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Many, many books by R.M. Ballantyne – including FIGHTING THE FLAMES and THE LIGHTHOUSE – can be downloaded for free from @gutenberg_org

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/333

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Books by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 1d ago

Ballantyne’s research led him to spend 16 days on the Bell Rock lighthouse:

“I did not think that any building made by man could have withstood the terrific sea that has been swirling and roaring round and pounding against us.”

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/4783307/rm-ballantyne-bell-rock-lighthouse/

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 1d ago

“One thing that Ballantyne did, which sets him apart from contemporary children’s authors, was carry out detailed research for his novels […] He worked in a Cornish tin mine (Deep Down: a Tale of the Cornish Mines), went to the bottom of the Thames in a diving suit (Under the Waves), and for Fighting the Flames worked in a London fire station.”

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 1d ago

RM Ballantyne (1825–1894) was born #OTD, 24 April. Best known today for THE CORAL ISLAND – which influenced Robert Louis Stevenson, JM Barrie, William Golding, & others – he wrote more than 100 books.

In this blog post, National Library of Scotland Curator Graham Hogg introduces Ballantyne’s 1867 novel FIGHTING THE FLAMES: A Tale of the London Fire Brigade

https://blog.nls.uk/curators-favourites-r-m-ballantynes-fighting-the-flames/

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jflannigan360 3d ago

The wildest stories often hold the truest lessons. A reminder that kindness, self-worth, and heart are anything but ordinary.
Read here: https://www.dannasouthwellauthor.com/a-tall-story-life-lessons-childrens-stories/

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CBC Arts Enterainment Apr 16

Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children's literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children's book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jon-klassen-astrid-lindgren-award-childrens-literature-9.7167120?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Apr 16

Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children's literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children's book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jon-klassen-astrid-lindgren-award-childrens-literature-9.7167120?cmp=rss

CBC Manitoba Apr 16

Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children's literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children's book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jon-klassen-astrid-lindgren-award-childrens-literature-9.7167120?cmp=rss

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador Apr 12

Mark Hiscock's travels with his dog inspired a children's book. After his death, his wife has completed it
In the months following the death of her late husband, Mark Hiscock, Kelly Traverse worked to complete and publish Dory the Doodle: Backpacking in Newfoundland, a children's book written by Hiscock and completed by Traverse.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/traverse-hiscock-dory-book-9.7156870?cmp=rss

WIST Quotations Apr 8

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

It is a dangerous error to confound truth with matter-of-fact. Our life is governed not only by facts, but by hopes; the kind of truthfulness which sees nothing but facts is a prison for the human spirit. Dreams are only to be condemned when they are a lazy substitute for an effort to change reality; when they are an incentive, they are fulfilling a vital purpose in the incarnation of human ideals. To kill fancy in childhood is to make a slave to what exists, a creature tethered to earth and therefore unable to create heaven.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 5 “Play and Fancy” (1926)

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Russell, Bertrand - Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 5 "Play and Fancy" (1926) | WIST Quotations

It is a dangerous error to confound truth with matter-of-fact. Our life is governed not only by facts, but by hopes; the kind of truthfulness which sees nothing but facts is a prison for the human spirit. Dreams are only to be condemned when they are a lazy substitute for…

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