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Book Picks - Battenkill Books

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 24, 2017 at 11:10 AM EDT
Book Cover - The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine

This week's Book Picks come from Connie Brooks and Kate Reid of Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY.

List:
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

The Visitors by Catherine Burns

Sweet: Desserts from London’s Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi

The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twin, Philip Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead

Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares

Bruce’s Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins

Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by David Litchfield
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