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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
The Aus­lan­der
Paul Dowsell
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Chil­dren’s
We’re All In the Same Boat
Zachary Shapiro; Jack E. Davis, illus.
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Engi­neer Ari and the Hanukkah Mishap
Deborah Bodin Cohen; Shahar Kober, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Nathan’s Hanukkah Bargain
Jacqueline Dembar Greene; Judith Hierstein, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
What Would You Do If It Hap­pened To You?
Ahuva Genish; Trista Pelleg, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Albert Ein­stein
Frieda Wishinsky
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A Tale of Two Seders
Mindy Avra Portnoy; Valerio Cis, illus.
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Clever Rachel
Debby Waldman; Cindy Revell, illus.
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The Lit­tle Red Hen and the Passover Matzah
Leslie Kimmelman; Paul Meisel, illus.
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When Bob Met Woody
Gary Golio; Marc Burckhardt, illus.
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Mitz­vah the Mutt
Sylvia Rouss; Martha Rast, illus.
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Zishe the Strongarm
Robert Rubenstein; Woody Miller, illus.
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Around the World in One Shabbat
Durga Yael Bernhard

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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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