondon - George Penney (ebook on phone and computer)
- Short Story America Anthology, Volume 1 - edited by T.D. Johnston (via Internet Archive)
- Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson (via Project Gutenberg)Of these - OverLondon, True Color, and In Between Days are my main focus.
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There needs to be a word for the experience of enjoying 95% of a book while the ending leaves me perplexed and unsatisfied.
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There needs to be a word for the experience of enjoying 95% of a book while the ending leaves me perplexed and unsatisfied.
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Reading the divine comedy...now what the hell is a fen? What do you mean there are fens, bogs and marshes? I just knew swamps.
It turns out hell, or at least the 4th (5th?) circle of hell, is alkaline, who would've thought.
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Reading the divine comedy...now what the hell is a fen? What do you mean there are fens, bogs and marshes? I just knew swamps.
It turns out hell, or at least the 4th (5th?) circle of hell, is alkaline, who would've thought.
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Reading the divine comedy...now what the hell is a fen? What do you mean there are fens, bogs and marshes? I just knew swamps.
It turns out hell, or at least the 4th (5th?) circle of hell, is alkaline, who would've thought.
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Reading the divine comedy...now what the hell is a fen? What do you mean there are fens, bogs and marshes? I just knew swamps.
It turns out hell, or at least the 4th (5th?) circle of hell, is alkaline, who would've thought.
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Reading the divine comedy...now what the hell is a fen? What do you mean there are fens, bogs and marshes? I just knew swamps.
It turns out hell, or at least the 4th (5th?) circle of hell, is alkaline, who would've thought.
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Jo Maguire, a highly strung, underemployed telemarketer, meets Ysabel Perry, a princess of unspecified pedigree—and rather unexpectedly becomes her guardian and caretaker. Now Jo must make a place for herself in a city few of us ever get to see...
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This week, Mike Allen and Jordan Kurella read us frightening tales of evil and transformation. You can still watch this Story Hour—and many others, some featuring these same authors! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #MikeAllen #JordanKurella @mythicdelirium https://youtu.be/LLg-O7It1Yw
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This week, Mike Allen and Jordan Kurella read us frightening tales of evil and transformation. You can still watch this Story Hour—and many others, some featuring these same authors! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #MikeAllen #JordanKurella @mythicdelirium https://youtu.be/LLg-O7It1Yw
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This week, Mike Allen and Jordan Kurella read us frightening tales of evil and transformation. You can still watch this Story Hour—and many others, some featuring these same authors! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #MikeAllen #JordanKurella @mythicdelirium https://youtu.be/LLg-O7It1Yw
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This week, Mike Allen and Jordan Kurella read us frightening tales of evil and transformation. You can still watch this Story Hour—and many others, some featuring these same authors! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #MikeAllen #JordanKurella @mythicdelirium https://youtu.be/LLg-O7It1Yw
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This week, Mike Allen and Jordan Kurella read us frightening tales of evil and transformation. You can still watch this Story Hour—and many others, some featuring these same authors! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #MikeAllen #JordanKurella @mythicdelirium https://youtu.be/LLg-O7It1Yw
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman (2023)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Damn. What an ending! These books are so good and I love that this one really dove into the found family nature. It’s a great set of characters. On to Faction Wars!
https://justincox.com/blog/2026/05/the-eye-of-the-bedlam-bride-by-matt-dinniman-2023/
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“Instead of a poor-man’s Inferno, filled with violence, faithlessness and betrayal, I had actually delivered a kind of Gone with the Wind of the West.” https://www.texasobserver.org/the-aesthete-from-archer/
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The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.
S02E12 - Changing Of The Guard:
Disgusted at the death toll of the Cadir War, and blaming the incompetence of those in power, Admiral Arturius Volt launches a coup d'état against the leadership of the Aleph Corporation.
But Marcus Bezalian has prepared his own contingency against the treasonous admiral.
One betrayal follows another as the two vie for control.
https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s02e12-changing-of-the-guard
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The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.
S02E12 - Changing Of The Guard:
Disgusted at the death toll of the Cadir War, and blaming the incompetence of those in power, Admiral Arturius Volt launches a coup d'état against the leadership of the Aleph Corporation.
But Marcus Bezalian has prepared his own contingency against the treasonous admiral.
One betrayal follows another as the two vie for control.
https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s02e12-changing-of-the-guard
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The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.
S02E12 - Changing Of The Guard:
Disgusted at the death toll of the Cadir War, and blaming the incompetence of those in power, Admiral Arturius Volt launches a coup d'état against the leadership of the Aleph Corporation.
