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Book Picks - Chatham Bookstore

Book covers for the books listed below on this page

  Thomas Chulak and Joanne Trapanese from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, NY join us with this week's Book Picks.

List:
"Shout" by Laurie Halse Anderson
"On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
"Rising Water" by Marc Aronson
"Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems" selected by Paul B. Janeczko; illustrated by Richard Jones
"American Summer" by Alex Kotlowitz
"Women Rowing North" by Mary Pipher
"Dreaming in Code" by Emily Arnold McCully
"Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See

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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