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3 graphic novels with something to say
Novels tackle German resistance, Black super heroes and child soldiers.
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Minnesota children's author/illustrators team up on prize-winning books for early readers
Mike Wohnoutka and David LaRochelle are this year's Geisel Award winners.
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Review: 'What's Mine and Yours,' by Naima Coster
FICTION: An openhanded, character-driven consideration of family ties and structural racism.
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Review: 'The Committed,' by Viet Thanh Nguyen
FICTION: A nameless narrator haunts, and is haunted by, Paris.
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Review: 'Klara and the Sun,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
FICTION: A solar-powered robot is groomed to replace a dying child in this dystopian novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Review: 'The Black Church,' by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
NONFICTION: A companion book to the PBS series "The Black Church" chronicles the intricate history of an institution at the heart of the American Experiment.
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3 great genre TV shows that fell apart at the end
"Game of Thrones" and other disappointing finishes.
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These 10 exquisite picture books for children focus on family, friends and nature
It's the simple but crucial things that matter in these wise and beautiful picture books for young children.
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Review: 'Flight of the Diamond Smugglers,' by Matthew Gavin Frank
NONFICTION: Personal tragedy mixes with environmental and economic insight on South African trade.
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Review: 'First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time,' by Emma Chapman
NONFICTION: An in-depth look at the ongoing search for the universe's first stars.
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Review: 'No One Is Talking About This,' by Patricia Lockwood
FICTION: This debut novel by the author of the memoir "Priestdaddy" engages in loss.
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Review: 'An Extravagant Death,' by Charles Finch
FICTION: Charles Finch's latest Victorian mystery moves from London to a tony town in Rhode Island.
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Review: 'Three Ordinary Girls,' by Tim Brady
NONFICTION: The true story of three Dutch teenagers who boldly fought the Nazis through subversion and violence.
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Kate DiCamillo's award-winning book will soon be a movie on Disney Plus
Minneapolis writer's "Flora & Ulysses" is now a movie, and she loves it.
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