After the second season appeared on Netflix in Marchit became obvious that Bridgerton fever is still very much on us (with many) enjoying Bridgerton Season 2 more than the first season† The final season has continued the drama’s record-breaking ways, even with all those complaints that there is not enough Bridgerton fuck in season 2† … Read more
Placeholder while article actions are loading Recent scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that no more than 37 percent of our children are proficient in reading and writing. For reasons puzzling to me, the National Council of Teachers of English thinks now is the right time to “go beyond the exclusive focus … Read more
Local media journalism. Unlock Unlimited Digital Access to floridatoday.com Click here and subscribe today. MELBOURNE BEACH — Betty Pappas has always been an avid reader. At 100, the Indianlantic native visits the Melbourne Beach Library with her daughter Sandy Grunewald at least once a week to pick up six or seven books. The following week, … Read more
Interest in native plants is increasing rapidly among gardeners. Sales have increased by as much as 30 percent at regular nurseries, as well as at nurseries specializing in native plants and through groups like Maine Audubon, which sell native plants every year. The soon to be published “Northeast Native Plant Primer” is designed to promote … Read more
Neal Adams in 1979. Photo: Jones/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Neal Adams, influential comic book artist and advocate for creators’ rights, has died at the age of 80, Deadline reports. According to his daughter-in-law Saori Adams, he died on April 28. Adams worked on a wide variety of iconic superhero characters, including DC’s Batman and Joker … Read more
One of the books in the popular Biff, Chip and Kipper children’s series has been withdrawn from sale, and all remaining copies have been pulverized by its publisher, Oxford University Press, following complaints that it was Islamophobic. Written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, the series consists of over 220 stories. The books … Read more
NON-CONFORMERS: a new history of self-taught artists, by Lisa Slominsky. (Yale University, $45.) For centuries, the label “self-taught” has been used as a “blunt definition for not having a formal academic education,” writes the London curator. Featuring William Edmondson, Bill Traylor, Aloïse Corbaz and more, this book highlights marginalized artists. YOUNG WHITNEY: Stories and Photos, … Read more
From academic works supporting women to hunter-gatherer men, to Raquel Welch’s portrayal of a bikini-clad cave woman in the 1966 film One Million Years BC, the Stone Age gender division is firmly entrenched in the public consciousness. While men walked out to impale woolly mammoths, women, as mothers or exploited objects of male desire, sheltered … Read more
How to Count to ONE by Caspar Salmon and Matt Hunt (Crowd Curious, £6.99)A cunning, interactive picture book that uses transparent duplicity to trick its little readers into counting numbers greater than one. Bold colours, naive imagery and a strong, persistent shared joke make for a counting book with a delicious difference. The Comet by … Read more
Xavier Zsarmani and his son said they enjoy fishing together because they find it relaxing and soothing. The 6-year-old from Troutman read the book they wrote together, “How to Catch a Bully Fish” to WCNC Charlotte’s Larry Sprinkle on a recent visit. Show transcript mhm You already know Andy and Opie from the Andy Griffith … Read more