But Marcus Bezalian has prepared his own contingency against the treasonous admiral.
One betrayal follows another as the two vie for control.
https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s02e12-changing-of-the-guard
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The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.
S02E12 - Changing Of The Guard:
Disgusted at the death toll of the Cadir War, and blaming the incompetence of those in power, Admiral Arturius Volt launches a coup d'état against the leadership of the Aleph Corporation.
But Marcus Bezalian has prepared his own contingency against the treasonous admiral.
One betrayal follows another as the two vie for control.
https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s02e12-changing-of-the-guard
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The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.
S02E12 - Changing Of The Guard:
Disgusted at the death toll of the Cadir War, and blaming the incompetence of those in power, Admiral Arturius Volt launches a coup d'état against the leadership of the Aleph Corporation.
But Marcus Bezalian has prepared his own contingency against the treasonous admiral.
One betrayal follows another as the two vie for control.
https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s02e12-changing-of-the-guard
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Five stars:
Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay and Brittany Pressley (Narrator) (2020) is a novel about self love and grief. Chelsea Martin can't accept that her father is marrying a woman he's only known for two weeks. She can't move on from the gaping hole in her heart from her mother's death due to stage four cancer seven years earlier. She decides the only way to move on is to revisit her gap year boyfriends.
#bookstodon #romance #audiobook
@bookstodonhttps://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/paris_is_always_a_good_idea.html
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Born this day: 05/14/1944
George Lucas is the visionary creator of Star Wars, whose galactic saga redefined modern science fiction. His storytelling earned five Hugo Awards.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas
#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#GeorgeLucas @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefictionArt by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt
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Please BOOST!
SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION of She by H. Rider Haggardhttps://astralcomputing.com/books/she-haggard-easton-press
or see the full collection here:
#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
# HRiderHaggard
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefictionArt by Frank Kelly Freas
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Died this day: 05/14/1925 (b. 06/22/1856)
H. Rider Haggard was a pioneer of the Lost World genre. His 1887 novel 'She' is a cornerstone of speculative fiction, introducing the immortal Ayesha that influenced authors from Tolkien to Burroughs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard
#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#HRiderHaggard @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefictionArt by Vince Napoli
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Get caught up on Dr. Tundra's adventures, before the next book is released.
Alpha Max is on sale for $2.99 (US)!Amazon: https://
https://geni.us/AlphaMax
Other ebook: https://
https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY
Indie Bookstores: https://
https://bookshop.org/p/books/alpha-max-mark-a-rayner/1f805ce9fa9cd57cAnd if you prefer papberback, it's on sale too: $21 (US)
#books #bookstodon #book #SFF #sciencefiction #humor #humour
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Get caught up on Dr. Tundra's adventures, before the next book is released.
Alpha Max is on sale for $2.99 (US)!Amazon: https://
https://geni.us/AlphaMax
Other ebook: https://
https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY
Indie Bookstores: https://
https://bookshop.org/p/books/alpha-max-mark-a-rayner/1f805ce9fa9cd57cAnd if you prefer papberback, it's on sale too: $21 (US)
#books #bookstodon #book #SFF #sciencefiction #humor #humour
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The 2026 #EisnerAwards nominations are up https://www.comicsbeat.com/2026-eisner-nominations-are-out-a-great-year-for-dc-and-deniz-camp/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Claim to fame: an anthology I had the closing story in, To End All Wars (which came out during the 194-1918 WWI centenary), got not one but two Eisner nominations.
We didn't win, but amazing for a small press publication to get two noms, and it means i can legitimately say I was an Eisner nominee author!
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Personal milestone - received a cold call instead of an email scam, from a "Gee Cullen" in California asking about my latest book.
During the call I got the name of the site and looked it up. Key result below:
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfpublish/comments/1ffh1vn/digital_bookstore_coldcalled_me/
Victoria Strauss from Writer Beware then quote skeeted on another network to agree that this is most likely a scam, and to speculate on how they get people.
https://bsky.app/profile/victoriastrauss.com/post/3mltco3lyhc2k
#WriterBeware #BookStodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #AuthorCommunity #IndieAuthor
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Just discovered there is a term for the scent of old books, Bibliosmia.
Delighted that it isn't just me sniffing old books but enough people that they coined a term for it. Also love the aroma of graphic novels and art books - the different paper and inks used on them always has a distinct smell...
