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Staff Picks: from the New Books for Kids & Teens March 2017
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Check out these great NEW titles
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Adorable and cranky penguin gets home, takes a bath, and feels much better. Funny and comforting for readers of all ages.
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Sam the Man and the rutabaga plan by Frances O'Roark DowellChapter Book:
Boy is close to failing science project, has to learn about the world’s most unappealing vegetable and likes it. Hilarious, the second in a series about Sam the Man.
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Ghost by Jason ReynoldsMiddle Grade (Gr. 3-7): Four kids are training for the middle school track team, all of them running from their problems, and towards a hopeful future. First in a series and Reynolds has a winning streak already.
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Lucy and Linh
by Alice Pung
YA Fiction:
Two girls whose lives are changing fast, as one rises in a social and academic elite while the other stays true to their old community. The Australian Dream isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!
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Jazz day : the making of a famous photograph
by Roxane Orgill
Non-Fiction:
Fascinating history of the day Art Kane snapped the famous photograph Harlem 1958, featuring many jazz greats of the day. Gorgeous paintings evoke a great day in American art.
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Snow White
by Matt Phelan
Graphic Novel:
Almost wordless retelling of the fairy tale, set in the vaudeville era, a fresh exploration of an old story.
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