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Teri Mark­son

Teri Mark­son has been a children’s librar­i­an for over 18 years. She is cur­rent­ly the act­ing senior librar­i­an at the Val­ley Plaza Branch Library in North Hol­ly­wood, CA.
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The Spy Who Played Baseball
Car­rie Jones
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Ves­per Stamper
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Deborah Cohen
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David A. Adler; Andre Ceolin, illus.
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Stum­bling on His­to­ry: An Art Project Com­pels a Small Ger­man Town to Face Its Past
Fern Schumer Chapman
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The Flower Girl Wore Celery
Meryl G. Gordon; Holly Clifton-Brown, illus.
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Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod; Shirley Waisman, illus.
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Adam Gidwitz; Hatem Aly, illus.
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Sing-Along Alef Bet
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Interview

Inter­view: Adam Gid­witz and Hatem Aly

with Teri Mark­sonAdam Gid­witz and Hatem Aly’s new book The Inquisitor’s Tale recent­ly won The Syd­ney Tay­lor Award in the Old­er Read­ers Cat­e­go­ry and was named…
Teri Mark­son
February 8, 2017

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