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STORY TIME CALENDAR/SUMMER READING PROGRAM
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Dear Mrs. Bird: A Novel
by A. J . Pearce
An adventurous young woman takes a typist job to assist the war effort and lands in the employ of a renowned advice columnist before she begins secretly replying to heart-wrenching letters rejected as unsuitable. A first novel. (Fiction)
Recommended by Christine
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Ansty Ansel : Ansel Adams, a life in nature
by Cynthia L Jenson-Elliott
A picture book introduction to the life and work of celebrated nature photographer Ansel Adams describes how a young Adams felt trapped indoors and fell in love with nature in ways that inspired his iconic images. By the author of Weeds Find a Way.
Recommended by Miss Carrie who fell in love with his photography as a young child and is inspired by him in her own work..
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I'm a Feel-o-saur
by Lezlie Evans
A fun-filled, rhyming romp through all the different feelings that kids (and all of us!) experience—from sad to "hangry" to happy—offers a great way to start conversations about feelings with the youngest readers. (Easy)
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Lost and Found
by Kate DiCamillo
Orris the rat and Timble the owl are unlikely friends. Each night, Timble visits Orris in the barn and listens to his stories. But Timble is growing up, and one evening when the owl doesn't appear as usual Orris wonders if Timble has forgotten him. Is their friendship over? Or could it be that Timble has a tale of his own to share? (Fiction Junior)
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The Princess Revolt
by Cathy O'Neill
When she accidentally upsets some fairy tale characters who are trying to find their happily ever afters in the modern world, Cia Anderson, desperately trying to make things right, must elude the furious princesses who want her dead. (Fiction Junior)
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The Magnificent Ruins
by Nayantara Roy
When Lila, a rising 29-year-old Indian American editor based in Brooklyn, unexpectedly inherits a huge ancestral home in the center of Calcutta, she must return to India, where she must also confront her mother after a decade's estrangement, along with her grandmother, and extended family, all of whom still live in the house, and resent her sudden legacy. (Fiction)
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An Insignificant Case: A Thriller
by Phillip Margolin
Charlie Webb is a third-rate lawyer who graduated from a third-rate law school and because he couldn't get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his own law firm, where he gets by handling cases for dubious associates from his youth and some court appointed cases. (Fiction)
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The Keeper of Lost Art: A Novel
by Laura Morelli
During World War II, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family's Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. A moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events. (Large Print Fiction)
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The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
by Kostya Kennedy
Reexamines the famous midnight ride, revealing it as a complex, collaborative effort involving multiple riders and several near-disasters, while exploring its pivotal role in the early stages of the American Revolution through fresh archival research and overlooked historical accounts. (Non-Fiction)
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