Book Reviews
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Priya Dreams of Marigolds and Masala by Meenal Patel
Did you know that May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month?…
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The Moon: A History for the Future by Oliver Morton
On March 9th I was headed east around 9:00pm and saw a spectacular…
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Digital Knitting Round-up
In the summer of 2009, I needed a distraction. It was just before…
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Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
When I saw this title come out a year ago, I was hyped. JENNIFER…
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It’s National Poetry Month!
A Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco, illustrations by…
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101 Art Destinations in the U.S.: Where Art Lives Coast to Coast by Owen Phillips
This is an exciting book. Before discussing why, however, I’d…
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BIG PAPA AND THE TIME MACHINE by Daniel Bernstrom
It’s been a while since I rounded up my favorite picture books…
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Dooku: Lost Jedi by Cavan Scott
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought…
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Deep State by Chris Hauty and Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
March is Women’s History Month and I’d like to be able to…
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Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Teenage sleuths are all well and good, but what becomes of them…
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Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Around the holidays I kept seeing the same book for sale everywhere…
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No Ivy League, written and illustrated by Hazel Newlevant
There’s no denying that art has power. A work of art in any…
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Never Caught, the story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar & Kathleen Van Cleve
In preparing for the library’s Black History Month celebration…
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Who Says You’re Dead? Medical and Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Jacob M. Appel, MD
The trolley problem is a hypothetical thought exercise meant…
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“Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking” (Einat Admony and Janna Gur) by Lisa E. Brown
Do you know what a shuk is?
I must admit that the term was…