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Patch Picks: National Read Across America Day

In honor of the National Education Association's Read Across America Day, local librarians have some book recommendations for kids and adults.

From the information librarians of Radnor Memorial Library:

Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest)

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett

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Snow flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See

Appetite for America, by Stephen Fried

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The Indifferent Stars Above, by Daniel Brown

From Ilene Goldis Grayev, Radnor Elementary School librarian:

For children in kindergarten through third grade:

A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Too Many Toys, written and illustrated by David Shannon

Saving the Liberty Bell by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Marsha Gray Carrington

The Boy who was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris, illustrated by Brad Sneed

Library Mouse: A World to Explore, written and illustrated by Daniel Kirk

Zarafa: the Giraffe who walked to the King by Judith St. George, illustrated by Britt Spencer

Lots of Spots, written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert

For children in fourth and fifth grades:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Gossamer by Lois Lowery

The Great Quarterback Switch by Matt Christopher

Ten Amazing People and How They Changed the World by Maura D. Shaw, illustrated by Stephen Marchesi

Knock on Wood: Poems about Superstitions by Janet Wong, illustrated by Julie Paschkis

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, written and illustrated by Tom Angleberger


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