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    Family & Parenting

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    Fic­tion
    Mary Jane: A Novel
    Jes­si­ca Blau
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    Chil­dren’s
    Ezra’s Invis­i­ble Backpack
    Han­nah Cohen
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    Wid­ow­ish: A Memoir
    Melis­sa Gould
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    Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids: A Time­less Anthology
    Zib­by Owens
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    Focused
    Cover of My Everything: The Parent I Want to Be, The Children I Hope to Raise
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    My Every­thing: The Par­ent I Want to Be, The Chil­dren I Hope to Raise
    Einat Nathan
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    Flo­rence Adler Swims Forever
    Rachel Bean­land
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    My Sis­ter Is Sleeping
    Devora Busheri, Michel Kichka, (illus.), Shira Atik (trans.)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hard Hat Cat
    Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, Maxine Lee (illus.)
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    Cook­book
    Food You Want: For the Life You Crave
    Nealy Fis­ch­er
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    How to Love the World
    Elvira Basevich
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    The Face Tells the Secret
    Jane Bern­stein
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    Mag­gie Brown & Others
    Peter Orner
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    ‘It’s God’s Par­ty and Every­one’s Invited’

    Sukkot, Sim­chat Torah, and Gen­der in Two Clas­sic Children’s Books 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    October 14, 2019
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    Kol Hakavod: Way to Go!
    Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh (auth.), Sarah-Jayne Mercer (illus.)
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    The Tope­ka School 
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