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aarontpratt.bsky.social Aaron T. Pratt @aarontpratt.bsky.social · Mar 25
JUST IN: the make-your-own hornbook coasters we designed for the @ransomcenter.bsky.social's newest exhibition, Words and Wonder: Rediscovering Children's Literature.
March 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A.A. Milne, author of the #WinnieThePooh books, was born #OnThisDay in 1882.

This E.H. Shepard illustration from The House at Pooh Corner was featured in @ransomcenter.bsky.social's exhibition, #WordsAndWonder: Rediscovering Children's Literature.

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Ernest H. Shepard (British, 1879–1976) [“Eeyore has three sticks on the ground”], ca. 1928. Ink and graphite on board. Ernest H. Shepard Art Collection, 93.7.1.1. Harry Ransom Center.
January 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Me (yesterday): HORNBOOK COASTERS!

Me (earlier today): Maybe some people don't know what hornbooks are...

Me (right now): Good thing @aarontpratt.bsky.social prepared a video to answer everyone's hornbook-related questions!

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March 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Trying to remember if we had Alice-related music on display @ransomcenter.bsky.social during our #WordsAndWonder exhibition...

(We definitely had at least one screenplay...)

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Post Ben Gross ‪@bhgross144.bsky.social‬ Happy #AlicesDay! On the 1st Saturday in July, the city of #Oxford commemorates the "golden afternoon" where #LewisCarroll was inspired to write about Alice's adventures in #Wonderland. (If you're in #Austin, you can celebrate by visiting @ransomcenter.bsky.social !) #WordsAndWonder #booksky 🗃️📜📚 ALT ALT ALT ALT Jul 5, 2025, 2:04 PM 4 reposts 20 likes Home Explore Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Saved Profile Settings Following Discover Popular With Friends History Science & Techno HistSTM GLAMS What's History 🗃️ HSS 2023 SHOT 2023 ⚙️ Astronomy Gift Links/Gift Articles More feeds Trending Hakeem Jeffries Spotify Wrapped New Orleans Roger Marshall Pete Hegseth Notre Dame Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with illustrations by William Cameron Menzies for Alice in Wonderland (ca. 1933) Inkjet reproduction of title page from the original Byron W. and Susan Sewell Collection of Lewis Carroll Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French aviator & author, was born #OnThisDay in 1900. You can see one of his original illustrations for #LePetitPrince & an annotated typescript of the book @ransomcenter.bsky.social's #kidlit exhibition #WordsAndWonder.

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A copy of The Little Prince featured in Words and Wonder: Rediscovering Children’s Literature, an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, [Design for Le Petit Prince, the prince and the baobab tree], 1942 or 1943, Watercolor and pencil on onionskin paper. Carlton Lake Art Collection. (Featured in Words and Wonder: Rediscovering Children's Literature at the Harry Ransom Center) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pre-publication typescript of Le Petit Prince with annotations and original sketches, 1942-43, Carbon-copy typescript, Carleton Lake Collection of French Manuscripts. Carlton Lake Art Collection. (Featured in Words and Wonder: Rediscovering Children's Literature at the Harry Ransom Center)
June 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Goodnight, poets. The rhythm of your rest will shape tomorrow’s lines.

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May 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Happy #AlicesDay! On the 1st Saturday in July, the city of #Oxford commemorates the "golden afternoon" where #LewisCarroll was inspired to write about Alice's adventures in #Wonderland.

(If you're in #Austin, you can celebrate by visiting @ransomcenter.bsky.social!) #WordsAndWonder #booksky
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Lewis Carroll, The Nursery Alice, illustrated by John Tenniel and cover design by Gertrude Thompson (London, MacMillan, 1889) Warren Weaver Collection of Alice in Wonderland Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with illustrations by William Cameron Menzies for Alice in Wonderland (ca. 1933) Inkjet reproduction of title page from the original Byron W. and Susan Sewell Collection of Lewis Carroll Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin Echoes of the "Persistence of Memory" in: Salvador Dali, Mad Tea Party from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (New York, Maecenas Press, 1969) Harry Ransom Book Collection Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin Pressbook for Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland film (1951) Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
July 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM