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As Teen Board member Yaira M. writes in her National Picture Book Month blog post, one of the most important things that a picture book can do is remind readers that they are “important and a part of the world” and each have a “story that could be told.” Yaira felt this way when she read THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats, which not only had wonderful images but also featured characters that looked like her.
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The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Heart the Lover by Lily King
The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean
The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Twice by Mitch Albom
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
Wreck by Catherine Newman
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Heart the Lover by Lily King
The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean
The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Twice by Mitch Albom
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
Wreck by Catherine Newman
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