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resplendentoutfit · 7 months

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Jan Thomas or Jan Thomas van Ieperen (Flemish, 1617-1673) • Gundakar, Prince of Dietrichstein (1623-1690) • Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The outrageous, extravagant, and hilarious outfits worn by subjects of old portraits.

#flemish baroque #baroque art #the resplendent outfit #jan thomas

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travelinglibrariansdesk · 3 months

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Three Books That Made Me Smile Today

I spent most of my time at work today learning how to accept passport applications, so my blogging got cut short a little.

Also, a quick note on the links: I wanted to link every book I mention so that anyone reading this can find out more about them or where to find them - but I don't want to link to Amazon or any other commercial site. I don't want to market anything here, and I would like to encourage readers to use the library. So a colleague suggested I use WorldCat, which tells readers about the book, what nearby libraries might have it, and where you can buy it. Henceforth all title links will go to WorldCat - but you can always look in Amazon yourself if you're so inclined.

I'm no authority on children's books, though I have studied them off and on since ed school in the 1990s. Finding good professors in ed school is tough, and one of my favorites was an expert in children's literature, so I took a couple of classes from her. I hope to do the same at Kent State, once I get the core classes out of the way. Both in video (TV, movies) and books, the best children's literature makes adults smile and laugh along with their kids - think Bugs Bunny vs. Teletubbies or Barney. I imagine most parents want their kids to settle on favorite books (the ones they'll be reading over and over and over and over and over...) that bring a smirk to an adult face, too.

So even though I don't normally comment on children's books that just demonstrate rhyming words, Jan Thomas's Rhyming Dust Bunnies caught my eye today. Partly I think this was because I spent yesterday ridding my bedroom of dust rhinos. LOTS of rhinos. What cracked me up about the rhyming dust bunnies was the occasional interruption of their "teaching rhyming words" by the broom, the dust mop and the vacuum cleaner. One of the bunnies always interrupts the list of rhyming words with a full sentence like "look out for the broom!" and the others criticize it for not rhyming. Just a good giggle, that book.

Then I grabbed This Is Not My Hat from the cart. Something about the potato-print/batik quality of the art and the very-large-ocean, very-tiny-fish appealed to me. If This Is Not My Hat preaches anything, it's don't steal, and if you do, excuses won't help. But author Jon Klassen shows much more than he tells, and leaves the reader hanging a little at the perfect ending regarding the fate of the sassy little fish narrating.

The last one that grabbed me today was The Ugly Five. If you're not familiar with safari lingo, The Big Five (lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo) are supposedly the most desirable animals to catch on film when traveling in sub-Saharan African countries. Safari companies marketing the local wildlife have followed this list with "The Little Five" (leopard tortoise, elephant shrew, ant lion, rhino beetle, buffalo weaver), "The Shy Five" (porcupine, aardvark, aardwolf, meerkat and bat-eared fox), and "The Ugly Five". Author Jan Donaldson heard a reference to The Ugly Five while on safari, and determined to write about them. She created excellent singsong chorus dialogue between the wildebeest, the hyena, the vulture, the warthog and the marabou stork that I imagine will appeal to children, and she includes delightfully specific details about the animals that any kid would enjoy - especially how dirty and smelly scavengers like the stork and the hyena are. I expected a fairly silly book, but this has it all - information, rhyme, affection, charming art.

#rhyming dust bunnies #this is not my hat #the ugly five #the shy five #the little five #the big five #julia donaldson #jon klassen #jan thomas #safari for kids #children's book art #children's books

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diioonysus · 3 months

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castles + art

#artist is henrich adolf valentin hoffmann #artist is carl hilgers #artist if fritz von wille #dont know artist but the painting is of neuschwanstein castle #artist is rayner samuel #cant find artist #artist is emanuel murant #artist is bernardo bellotto #artist is aelbert cuyp #artist is jan beerstraaten #artist is thomas gainsborough #artist is henrick averkamp #artist is barolomeo montagna #artist is jmw turner #art history #castles #art

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gettingready2read · 2 years

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Ready to Read with Dust Bunnies

We have a double feature for you this month!

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas

Dust bunnies Ed, Ted and Ned love to rhyme and spend most of their time doing just that. Bob the other dust bunny can never get the rhymes right. It is a good thing Bob is around though because he always warns the other dust bunnies about dangers (like a giant broom!) Preschoolers will love this humorous and colorful adventure.

Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny by Jan Thomas

The four lovable dust bunnies are back for more rhyming fun. This time they encounter a big (maybe mean) dust bunny. Will they be able to become friends with this big guy?

Why These Books?

These books build pre-reading skills:

Phonological Awareness: The rhyming words help children grow the ability to recognize and work with sounds.

Print Motivation: These books are silly with bright contrasting colors that children love to read.

These books help build vocabulary, and help kids practice talking, reading, and playing.

Extend the book with some Dust Bunny puppets!

You will need:

red, blue, purple, green, gray, tan, black and white construction paper

scissors

craft sticks

Cut out the dust bunny shapes, add the eyes, eyebrows and nose.

One needs to be much larger to be the “big, mean dust bunny.” He is about twice as big as his other dust bunny friends.

Simply glue to the craft stick on the back. Now you can use the puppets to come up with more fun rhymes and adventures!

#rhyming dust bunnies #here comes the big mean dust bunny #jan thomas #kids books #phonological awareness #print motivation #vocab builder #talking #reading #playing #ecrr extension activities

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republicansaredomesticterrorists · 2 months

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#Mary trump #republican assholes #Ginny Thomas #clarence thomas #traitor trump #Clarence Thomas useful idiot #resist #maga morons #crooked donald #republican hypocrisy #traitor #republican values #Jan 6th #Jan 6th insurrection #trumps coup

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musicalislife · 5 months

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What you can buy from former Eurovision contestants:

Buttplug sold by Måneskin

Condoms sold by Joker Out

OF content made by Käärijä

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sanepersonhere · 4 months

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A walk in the Sun

#ttte #ttte humanized #ttte thomas #ttte percy #Henry and James designs are still in the works so apologies if they look kinda strange #sane's art #ttte james #ttte gordon #ttte henry #there is tehnically edward.... if you squint hard enough...#but woo I finally finished this before my trip #-so I'm prob gonna be uploading traditional in the meantime (till jan new years ehe)#digital art #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #btw Thomas is in his 'casual' or shunting fit in this one #They rest are wearing mainly their work outfits// minus hats #anws have a good day everyone!!!

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loganslowdown4 · 2 months

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{Janus getting visibly angrier}

Roman: Ya know, you’re pretty cute when you’re mad.

Janus: Well, get ready, I’m about to be real fucking adorable then.

#let’s flip the tables on Jan here #let Roman have the upper hand #haha #roceit #ts roceit #thomas sanders #sanders sides #roman sanders #Janus sanders #ts roman #incorrect sanders sides #sander sides

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artystyczny-nieporzadek · 1 year

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Art Details Series: Play for me

|| John Ferguson Weir, Henry William Pickersgill, Georges Antoine van Zevenberghen, Luis Álvarez Català, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje, Lilla Cabot Perry, Michel Garnier ||

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part-time-zombie · 1 month

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ok but exactly How does janus know that, patton?

#sanders sides #thomas sanders #patton sanders #janus sanders #ts patton #ts janus #he called him “jan”

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terrence-silver · 3 months

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--- Even more Valentine's Day cards with everyone's favorite TIG characters.🩷

#terry silver #cobra kai #kk3 #terry mccain #gus travis #jan valek #neal meekin #general taligaro #cash #excessive force #ulterior motives #kull the conqueror #black friday the kidnapping #black point #avalanche #thomas ian griffith #valentines day #valentines day cards

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resplendentoutfit · 7 months

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Jan Thomas, Emperor Leopold I in theatrical costume, 1667

#jan thomas #the resplendent outfit #leopold i #portrait #17th century portraits

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mistergreatbones · 4 months

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we talk about itty bitty big sister cass and giant little brother jason but we never talk about cass having three years on duke and duke having four inches on cass

#according to dc fandom duke is 5'9“ and cass is 5'5” which i find hilarious despite only being 4'10“ myself #he's a high schooler and he's eye level with dick grayson (5'10") lmao #cass and duke's age gap was never stated in canon but is somewhere between 3-5 years #cass and jason's age gap was explicitly said to be six months (cass' bday being Jan 26th and jason's being aug 16th)#personally i don't like adult damian being tall but i think it'd be hilarious if cass was smaller than all of her brothers #tim's got her by an inch but that's enough #cassandra cain #duke thomas #batfam

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diioonysus · 1 month

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