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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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Chil­dren’s
Engi­neer Ari and the Passover Rush
Deborah Bodin Cohen; Shahar Kober, illus.
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The Mit­ten String
Jennifer Rosner; Kristina Swarner, illus.
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The Sto­ry of Passover
David A. Adler; Jill Weber, illus.
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A Bag of Mar­bles: The Graph­ic Novel
Joseph Joffo Kris, adaptation; Vincent Bailley, illus.; Edward Gauvin, trans.
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Thank You, Trees!
Mar­i­lyn E. Gootman
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Rif­ka Takes a Bow
Betty Perlov
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Sadie’s Almost Mar­velous Menorah
Rabbi Jamie Korngold
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The Schmutzy Family
Madelyn Rosenberg; Paul Meisel, illus.
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Sam­my Spi­der’s New Friend
Sylvia A. Rouss; Katherine Janus Kahn, illus.
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The Aston­ish­ing Secret of Awe­some Man
Jake Parker, illus.
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Yale Strom; Jenya Prosmitsky, illus.
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Today is the Birth­day of the World
Linda Heller; Alison Jay, illus.
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The Sto­ry of Queen Esther
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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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