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    Teri Mark­son

    Teri Mark­son has been a children’s librar­i­an for over 18 years. She is cur­rent­ly the act­ing senior librar­i­an at the Val­ley Plaza Branch Library in North Hol­ly­wood, CA.
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    Deborah Bodin Cohen; Shahar Kober, illus.
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    The Mit­ten String
    Jennifer Rosner; Kristina Swarner, illus.
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    The Sto­ry of Passover
    David A. Adler; Jill Weber, illus.
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    A Bag of Mar­bles: The Graph­ic Novel
    Joseph Joffo Kris, adaptation; Vincent Bailley, illus.; Edward Gauvin, trans.
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    Rif­ka Takes a Bow
    Betty Perlov
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    Sadie’s Almost Mar­velous Menorah
    Rabbi Jamie Korngold
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    Thank You, Trees!
    Mar­i­lyn E. Gootman
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    The Aston­ish­ing Secret of Awe­some Man
    Jake Parker, illus.
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    Interview

    Inter­view: Adam Gid­witz and Hatem Aly

    with Teri Mark­sonAdam Gid­witz and Hatem Aly’s new book The Inquisitor’s Tale recent­ly won The Syd­ney Tay­lor Award in the Old­er Read­ers Cat­e­go­ry and was named…
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    February 8, 2017

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