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Newsletter #261

February 10, 2020

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3 books featured in this issue

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Her First American

by Lore Segal

MADE-UP Phinney by Post #62

My favorite book I've read so far this year came out in 1985 and takes place in the late '50s. You may know Segal (I did, at least) from her fantastic kid's book, Tell Me a Mitzi, but boy, she is quit... (Tom)

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The Button Book

by Post Kids #50

MADE-UP Phinney by Post Kids #50

With its primary colors and interactive premise, The Button Book is not the first picture book to be inspired by (or, alternatively, rip off) Hervé Tullet's modern classic Press Here. But regardless,... (Tom)

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The Women in Black

by Madeleine St. John

MADE-UP

I’ve noticed more and more people coming into the bookstore asking for a type of fiction the Guardian has recently dubbed "Uplit." Not escapist fluff to help forget reality, but books to reassure them... (Liz)

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