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Book Picks - Battenkill Books

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This week's Book Picks come from Heather Boyne and Eve Macneill of Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY.

List:
Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
A Shelter for Sadness by Anne Booth and David Litchfield
The Provensen Book Of Fairy Tales edited and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
The V&A Sourcebook of Pattern and Ornament by Amelia Calver

Christmas in Cambridge starts Friday, December 3. Battenkill will be open late, to 8 p.m., both Friday and Saturday. Cambridge’s Parade is Saturday at 6 p.m. down Main St.

Event - 12/11, 12 to 2 pm: Will Moses will sign his new book, "The First Christmas"

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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