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April 2016

I am happy to report that spring has arrived in full force here in New York City. The weather is just beautiful --- it’s finally warm enough to read outside! I’ll definitely be taking full advantage of that this weekend, but in the meantime, I’ve really been enjoying my morning walks to work.

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April 22, 2016

The traffic driving home a couple of nights this week was a nightmare; one night it took two hours, which is a lot of time behind the wheel. The annoyance of it was overcome as I listened to THE RAINBOW COMES AND GOES, narrated by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. The “conversation” between them originated in a yearlong set of emails, and they covered many pivotal and inconsequential moments that have happened in their lives, which I found fascinating. From start to finish, they unraveled so much that had been hidden in their lives, as well as encouraging one another. They are so different and yet so alike. I highly recommend it.

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Peter Brown, author of The Wild Robot

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Joshua Khan, author of Shadow Magic

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Liesl Shurtliff, author of Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

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Kate DiCamillo, author of Raymie Nightingale

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April 22, 2016

Cover Reveal --- NANOBOTS by Chris Gall

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Author Chris Gall is well-known for Dinotrux, his hit series featuring characters which are part-prehistoric monster and part-construction vehicle. This August, he'll be introducing NANOBOTS, the first book of his new series, which presents a similarly wacky contradiction --- extremely powerful robots smaller than the tip of your pencil! We at Kidsreads are beyond excited for his latest work and are thrilled to share the cover below!

Nathalia Holt, author of Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

In the 1940s and ’50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible.

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L. S. Hilton, author of Maestra

By day, Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a prestigious London art house. By night, she’s a hostess at one of the capital’s notorious champagne bars, although her work there pales against her activities on nights off. Feeling reckless, she accompanies one of the champagne bar’s biggest clients to the French Riviera, only to find herself alone again after a fatal accident. Tired of striving and the slow crawl to the top, Judith has a realization: If you need to turn yourself into someone else, loneliness is a good place to start.

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Mary Higgins Clark, author of As Time Goes By

Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial. She should be thrilled, yet her growing desire to locate her birth mother consumes her thoughts. When Delaney’s friends, Alvirah Meehan and her husband, Willy, offer to look into the mystery surrounding her birth, they uncover a shocking secret they do not want to reveal. On trial for murder is Betsy Grant, widow of a wealthy doctor who has been an Alzheimer’s victim for eight years.

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