September: Young Reader Pick This is a great picture book for Grandparents Day, Sept 9th. A girl and her grandmother appreciate their wild surroundings in this story. Robin
Exhibits
PIC FIC: North Woods Girl by Aimee Bissonette; illustrations by Claudio McGehee
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September: Marbled Maine, Paintings by Jon Byrer
The stunning paintings in this exhibit were created by pouring layers of enamel oil paints onto the canvas. Jon is an artist living and working in mid-coast Maine. He graduated from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Jon…
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NONFIC: The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, by Helen Thorpe
August: NonFiction Pick I loved this book. It describes a year in a classroom in South High school in Denver, Colorado, which is an entry level language classroom for refugee children. New students keep arriving as the year progresses, until…
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NONFIC: The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders, by Stuart Kells
August: NonFiction Pick Stuart Kells in an authority on rare books, something of a book-trade historian. This entertaining book is sort of like gossip about libraries and books, from ancient times to the present. It tells tales of of librarians,…
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FIC: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
August: Fiction Pick A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of “arresting lyricism and beauty” (New York Times Book Review). Elly
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