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Out today: His opening schtick is part professorial, part P.T. Barnum and Stephen Colbert—a blend of dry humor and hucksterism with undertones from Rich Levy’s deep personal well of literary worldliness, intellectual curiosity, and kindness. https://www.texasobserver.org/rich-levy-inprint-houston-retiring/
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"For the maps of this world to make sense, many fictions have been put in place, and we have been taught to treat these fictions as fact. [...] Borders make unequal people."
Suchitra Vijayan's "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" is a crass reminder of how arbitrarily nation-states come to be, sacrificing millions of lives and impoverishing generations to come for the myth of humans somehow being different from other humans because some drunk Englishman drew lines on a piece of paper.
Highly recommended read! If anywho in the void has suggestions for a radical exploration of India's colonial history, pls lmk.
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"For the maps of this world to make sense, many fictions have been put in place, and we have been taught to treat these fictions as fact. [...] Borders make unequal people."
Suchitra Vijayan's "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" is a crass reminder of how arbitrarily nation-states come to be, sacrificing millions of lives and impoverishing generations to come for the myth of humans somehow being different from other humans because some drunk Englishman drew lines on a piece of paper.
Highly recommended read! If anywho in the void has suggestions for a radical exploration of India's colonial history, pls lmk.
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"For the maps of this world to make sense, many fictions have been put in place, and we have been taught to treat these fictions as fact. [...] Borders make unequal people."
Suchitra Vijayan's "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" is a crass reminder of how arbitrarily nation-states come to be, sacrificing millions of lives and impoverishing generations to come for the myth of humans somehow being different from other humans because some drunk Englishman drew lines on a piece of paper.
Highly recommended read! If anywho in the void has suggestions for a radical exploration of India's colonial history, pls lmk.
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"For the maps of this world to make sense, many fictions have been put in place, and we have been taught to treat these fictions as fact. [...] Borders make unequal people."
Suchitra Vijayan's "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" is a crass reminder of how arbitrarily nation-states come to be, sacrificing millions of lives and impoverishing generations to come for the myth of humans somehow being different from other humans because some drunk Englishman drew lines on a piece of paper.
Highly recommended read! If anywho in the void has suggestions for a radical exploration of India's colonial history, pls lmk.
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"For the maps of this world to make sense, many fictions have been put in place, and we have been taught to treat these fictions as fact. [...] Borders make unequal people."
Suchitra Vijayan's "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" is a crass reminder of how arbitrarily nation-states come to be, sacrificing millions of lives and impoverishing generations to come for the myth of humans somehow being different from other humans because some drunk Englishman drew lines on a piece of paper.
Highly recommended read! If anywho in the void has suggestions for a radical exploration of India's colonial history, pls lmk.
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Rose lives with MS and guards a magical node and it's herd of unicorns. But when something threatens them, will she be strong enough to do battle?
This is a #fantasy of found family and finding inner strength.
https://books2read.com/u/3nQrj6
🪐📚💙
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Rose lives with MS and guards a magical node and it's herd of unicorns. But when something threatens them, will she be strong enough to do battle?
This is a #fantasy of found family and finding inner strength.
https://books2read.com/u/3nQrj6
🪐📚💙
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Rose lives with MS and guards a magical node and it's herd of unicorns. But when something threatens them, will she be strong enough to do battle?
This is a #fantasy of found family and finding inner strength.
https://books2read.com/u/3nQrj6
🪐📚💙
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Rose lives with MS and guards a magical node and it's herd of unicorns. But when something threatens them, will she be strong enough to do battle?
This is a #fantasy of found family and finding inner strength.
https://books2read.com/u/3nQrj6
🪐📚💙
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Rose lives with MS and guards a magical node and it's herd of unicorns. But when something threatens them, will she be strong enough to do battle?
This is a #fantasy of found family and finding inner strength.
https://books2read.com/u/3nQrj6
🪐📚💙
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"peril at end house" – ein schöner whodunit von agatha christie. im urlaub gefunden, gestern vormittag während einer langen wartezeit die hälfte geschafft, und jetzt endlich festgestellt, dass ich die falsche person im verdacht hatte. :) #2026reads #bookstodon
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Addicted to anxiety by Owen O'Kane
"many people are addicted to the process of #anxiety ... because it promises safety, less risk and protection."
#wellbeing #bookstodon
https://guardianbookshop.com/addicted-to-anxiety-9781405972314/ -
https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/tl/nrftw-lih-rm
A demon in dire need of a vacation... it sounded like a good idea at the time.#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers
#books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon -
https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/tl/nrftw-lih-rm
A demon in dire need of a vacation... it sounded like a good idea at the time.#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers
#books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon
