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RIF celebrates 50 years of inspiring kids to read! Share your story and join in the fun. #RIF50 http://thndr.me/iqWi1J

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973): Enfants dans le jardin du Luxembourg, 1901. Oil on paper laid down on panel, 12-5/8 x 15-3/4 inches (32 x 40 cm). Private Collection. Exhibition: “Picasso.mania” October 7, 2015 — February 29, 2016 RMN Grand Palais, Paris

Always a thrill when in the @librarycongress to stop in and see this piano on which two of my favorite musicians played...George and Ira Gershwin. I can hear the Gershwin records my piano teacher in Stuttgart, Mrs. Barris, played for me.

Library of Congress looking across the street.

The Library of Congress, a favorite place in DC.

Following a beautiful tribute by Kate to the third Ambassador, Walter Dean Myers, the new Ambassador - Gene Lang - was announced...he WOWed us and challenged all to "Read Without Walls."

Delighted to be at the @library_of_congress for the inaugural of the New Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Filled room which is quite gratifying!

No snow here but sure cold enough for a snow person to be quite happy! 26 degrees at the moment. Brrrrrrr....

Always a beautiful Arkansas site during the holidays!

Bei Bei is truly worn out from his inaugural meeting with the press this week. A bed of bamboo is just what he needed after ALL those questions!

By Anyes Kadowaki Busby 18th Century Wintergreen Gown at The Dusty Victorian. To see the making of it go to: http://thedustyvictorian.blogspot.ca

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye