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Pub Date: Aug 30, 2011
Age Range: 6 - 18
Varon returns with another strange and charming graphic work that touches on the theme of her terrific Robot Dreams (2007), namely: how fine friendship can be, and how surely it leads you down a twisty road of joys and melancholy.
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And Other Wonders of Tzedakah
Pub Date: Aug 23, 2011
Age Range: 5 - 7
Charity and caring for others--the Jewish concept of "tzedakah"--comes full circle in the story of a big sister who demonstrates generosity to a younger sibling through community outreach.
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Pub Date: Aug 23, 2011
Age Range: 8 - 12
In this poignantly illustrated novella in free verse, a young girl reckons with the loss of her grandmother.
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Pub Date: Aug 23, 2011
Age Range: 3 - 18
Through simple drawings of hands in action, Newman deftly illustrates both the progress of a person's life and the cyclical--and hopeful--nature of the human condition.
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The Story of the Watts Towers
Pub Date: Aug 18, 2011
Age Range: 4 - 8
Using his hands, simple tools and found pieces of glass, tile and steel, a reclusive Italian immigrant assembled and built the extraordinary Watts Towers in southern California.
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Pub Date: Aug 16, 2011
Age Range: 7 - 11
Sixth grader Nate Wright needs a new skateboard…but more than that he needs to beat perfect Artur at SOMETHING.
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