Chris Callaghan

@ChrisCallaghan
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Children's Author
A Geordie living in London
Ex Royal Air Force Engineer & Environmental Scientist
Creator of the 'Shinoy and the Chaos Crew' series
Responsible for 'The Great Chocoplot' (sorry about that!)
Loves Wine Gums
he/him

#childrensbooks #kidlit #childrensliterature #reading #writing #science #environment

Websitehttps://www.chris-callaghan.com/

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#BookAdvent Day 5
#WeWishYouAMerryChristmas & Other Festive Poems, chosen & illustrated by @[email protected] 🎄
A veritable feast of poems classic & contemporary to be enjoyed over the festive season. Highly-illustrated throughout. A treat for #poetry fans young and old.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BookSuperhero2/status/1599658004567457793

LibraryGirl&BookBoy (Jo) on Twitter

“#BookAdvent Day 5 #WeWishYouAMerryChristmas & Other Festive Poems, chosen & illustrated by @chrisriddell50 🎄 A veritable feast of poems classic & contemporary to be enjoyed over the festive season. Highly-illustrated throughout. A treat for #poetry fans young and old.”

Twitter

Great to see slow reading being celebrated.
I'm painfully slow and every book is a huge time commitment. I've always felt a bit of a failure as a result.
But there's nothing wrong with taking your time!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/02/i-want-to-savour-every-word-the-joy-of-reading-slowly?CMP=share_btn_tw

‘I want to savour every word’: the joy of reading slowly

Bragging rights seem to go to people who devour books, but, as this impatient reader found, turning the pages over many days or even weeks can immerse one deeper in the writer’s world

The Guardian

Today, @NASA_Orion will break the record for farthest distance of a spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and safely return them to Earth. This record is currently held by Apollo 13.

Hear from Apollo astronauts and flight directors on the future of #Artemis:
#NASA

Hello lovely people! #Introduction, #introductions #Teachers #Books #Children #Author #Wildlife #Otter #Endangered #Climate I've been on Mastodon since 2020, but my toots were lonely, have just changed instance to zirk.us - I'm hoping with more like-minded people leaving the blue bird, I'll find more friends! I'm a children's author/poet - this is the sort of thing I do - please follow me!

“ The Northern countries are far ahead when it comes to reimagining the use of libraries” - Knut Skansen, director at the Oslo Public Library.

I freely admit, I’m one of those people who loves gazing at beautiful libraries online, and Norway’s selection frequently come up in my search results.

Here’s a round up of some of Norway’s best libraries -

https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/art-culture/literature/6-libraries-you-need-to-visit/

#libraries #books #bookstodon #library #norway

6 libraries you need to visit

Did you know that Norwegian libraries are some of the most beautiful in the world?

APOD: 2022 November 23 - Earthset from Orion

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

This is what Earth looks like from 1.5 billion kilometers away. A pale blue dot beneath the rings of Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
#earth #space #saturn #planets #nasa

If you want a job doing properly, get a woman on it. 👍
Today’s flashback, Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton signing at FP. In all my years there, Ray was one of two guests who genuinely rendered me speechless :) @bookstodon

Libraries are playing an important role during the cost-of-living crisis- providing free warmth, learning materials, entertainment and even food and drink to their communities.

However, as this article highlights, library services are facing cuts across the country.

https://lnkd.in/eD9hCg6X

It’s vital to support local libraries - now more than ever.

#libraries #library #books #costofliving #devon

Libraries at risk of cuts despite rise in users - BBC News

Local libraries are seeing more people come through their doors, but fear services will be cut.

BBC News